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[Christian Robottom Reis <kiko@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 01:25:18PM -0700, Justin Knotzke wrote:
>    First, I am a contributing programmer to the Golden Cheetah
>    project: http://www.goldencheetah.org This is a piece of OSS
>    software, based off QT and QWT, that allows cyclists with various
>    power meters to view their rides and analyze their data.

Ah, that is very cool. I have a PowerTap and have endured Saris'
Java-based PowerAgent itself for the past year. I did look at GC last
year but couldn't live without the personal records and the graphical
display (which isn't even that good) in PowerAgent -- should I give it
another try?

>    Secondly, something I am really excited about, a US company called
>    Quarq: http://www.quarq.us is coming out with a OSS computer that
>    will display watts, speed, etc on your handlebars. It's called the
>    Qranium and it runs off Linux, and GTK+ and various other OSS based
>    modules.

Do you know what sort of power measuring technique will they be using?

>    I am based in Montreal, Canada and I've been using Linux since
>    kernel 1.2.8 and have been racing road and track for 10+ years..

I've been using Linux since 1997 or so, and have been working at
Canonical (on Launchpad) since 2004. I own about 9 bikes. I've been
riding mountain bikes for about 10 years too, and I've raced on the road
a few times; the latest one at the Jeantex Tour TransAlp this year:

    http://www.async.com.br/~kiko/pix/TransAlp2008/

I should go to Montreal in the near future and will look forward to
having a riding partner in the area; on that note, Francis Lacoste, who
runs Launchpad Foundations, his dad is an avid cyclist and is also lives
in Montreal. Apparently he enjoys running younger riders off his wheel!
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