ShredMate - The First Bike Computer to Track Your Jumps is Nearly 80% Funded
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 | ShredMate is the first bike computer developed purely for mountain biking. |
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ShredMate combines a motion sensor with specialized algorithms to give you exciting new information about your riding. The small sensor attaches to your fork and connects directly to your smartphone via Bluetooth to track your ride on the ShredMate app. so that you can view your:
• Jumps – ShredMate locates and measures your jump air time – and landing G-force. By training to reduce your landing g force you will improve your flow on the trail.
• G-Force – ShredMate detects peak G-forces – tight corners, G-outs (and even the odd crash). ShredMate displays these g forces on the map.
• Rough Trails – ShredMate automatically detects when you’re riding a rough trail. ShredMate lets you view each trail separately so that you can view detailed telemetry for the sections of your ride that matter the most.
• Speed – ShredMate shows your route as a trace that changes colour depending on how fast you go. Red for fast, green for slow.
| A couple of years ago I was teaching myself how to jump on a mountain bike, but found no way of tracking my progress. We decided to fix this problem by developing ShredMate. Once we added the motion sensor to track jumps, it became clear we could do so much more. Through careful optimization of our algorithms, ShredMate can track G-forces, detect individual trails and measure your jump landing G-force. By training to reduce your jump landing g-force, ShredMate can help improve your riding. |
ShredMate have raised over 75% of our Kickstarter campaign target so far and is available now for a discounted rate of £60 ($77 USD, $97 CAD).
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"You crashed again."
"And again."
*Download data*
"Would you like to see every where that you crashed today?"
HAL'S voice or Siri's depending on your age.
"A four feet jump there, unbelievable! You, Subject Name Here, must be the pride of Subject Hometown Here."
"If you become light-headed from thirst, feel free to pass out."
WoW!
If it's one thing I've always wished for, it's something to tell me if I'm on a rough trail
Any time one of these widgets is released, ask yourself a simple question...are any of the guys you strive to ride like using this shit? No. And if they are, it was given to them.
That seems like a potential application for this type of instrument. If you know what trail you're on, you could download detailed trail data and hook that up to your fork and / or shock.
If we've got electronic shifters (still can't understand that one) then there's got to be a market for racing level electronic suspension.
It doesn't take huge amounts of voltage to operate a solenoid to adjust the valve openings. We're not just talking lockout on climbs vs. open on downs, here. An electronic system with detailed trail data (and user location data) could increase or decrease all the damper settings incrementally based on location. For example, set your LSC to 2 and rebound to 4 clicks here, set LSC to 5 and R to 8 there, etc. All dynamically, without user input on the trail.
Your facts were just next to useless to be honest.