09.04.06
Nike+ Hack
I’ve been meaning to post about how I got my Nike+ kit working with my New Balance shoes. Given that my Marware “Sportsuit Sensor+” arrives tomorrow, it’s about time I finished this post. 
My first attempt was tying the sensor under my shoelaces and holding it in place with some athletic tape. That worked just fine for walking, but as soon as I started running it slipped out. Fortunately I was on a treadmill so I didn’t have to back track to find it by the side of the road.
I ended up buying a Nike shoe pouch. It clips onto the shoelaces. It’s got room for a bunch of stuff, like keys and ID which makes it a little too big for the sensor. Stuffing it full of tissue works reasonably well, but the sensor does shift around a bit.
The solution, of course, was a cheap can cozy. I cut off a chunk, formed it to the shape of the pouch and dug a hole for the sensor. It holds quite well, and still gives me a a convenient place to store the receiver. I think the biggest drawback, I think, is that the pouch doesn’t necessarily stay quite in the same alignment for an entire workout. It’s not officially a problem, but I suspect that’s the source of some of the inaccuracy I’ve seen with the kit.
Tomorrow, a review of the Marware accessory.
Aoife said,
09.05.06 at 12:10 pm
Interesting how suddenly it was all your idea, and how you did it up like that. I’ll bet next you’re gonna say that YOU’RE the one who saw the cozy and thought it was perfect and went ahead and spent a buck on it…
otto said,
09.05.06 at 12:41 pm
I knew you’d try to take credit or something… which is why I didn’t feel the need to put that little disclaimer in the post, you’d come along and “correct” it.