BIKEPGH MESSAGE BOARD ARCHIVE

Here's the image! It's a big one.

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Thanks for posting this. I really like GASP and what they do. They are in our corner for sure. Also, thank you for doing what you are doing. Hmm, I will have a look at their website and talk with them. My commute is pretty consistent, but I park my bike in a very bad area, so that might be a concern. I also ride at all hours. Sometimes in the middle of the night due to my odd work schedule.

I sent them my contact info.

Great Stu! I will do the same, but will have to warn them about m parking situation.

gg, your bike parking location shouldn't be a big deal because the GASP folks ask that if you leave your bike outside that you bring the device in.

Read more info, a little concerned about this requirement:

"If it begins to rain, take the entire unit off the bike and take it safely indoors."

http://gasp-pgh.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Dear-Participant.pdf

Yeah... it helps to have a waterproof pannier or backpack. You don't actually have to take it "indoors."

If it rains while en route, what do I do?

Stu: You just stop, turn it off and remove it. Put it in your pannier for your next trip or when it stops raining.

It takes like 30 seconds to take it on and off so it's no big deal.

Got the message today that "Currently, our monitors are all lent out, but they rotate back in and out again on a semi-weekly basis, so I can add you to the waiting list if you are interested and let you know when a monitor is available to you."

No email yet.

Hi Everyone -

I'm currently spearheading this project at GASP (See current page of introductions thread for intro)! When you receive emails, you'll be receiving them from me, and when you come in to attach the monitor to your bike, you'll be interacting with me.

Attaching the monitors to each bike is a pretty individual experience, since you can probably tell from Rachel's photo that the device is just a teeny bit bulkier and more unwieldy than, say, a CMU airbot. I love taking design mod advice from my fellow bikers, and Rachel's unit is the first to be using pedal straps to attach to the handlebars - an upgrade (sidewaysgrade?) from our more rigid but less lockable plastic clips.

To address the raining concern - the monitor will not explode immediately upon contact with rain, but we do ask that you treat our expensive device like an expensive device. Even if you don't have waterproof panniers, something like double-bagging the monitor in grocery bags and placing it in a backpack would be fine. I'll leave it to you to self-assess whether or not you feel unable or unwilling to do anything in the protocol before sending in an interest form.

Thanks, Rachel, for posting this, and thanks to everyone signing up for the waiting list. Cannot wait to meet you all. Keep passing the tiny windmill fairy wand of air quality knowledge into the future!