JamesMontemagno

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by JamesMontemagno 6y ago
Nice! I went back and forth on the different Sunny bikes to be honest. My biggest issue so far with Fitness+ is that it doesn't sync up with the cadence sensor as I wrote about. If you have an Apple TV then that is ideal as you can use
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by JamesMontemagno 6y ago
Whoa! This is awesome!!! I know what I am doing for my holiday hack :) Added it into my post!
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by JamesMontemagno 6y ago
That is a good point as well. My wife also uses the bike and this is a big benefit.
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by JamesMontemagno 6y ago
Yeah, I don't consider my post a hack or constructing the bike from scratch at all. That would be super impressive IMHO. I just did a bunch of research, found the lowest minimal requirements in what I was looking for in a spin bike and
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by JamesMontemagno 6y ago
I sort of consider it two different types of workouts. Trainers for sure are great if you are comfortable putting it on and off. For me this was an at home spin bike with a nice heavy flywheel for resistance. You can totally accomplish a lo
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by JamesMontemagno 6y ago
I guess I consider it DIY as it is combining the Bike, Tablet, and Sensor together instead of buying an all in 1 package that restricts you to a specific service.
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by JamesMontemagno 6y ago
Good question! I have in the past put a trainer on my road bike. They are a bit pricey for decent ones and when I tried them in the past I just really didn't like it as much. I also didn't like putting on and off trainer. That sai
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by JamesMontemagno 6y ago
Hey there! Yeah, that is a good point for sure. I would say though that while I already owned the tablet it would also work just fine with any smart phone. That is a good cost and could be considered.
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by JamesMontemagno 12y ago
If you are building for Android you can do it 100% of on Mac OR a PC. Since Google ships sdks and tools for both Mac or PC that is why you can do this. Apple is much trickier. You can still open iOS projects, modify code, and compile withou
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by JamesMontemagno 12y ago
The approach with Xamarin is that you are able to build out a shared C#/.NET business logic layer. All of your platform independent code such as Models, ViewModels, Database code, Restful Service calls, etc. You get to use the power of
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by JamesMontemagno 12y ago
Hey there, I am James Montemagno a developer evangelist at Xamarin. I have been developing native apps with Xamarin for nearly 4 years now across iOS, Android, and of course Windows (I was a customer for 2 years before joining Xamarin). I j