[prewett]

This seems like an expensive way to replace smartphone + google maps + earbuds. As far as I can tell from the article (which was pretty much silent on the product), it does not address any of my problems with bicycles: 1) US cities are too spread out 2) Biking up hills feels like it takes a lot more energy than just walking up them, so I generally don't bike anywhere that has hills (= I guess I'll just take a car, then). Maybe fancy $1000 bikes zoom up the hills, but I don't want to spend that much. I've already got a car... 3) My destination usually does not have showers, which is a problem when the temperature is 90 - 105 deg F for a large portion of the year. 4) The most direct roads sometimes have cars speeding by at 45 - 60 mph; not safe. In Austin, one of the popular biking routes has one biker killed every year; I don't really want to be part of that statistic.

I would love to bike, but frankly, I'm kind of lazy (especially regarding the hills). I would be interested in an affordable bike that mitigated some of these problems, though.