Bike Trainers as Video Game Controllers

Hackaday is reporting on Deck de France, a maker project that transforms bike trainer data into video game controller inputs. Mount a Steam Deck to your handlebars, and the system maps trainer output to virtual game controls, letting you play games like Rocket League and the Tour de France series. Though it offers fewer inputs than a standard gamepad, it's a clever way for cyclists to add gaming to their stationary training sessions.

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