I'm waiting for the iOS app myself. :^) Philip www.biketinker.com
On Thursday, July 12, 2012 3:40:21 PM UTC-7, islaysteve wrote: > > I'll take a look, and I, too will need to wait for the iOS version. > Sounds cool, thanks. > > On Thursday, July 12, 2012 5:04:13 PM UTC-4, Peter Pesce wrote: >> >> I'll happily pay $2.50 if/when the iOS version comes along. >> (Please no Apple flaming. Allan already mentioned that he might do an iOS >> version on another list) >> >> -Pete in CT >> >> On Thursday, July 12, 2012 4:45:40 PM UTC-4, Allan in Portland wrote: >>> >>> A little shameless self-promotion. Hope people don't mind... >>> >>> I suspect a number of the active posters to the list know this >>> already, but for newer folks and lurkers, a few years ago Bicycle >>> Quarterly published some research conducted by Frank Berto (he was the >>> Bicycling mag tech editor, way back when they had tech) that showed >>> about a 15% sidewall drop was the optimum trade-off between tires that >>> were pumped too hard and would lose energy to road imperfections and >>> tires that were too soft and would feel sluggish and be prone to pinch >>> flats. >>> >>> Philip Williamson took the graph from the article and put it into a >>> google spreadsheet which he maintained over the years. In a blog post >>> he mentioned it would be cool to put it in an App. A friend and I had >>> just started a company doing Apps, so we thought it would be a cool >>> first project we could knock-out and get our feet wet ahead of >>> schedule than what we could do with our original product plans (K-8 ed >>> apps if anyone's curious). >>> >>> We got it posted to the Amazon Marketplace on Monday and I thought >>> some folks on this list might find it interesting and/or useful. >>> >>> Philip's post with some more background on tire inflation: >>> >>> http://www.biketinker.com/2010/bike-resources/optimal-tire-pressure-for-bicycles/ >>> >>> Amazon market URL: >>> http://www.amazon.com/Edison-Gauss-Publishing-Pressure-Calculator/dp/B008J0YAHM >>> >>> Google Play URL: >>> https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.edisongauss.bertotirepressure >>> >>> >>> Finally, I feel I must mention a few words about the price. With so >>> many free and 99 cent apps, what the heck are we charging $2.50? Well, >>> I expect the market for this is going to be rather small. The usual >>> approach of giving it away and making it up on ad volume won't work. >>> Plus, I hate the ads in so many of the free apps. Not having ad's junk- >>> up the screen is worth a couple bucks to me right there. Also, we put >>> about as much time into testing this as we did into developing it. >>> It's not the typical buggy, crash-prone free App that a lot of guys >>> crank out as fast as they can and throw up on Google the first time >>> they get something that compiles. Philip did some great work on the >>> graphics and IMHO it's an absolute pleasure to look at and use. Is all >>> that worth one less pint of a nice micro-brew the next time I'm >>> enjoying a post-ride pub stop? I think so. :-) Hope others agree. >>> >>> Riv content -- Philip and I use it to inflate the tires on our >>> Quickbeam & Hilsen respectively. :-) >>> >>> Thanks and regards, >>> -Allan >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/Oiy5cSh9LOQJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
