Cycling Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

RFLKT and Runmeter: It's basically Pebble for your bike

by Erica Sadun (Apr 14th, 2013)

People love the idea of the Pebble watch. It's an iOS-compatible display that sits on your wrist, so your iPhone can stay in your backpack, purse, or pocket. It's a great way to keep light track of your notifications, and what's going on in your life. It is, however, not a particularly good ...

FreeWheelin helmet system delivers noise-resistant Bluetooth audio

by Erica Sadun (Sep 21st, 2012)

Richard Solo's FreeWheelin audio system (US$150 street price) allows you to add stereo speakers to your bike helmet. As the picture to the right shows, it consists of three small boxes that use a high-powered variant of Velcro to mount to the helmet's back and sides. It's about as dorky looking ...

RunKeeper gets a major upgrade

by Steven Sande (Oct 31st, 2011)

RunKeeper, the free fitness tracking app, just received a major upgrade that was announced this morning. The app has been gaining a lot of attention since mid-summer, when the company launched a Health Graph API that developers have been using to integrate RunKeeper capabilities into third-party ...

Horn Bike: the bike-mounted passive amplifier for iPhone 4

by Michael Grothaus (Oct 13th, 2011)

My favorite way to get around in London is cycling. And everyone knows that an iPhone with its GPS is a cyclist's best friend while navigating a city. But the drawback to cycling with an iPhone is obvious: if it's held in your hand you're going to A.) drop it eventually, or B.) fall off your ...

iPad Sprocket Pocket signals bicyclist's intentions

by Michael Grothaus (Apr 16th, 2010)

I love cycling and I love the iPad, but you'll never see me using both in unison. Ever. Not so for the cycling enthusiasts at Maya. They've created the "Sprocket Pocket" -- a industrial nylon patch with integrated zipper and protective screen overlay for the iPad that can be ironed or sewn on to ...