Building a modular bike computer (Feedback wanted!)

[Furina]

Hi everyone,

I’m working on a project now and I think it’s pretty cool: a modular, high-fidelity bike computer.
I'm a sports data analyst, working with pro teams, I found—whether on biking, rowing, or paragliding, we’re often stuck with proprietary ecosystems that don't play well with high-end sensors or specialized needs, so we are currently prototyping a "pro-data" hub.

Quick specs:
Modular: Support for add-ons like wind sensor (anemometer),camera and walkie-talkie for group rides.
Rugged: Monolithic, dual-shot molded case (IP68-ready).
Display: 3.5" screen, perfectly viewable in direct sunlight.

I’m just sharing this to get your thoughts.

Cheers!

 

[Dogtrousers]

Interesting, in a kind of theoretical way. But I'm not sure this forum represents your target market though.

For me (and I'm prepared to guess many or most of us on this forum) commercially available computers actually do more than I need. I don't have specialised needs that are not catered for. I'm not seeing any gap there, in fact I'm seeing a very crowded market of extremely capable devices from different manufacturers with little to choose between them, all capable of connecting to a variety of sensors: HRM, Power, speed, cadence, radar, temperature etc.

But don't let that put you off from posting, because this stuff is fascinating (to me at least).

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Mod Note:
I'm going to move this in the training section, maybe it will get more responses.
@Furina

 

[Ming the Merciless]

What would be interesting is how repairable or upgradeable it is over time by the consumer. The other necessity is how easy it is to use route planners on a phone to sync with it. Plus same for activities how easily can it sync with the different online platforms such as Garmin Connect or Strava or Wahoo.

 

[EckyH]

That's a really cool project.

Open standards for connectivity in hard- and software would be great, so that other people can develop own modules, extensions, plugins, whatever.
If the software would be open source with a license which allows other people to contribute, then that would be even better, because bug fixing and security updates would be possible for a very long time and not dictated by management constraints.

Fingers crossed that your project will be successful.

E.