Comments on: Shoe Hacker: Nike+iPod Sport Kit Shoe Mod

By: Brian Casteel

Brian Casteel — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 18:00:42 +0000

As for pushing through the tongue fabric, I completely agree. I bent a needle pretty good, but ended up using my Leatherman to push/pull it through.

By: Brian Casteel

Brian Casteel — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:59:29 +0000

Thanks for putting this up. It gave me just what I was looking for to secure my new sensor so I could better track my performance. Industrial velcro for the win.

By: Podophile

Podophile — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 15:41:10 +0000

@Siobhan If your sensor isn’t linking with your iPod, you probably have a defective sensor. It’s not entirely uncommon. You should be able to exchange it for a new one.

Also, if you’re using an iPod nano, make sure you have the receiver plugged into the iPod. This can be confusing because the iPod touch and iPhone 3GS have the receiver built in. The nano doesn’t.

Hope this helps.

By: Siobhan

Siobhan — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:46:09 +0000

I got one of these a few days ago, but I refuse to buy the shoes because i love my asics. But try as I might, I cannot get my ipod to even link up with the sensor. I’ve tried what you suggested above, and it doesn’t seem to matter where I place it, I just cannot get it to work.
I’d be so grateful if you could help, I was really looking forward to using it!

By: Podophile

Podophile — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 15:42:35 +0000

@dragnfly – The Nike+iPod kit is not especially accurate on a treadmill. It works best when you’re actually running on the ground.

By: dragnfly

dragnfly — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:47:56 +0000

I ran today with my new Nike+ sport kit sensor in my shoe for the first time…. I ran on my treadmill so I could test the accuracy of the thing. The two weren’t even close. Gonna try to calibrate the darn thing on tomorrows run. Any suggestions?

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:09:28 +0000

Thanks for this! I looked around and your hack was the most secure for the least amount of time. The most difficult step was STITCHING. Oh my gosh, I had no idea it would be so hard to push it through the fabric; I broke two needles! I found wiggling took some of the stress off the needle and prevented it breaking. Third times the charm! ;)

By: blpx99

blpx99 — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 06:16:33 +0000

I own a pair of La Sportiva trail shoes that happen to have a fabric cover over the the shoe’s tongue forming the perfect pouch for the Nike transmitter, no shoe hacking required. I noticed this surprising, undocumented feature of my shoes after buying the device on a whim and then wondering which shoe hack I’d need to make it work. Turns out the transmitter fits securely and safely into the shoe as-is. Who knew?!

By: Tall Girl

Tall Girl — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:12:51 +0000

THanks a Trillion!.. you just saved me £117.00 GBP !!!!…. Many thanks from the UK !

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