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You can donate here to John Pages ride for Parkinson's. Some sites like to modify links and break them apparently (Looking at you LinkedIn)  https://events.parkinsons.org.uk/fundraisers/johnpage   I work in IT, I use a keyboard every day - imagine in your hands shook so badly how it would affect your ability to do your job? Parkinson's disease will do that to you - but that's an old person's affliction isn't it? Well I recently learned it's not as a co-worker my own age (late 40s if you are wondering) has been diagnosed with it. Learning this I decided to raise some awareness and even more importantly some money for research into what looks like one day it will be curable. I can't imagine not being able to type or use a mouse, I'm sure for many of you it would make life much harder too. Please help me raise an elite sum of money (£1337) - I'm half way there already. For my part I'm going to try and pedal 16 Stones (100Kg) of Me and 15Kg of bicycl

Using a Bicycle in a trainer as a Game Controller in The Crew ( previously in TDU2)

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Disclaimer - I'm writing this because I've been asked to but I'm having way too much fun using this to spend a lot of time writing about it. If you want to see more of my stuff then follow me @makerofadventures on Instagram. ( https://www.instagram.com/makerofadventures ) Stripes in screenshots and video are an artefact of phone camera frame rate - they aren't there when playing. TLDR: How I built my Virtual Bicycle The Backstory  March 2020:  lockdown one in the UK hits and we at Orion's lodge are told we cannot travel more than five miles for non-essential purposes. March is where the weather in Scotland starts to improve again and I'd normally jump in my Jeep Renegade Trailhawk and go exploring - driving round exploring ever smaller back roads and sometimes even further is very much a hobby of mine.  But Orion's Lodge is all about bringing technology into a small area to try to create or recreate unique outdoor experiences, from our Bug Safari rides to an