This community rocks. Jetskis or hang gliders anyone? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Konstantin Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 12:55 PM To: List for Openmoko community discussion Subject: Re: Freerunner-powered bike ride
Hi there! > Hi community! > > Just want to drop a line that I today made my first bike ride with a > Freerunner mounted on the handle bar of my bike. If someone is > interested I could take some photos to show what the mount-kit looks > like and how the Freerunner fits in. [x] Interested! :) > It's a universal mobile phone bike-mount-kit by LesCars (don't want to > push the brand, but there are only few mount-kits for bikes out there) > [1]. All ports (USB, GPS, audio) and the 2 buttons are usable with > this mount-kit. > > With tangoGPS I had a lot of fun riding around town exploring new > roads for Openstreetmap. ;) > > The next step would be a dynamo-powered charger for the Freerunner. I > read an article in the german computer magazine ct [2] about creating > a converter for charging USB devices while riding your bike with a > hub-dynamo. The article provides detailed instructions for building it > yourself, but I don't have the necessary soldering skills. So I'll > have to ask soldering-experts... ;) Interestingly, that's precisely the thing I had in mind. I just bought a bike today, and am planning to somehow build the c't usb-charger for a bike (probably with some friends with soldering-skills, too ;) ) some time in the not too distant future. Maybe we can exchange experiences with that :) > Happy ridin! > > André > > > [1] description in german: http://www.pearl.de/a-PX2065-4044.shtml > [2] ct magazine 23/2007 page 190, german language > (http://www.heise.de/kiosk/archiv/ct/07/23/190) So long, Konstantin _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community