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Android cycling apps
Postby drubie » Mon Dec 20, 2010 10:51 am
Mostly I bought the Defy for the water-resistance / gorilla glass etc. but since it's running Android, has a GPS and has navigation capabilities, I figured I'd give the cycling apps a go.
The one I downloaded (b.icycle) seems...OK, it managed to pull out some plausible stats on my ride home on Friday (heh, fixie top speed of 40km/h on 40/16 gearing) but the GPS radio seems a little flaky at times, takes quite a while to initially acquire the signal in b.icycle compared to the ordinary navigation applications.
Has anybody else tried this stuff or does everybody own a Garmin or an iPhone?
but really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.
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Re: Android cycling apps
Postby goneriding » Mon Dec 20, 2010 12:41 pm
I still haven't found one that exceeds SportsTracker on the Nokia platform. I still use that over the Android.
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Re: Android cycling apps
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Re: Android cycling apps
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Re: Android cycling apps
Postby drubie » Mon Dec 20, 2010 2:56 pm
B.icycle is simple enough to use (start/stop/ autostop, has a live map, records multiple trips, lets you name routes, records times, distances, elevation, metres climbed and descended).
I guess the biggest problem is: as a training aid, what features are important other than the sorts of things I can already do with a bike computer. The metres climbed one was pretty interesting to me but I'm just not sure how useful it is.
but really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.
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Re: Android cycling apps
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Re: Android cycling apps
Postby ClownBoy » Mon Dec 20, 2010 4:55 pm
I actually use it for my running but it would be good for cycling also.
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Re: Android cycling apps
Postby stevecassidy » Mon Dec 20, 2010 9:01 pm
The killer feature of Strava for me is that it lets you mark out 'segments' of your ride (eg. climbs) and then finds everyone who's done that segment and lets you compare times. I've been looking for an android app that would keep track of my climbs without having to manually mark them every time. This works really well, plus i I change my phone or method of recording GPX files, it should still work - all the others are tied to one phone platform pretty much.
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Re: Android cycling apps
Postby Mean Machine » Mon Dec 20, 2010 10:53 pm
It does have elevation, you need to upload your ride to the Web to see it though. What it doesn't do though, which annoys me, is an auto stop when you stop at traffic lights and such.redcorpsjames wrote:I like sportypal because its easy to use has most of the features you just described, however it doesnt have elevation which I want.
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Re: Android cycling apps
Postby drubie » Tue Dec 21, 2010 12:35 am
The idea of a comparo against other riders sounds kinda OK, but frankly if you want to have a go around here, you'll know pretty soon once you pop out of the bunch how well you're doing as they whoosh past, so that isn't wouldn't be so useful to a (ahem) c grader.
What I really want is a "ghosted", post-ride account, or a logged time up those climbs. I think I can futz that with b.icycle but it'll take a few rides to work it out to see whether it can be synthesized from the results. There doesn't seem to be a ghosted kinda mode in it but you would think it wouldn't be hard to add to a cycling app.
but really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.
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Re: Android cycling apps
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Re: Android cycling apps
Postby redcorpsjames » Tue Dec 21, 2010 6:08 pm
ah right I will give it a go thanksMean Machine wrote:It does have elevation, you need to upload your ride to the Web to see it though. What it doesn't do though, which annoys me, is an auto stop when you stop at traffic lights and such.redcorpsjames wrote:I like sportypal because its easy to use has most of the features you just described, however it doesnt have elevation which I want.
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Re: Android cycling apps
Postby petie » Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:34 pm
i'm pretty sure you can get a version of sportstracker for Android.... have a look in the marketgoneriding wrote:I've tried Endomondo which works well.
I still haven't found one that exceeds SportsTracker on the Nokia platform. I still use that over the Android.
EDIT: I use Endomondo but more out of interest than as a training aid.
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Re: Android cycling apps
Postby brewski » Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:21 pm
Total Distance
Total Time
Moving Time
Number of Tracks
Average Speed
Average Moving Speed
Elevation Gain
Min Elevation
Max Elevation
B.icycle does not take into consideration the stops, but it does have calories.
My Tracks, easy to use, email the track to your Google account it the appears in Google Docs as a spread sheet and you can use Google Maps to view it and share with others if you like, I'm going to go with this one.
Edit: By the way each test was for one hour, I sat at Macca's having a coffee until the hour clicked over, then on the way home cut the side out of the tyre and limped home, 1 hour again.
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Re: Android cycling apps
Postby goneriding » Thu Dec 23, 2010 3:34 pm
Same name different app.petie wrote:i'm pretty sure you can get a version of sportstracker for Android.... have a look in the marketgoneriding wrote:I've tried Endomondo which works well.
I still haven't found one that exceeds SportsTracker on the Nokia platform. I still use that over the Android.
EDIT: I use Endomondo but more out of interest than as a training aid.
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Re: Android cycling apps
Postby drubie » Thu Dec 23, 2010 8:43 pm
OK, download time then - b.icycle is a total battery hog and it left me with gaps where it can't get the GPS signal on the Moto Defy, whereas the other navigation apps have no trouble at all. I'll send 'em a note about it but will be trying My Tracks I think. b.icycle also seems to take forever still to acquire it's location.brewski wrote:My Tracks used about 10% of the battery whereas B.icycle used approx 16% (phone was at 53% when I left for the ride).
but really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.
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Re: Android cycling apps
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Re: Android cycling apps
Postby Mean Machine » Fri Dec 24, 2010 1:03 pm
EDIT: The screen turns off fine, I think I was just activating it when taking the phone out of my pocket at the end of the ride. I'm sticking with SportsTracker, I like it, even the website is good.
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Re: Android cycling apps
Postby drubie » Tue Dec 28, 2010 10:21 am
Really, it's pretty impressive. Perhaps not as good as buying a Garmin product, but given a few months I think either Garmin will have to release a phone, merge with Powertap or be out of business.
but really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.
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Re: Android cycling apps
Postby Pushy » Tue Dec 28, 2010 12:36 pm
Donedrubie wrote:Really, it's pretty impressive. Perhaps not as good as buying a Garmin product, but given a few months I think either Garmin will have to release a phone, merge with Powertap or be out of business.
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Re: Android cycling apps
Postby drubie » Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:45 pm
Hmm - too car oriented for me. I reckon the perfect setup would be a bluetooth, bike computer head unit with speed and cadence and HR displayed that spoke enough bluetooth to your smart phone to allow synchronous recording. That way, the phone stays in the pocket, happily mapping away, while the small display did the "immediate" stuff. Have your HR mapped against the GPS readings, you wouldn't need a powertap.Pushy wrote:Donedrubie wrote:Really, it's pretty impressive. Perhaps not as good as buying a Garmin product, but given a few months I think either Garmin will have to release a phone, merge with Powertap or be out of business.
but really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.
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Re: Android cycling apps
Postby drubie » Mon Jun 20, 2011 9:50 am
but really, that's rubbish. We get none of it because the choices are illusory.
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Re: Android cycling apps
Postby blkmcs » Mon Jun 20, 2011 10:30 am
I have compared it over the same route on 2 different bikes each bike fitted with a different computer.
All 3 devices were within 100 metres over the 35 Km route and average and top speeds were all very close.
However that was only on rides where My Tracks recorded the whole ride.
More often than not My Tracks would stop recording part way through a ride making it useless.
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