Google Glass Strava App

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December 10, 2013 at 7:41 pm #914644

UrbanEngineer
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http://www.google.com/glass/start/

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I’m more worried about this more than I am excited for it. It looks cool, could be very useful, but I typically prefer to minimize my possible distractions when I’m on the road versus putting direct access to all things distracting a half inch from my eyeball.

Here’s a write up by somebody that includes what it was like to wear them while riding:
http://gizmodo.com/when-i-actually-wear-google-glass-1211492290
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December 10, 2013 at 9:22 pm #988114

Jason B
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Neat, but scary dangerous.

December 12, 2013 at 12:55 pm #988316

jcpetrson
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I think it would be safer than looking down at the Garmin/Cateye on the handlebars.

December 12, 2013 at 1:36 pm #988319

hozn
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@jcpetrson 71717 wrote:

I think it would be safer than looking down at the Garmin/Cateye on the handlebars.

Yeah, that’s what I was going to say. This doesn’t seem more dangerous than current situation. I think it’s awesome.

December 12, 2013 at 2:01 pm #988327

Jason B
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Kind of see this as a constant distraction that would be hard to ignore as the numbers would be constantly changing. The garmin on the bar is only distracting if i choose to look at it.

December 12, 2013 at 4:00 pm #988350

jcpetrson
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Google Glass 1.0.

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December 12, 2013 at 5:23 pm #988375

americancyclo
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@jcpetrson 71753 wrote:

Google Glass 1.0.

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but that only works if you ride your bike like this:

December 12, 2013 at 5:43 pm #988380

Mikey
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how dare he put a poor innocent bike at risk like that.

December 12, 2013 at 7:01 pm #988392

UrbanEngineer
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You can sign up to test a pair of these out before they become publicly available but it’ll cost you $1,500.

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December 13, 2013 at 5:24 pm #988515

PeteD
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There’s the more sport-specific Recon Jet that’s still in pre-order stage:

http://www.reconinstruments.com/products/jet/

That’ll cost you a third of what google glass costs, but aren’t meant to be worn/used all the time, just for outdoor sports.

–Pete

December 17, 2013 at 2:17 pm #988752

pfunkallstar
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Pffft. I’ll take my 3×5 Inspiration Card with Star Trek-flavored affirmations taped to my handlebar “Spock:A curious metaphor, doctor, as a stallion must first be broken before it can reach its potential” , percussive mouth jet sounds, and my 7-11 ELITE cellphone camera over this any day.
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