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My Paris Journey
We’re moving to Paris… tomorrow!
Yup, that’s right, we’re packing up shop and moving over to the land of …. and of chocolate macaroons! Actually, rather, we’ve already packed up shop – over three weeks ago. The stuff is slowly plodding it’s way across the Atlantic (just off the coast of Newfoundland as of tonight).
Moving into the apartment in 40 seconds
Last week, we showed you our final apartment selection with the House Hunters style series. However, getting all of our stuff into our apartment was probably even more fun.
Going to the farm and picking fresh produce!
One of the things we both really enjoy doing is going to u-pick farms and picking our own fruits and vegetables. In the past, we’ve primarily picked apples, blueberries, and strawberries. Given it’s fall (crazy, huh?), we figured it was time to go out and pick some apples.
The Beaches (Paris Plages)
Let’s make this clear up front – Paris is nowhere near a beach. The closest oceanesque body of water with sand is roughly 200 kilometers away – and the water there isn’t terribly warm either (the nice stuff is down south). So what do the Parisians do in the hot summer months (aside from close up shop and leave)? They truck in a boatload of sand and setup a beach right in the heart of Paris on the Seine.
My Paris Swim/Bike/Run Resources
Are you coming to Paris? Looking for places to swim, bike and run? Or just simply want to see where I swim/bike/run? Well, here’s the skinny on all my favorite training locations – complete with maps and downloadable routes.

O-Synce ANT+ Wireless Lap Button
This is one of those silly simple things that just makes SO much sense. Especially for mountain bikers. This tiny little button can be mounted right on your handlebars (you know, near you’re hands), and you can control the unit (lap/start/stop/navigate/etc…) right from the little button. Technically, there’s no reason other ANT+ units couldn’t update their firmware to support it, since it just uses a standard ANT+ device profile. Love it.
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O-Synce ANT+ Wireless Lap Button
This is one of those silly simple things that just makes SO much sense. Especially for mountain bikers. This tiny little button can be mounted right on your handlebars (you know, near you’re hands), and you can control the unit (lap/start/stop/navigate/etc…) right from the little button. Technically, there’s no reason other ANT+ units couldn’t update their firmware to support it, since it just uses a standard ANT+ device profile. Love it.

O-Synce ANT+ Wireless Lap Button
This is one of those silly simple things that just makes SO much sense. Especially for mountain bikers. This tiny little button can be mounted right on your handlebars (you know, near you’re hands), and you can control the unit (lap/start/stop/navigate/etc…) right from the little button. Technically, there’s no reason other ANT+ units couldn’t update their firmware to support it, since it just uses a standard ANT+ device profile. Love it.

O-Synce ANT+ Wireless Lap Button
This is one of those silly simple things that just makes SO much sense. Especially for mountain bikers. This tiny little button can be mounted right on your handlebars (you know, near you’re hands), and you can control the unit (lap/start/stop/navigate/etc…) right from the little button. Technically, there’s no reason other ANT+ units couldn’t update their firmware to support it, since it just uses a standard ANT+ device profile. Love it.

O-Synce ANT+ Wireless Lap Button
This is one of those silly simple things that just makes SO much sense. Especially for mountain bikers. This tiny little button can be mounted right on your handlebars (you know, near you’re hands), and you can control the unit (lap/start/stop/navigate/etc…) right from the little button. Technically, there’s no reason other ANT+ units couldn’t update their firmware to support it, since it just uses a standard ANT+ device profile. Love it.

O-Synce ANT+ Wireless Lap Button
This is one of those silly simple things that just makes SO much sense. Especially for mountain bikers. This tiny little button can be mounted right on your handlebars (you know, near you’re hands), and you can control the unit (lap/start/stop/navigate/etc…) right from the little button. Technically, there’s no reason other ANT+ units couldn’t update their firmware to support it, since it just uses a standard ANT+ device profile. Love it.






Hi Ray,
Do you know what the price will be and when this might be available for purchase?
Also, can it be bought by itself or will it only be available with O-Synce computers as a bundle type of thing?
It’s meant to work with Rouvy – but doesn’t want to – or at least by one doesn’t want to.
Seems to connect via Bluetooth – and then doesn’t work.
I’ve no idea how to make it connect through ANT+. There are no instructions and there is a pretty unhelpful couple of pages on the Cycleops website