>> REI’s Bike Your Drive iPhone app gets reviewed by Will Campbell. He seems to like it, though I can’t quite figure out how to interpret what I’m looking at in his screenshot (I also don’t have an iPhone).
>> Fix a flat tire clinic happens at Santa Monica’s Bikerowave this Sat., June 13, from 11 am – 1 pm. Get a bike tube, tire levers, and a patch kit — plus both hands on and written instructions — for just $20. Earlier: Green weekender: River BBQ, vegan cookie sale, recycled billboard drop.
>> American entrepreneurs can get Kiva loans too now. Fellow Blogher contributing editor Britt Bravo‘s already helping out a woman in Queens. Earlier: Rethinking my Kiva loan.
>> And local food producers can get loans from Whole Foods. So maybe now’s a good time to become the neighborhood organic cookie-maker you’ve wanted to be (please send samples for review).
Aw come on Siel. The embeddable widgets are the best part of the Bike Your Drive app. Give ‘em a chance and you’ll be interpreting ‘em like a pro.
Will Campbell’s last blog post..FedUp/FedEx
Comment by Will Campbell — June 12, 2009 @ 4:46 pm
There are just so many graphs….
Comment by Siel — June 12, 2009 @ 5:54 pm
Very cool iPhone app. I’ve tried similar applications in the past for running, but this one seems to work well. I’ll be testing it on my next bike ride in an hour.
Comment by Jason Li — June 18, 2009 @ 5:11 pm
Lemme know how it goes :)
Comment by Siel — June 24, 2009 @ 5:59 pm
When I first installed this, it allowed me to enter a car’s mpg, weight, and cost per gallon. Then it uses the GPS to calculate my trail and distance traveled.
http://www.everytrail.com/view_trip.php?trip_id=245238
At the end of the trip, it tells me the carbon offset, calories burned, and money saved.
It seems to work pretty well and can be useful if I was training for a bike ride.
Comment by Jason Li — June 25, 2009 @ 1:31 am
Just checked out your route –That’s pretty cool! You should totally start a blog simply about these bike trips — embed the map, rank the trip (on pleasantness, etc.) –
Comment by Siel — June 25, 2009 @ 7:43 pm