Sony Bike Radio/Computer (!)

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Rich Clark said:

Just saw this in a Crutchfield catalog. Bar-mount AM/FM radio with a
built-in cyclecomp. Weighs 10 ounces, claimed to be "water-resistant." Seems
to be just-announced, not widely available yet. I might actually consider
this on a commuting bike if I could figure out how to keep it out of the way
of my lights.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?J42A244D8

An interesting little unit. Might be just the ticket for
getting weather and traffic reports. It would be nice to
be able to test one out, if only just to see how directional
the antennas are.

The dimensions do look rather large. Maybe there's some
way you could move your lights off the handlebar to make
room for the computer/radio -- like onto a front rack?

cheers,
Tom

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Subject: Re: Sony Bike Radio/Computer (!)
From: [email hidden] (Tom Keats)
Date: 7/18/2004 10:45 AM US Eastern Standard Time
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In article <[email hidden]>,

Rich Clark said:

Just saw this in a Crutchfield catalog. Bar-mount AM/FM radio with a
built-in cyclecomp. Weighs 10 ounces, claimed to be "water-resistant."

Seems

Quoted message said:

to be just-announced, not widely available yet. I might actually consider
this on a commuting bike if I could figure out how to keep it out of the

way

Quoted message said:

of my lights.

http://makeashorterlink.com/?J42A244D8

An interesting little unit. Might be just the ticket for
getting weather and traffic reports. It would be nice to
be able to test one out, if only just to see how directional
the antennas are.

The dimensions do look rather large. Maybe there's some
way you could move your lights off the handlebar to make
room for the computer/radio -- like onto a front rack?

cheers,
Tom

If it had a good antenna it might be OK.
I straplock a walkman to my bars, but signal drift gets annoying.
Need a bar mounted mp3 player with some speakers, that would be nice.

It's also at amazon (search for M88B)
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Fx199 said:

Need a bar mounted mp3 player with some speakers, that would be nice.

i've been streaming shoutcast to my treo (cell phone) from my server at home
using pocket tunes. the speakers aren't so great .. but it works pretty
well & it's pretty damn geeky.
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Quoted message said:

http://makeashorterlink.com/?J42A244D8

It reminds me of a toy I had as a child. It was a bike alarm -- a
silly plastic box with a keypad that would wail if somebody moved
the bike without keying in the code. It also had sound effects and
stuff.

On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 08:45:58 -0700, [email hidden] (Tom Keats)

Quoted message said:

The dimensions do look rather large. Maybe there's some
way you could move your lights off the handlebar to make
room for the computer/radio -- like onto a front rack?

Mount the radio on the top tube.
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Rick Onanian