Just picked it up. Nice to not be able slave to Apple like the children who make their phones are. Sorry, can't help myself. On Jul 12, 2012 10:48 PM, "Philip Williamson" <philip.william...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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/<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<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<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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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.
