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.
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... ;) 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)
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