Apple Watch for Cyclists
So much cycling imagery in Apple’s event today and we’re wondering if the Apple Watch with fitness apps could replace your bike computer? Wondered about that too with Google Glass (and no it didn’t). Most importantly in all that was mentioned was Glances. That’s what intrigued me the most from my experience with Glass, was the concept of glanceable computing at just what you need, instead of all the distractions. Sure many companies are working on SmartWatches/wearables and consumers don’t seem to care, but haven’t seen the finesse or completeness of what Apple announced today. Last month, Microsoft updated their Band with a bike tile.
We’ll see where this market goes and David Schloss, a long-time contributor, has his watch on order. Also in the event today was the topic of corporate wellness. In light of the UCI’s doping report, I said this on Twitter.
Corporate wellness by Apple today, and hoping the bike industry understands that they're selling fitness equipment and not racing anymore.
— byron@bikehugger (@bikehugger) March 9, 2015
Considering new markets in health and fitness, there’s a huge opportunity for the sport of cycling to distance itself from that win on Sunday, sell on Monday mantra, but that’s all the companies in the market know. And for sure the show must go on with Paris-Nice happening now. Oh and today we learned that Lance is seeking a ban reduction….