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Postby rudeboy » Tue Oct 18, 2011 1:27 pm
I assume the best choices would be mapmyride or cyclemeter but are open to anything.
Most of my riding is around the M7 bike path and surrounds at the moment and already have cheap bike computer that measures speed/distance/time/cadence etc. Would be more interested in elevation and split times etc.
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Postby ozdavo » Tue Oct 18, 2011 1:39 pm
Strava has the best online features (that I've tried), and if I ever move to a Garmin, it interacts nicely with it. But saying that, they all have options to output data files that can be loaded to virtually any other.
I have a few of these which are great for mounting things to yours bars/stem. I ride with the iPhone on my stem.
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Postby santacruzscott » Thu Oct 20, 2011 10:10 pm
Has a setting for most sports.
I use it in the Mountain biking , Cycling and walking modes.
Works perfectly for me.
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Postby rudeboy » Thu Oct 20, 2011 11:17 pm
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Postby sherlock » Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:09 am
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Postby hiflange » Fri Oct 21, 2011 12:29 am
Any GPS exercise tracker worth it's salt will automatically upload your ride/run/walk/sail workout to the web where you can massage its metadata for the pleasure of your viewing public. Check that the app will export (or import) tracks, that way you can interchange rides with other apps or services like bikely.com.
Runkeeper, mapmyride, endomondo, trails and Strava are all worth checking out.
If you're interested in competition Strava is the go. It compares your performance on user defined stretches of road or path against other Strava users. They recently changed the parameters of their free offering making it much more attractive than it had been previously.
The single biggest limitation with smartphone apps is the limited battery life. If you ride 100km you will almost certainly flatten an iphone battery. 100+km distances will have you hankering for a dedicated GPS. Endomondo and Strava will both interface with Garmin units if you end up upgrading down the track.
To my knowledge nobody yet makes an app that interfaces with anything like bikejournal.com's useful tracking of mileage on tyres and service intervals.
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Postby ozdavo » Fri Oct 21, 2011 11:47 am
Not exactly true, I've gotten over 4hrs using runkeeper as a speedo mounted on my bars (iPhone4), and I've heard of people getting up to 8hrs using it with the screen off.RobertFrith wrote: The single biggest limitation with smartphone apps is the limited battery life. If you ride 100km you will almost certainly flatten an iphone battery. 100+km distances will have you hankering for a dedicated GPS. Endomondo and Strava will both interface with Garmin units if you end up upgrading down the track.
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...But, I do agree battery life is a limitation, along with not having barometric altimeter (for this reason, Strava does not count smartphone data in KOM comps).
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Postby santacruzscott » Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:22 pm
ozdavo wrote:
Not exactly true, I've gotten over 4hrs using runkeeper as a speedo mounted on my bars (iPhone4), and I've heard of people getting up to 8hrs using it with the screen off.
...But, I do agree battery life is a limitation, along with not having barometric altimeter (for this reason, Strava does not count smartphone data in KOM comps).
I agree , just came back from Phillip Island Moto GP races.
Used runkeeper on my iPhone4 to see how far we walked.
6 hours with the screen off , but texting on and off as well in that time period , still had 54% battery left.
But in saying that I remember the battery life in my iPhone3 disappearing much quicker than that.
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Postby sherlock » Fri Oct 21, 2011 1:42 pm
With the screen off, you'll have no worries with a 100-kilometre ride. Stuff it in your saddle bag or something and you can just let it track your kilometres; I think my 4S chews about 5-6% battery every 20-kilometres?RobertFrith wrote: The single biggest limitation with smartphone apps is the limited battery life. If you ride 100km you will almost certainly flatten an iphone battery. 100+km distances will have you hankering for a dedicated GPS. Endomondo and Strava will both interface with Garmin units if you end up upgrading down the track.
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Postby Queestce » Sun Oct 23, 2011 3:50 pm
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Postby toolonglegs » Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:35 am
It was very easy to use and didn't really touch the battery...unlike my battery trying to ride in a howling gale .
http://app.strava.com/rides/2074042
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Postby whostolemybike » Mon Oct 24, 2011 1:40 am
Squeezed the ------------------------- from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Postby flynnyfalcon » Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:55 pm
During the ride, having updates comparing to past rides (of the same route) is very handy and afterwards showing detailed breakdown of splits, your course map, cadence and GPS max and avg (if you have the appropriate add ons) decent, ascent etc is great stuff. A great compliment to my Sigma ROX 8.0 until an upgrade to a Garmin happens at some point down the track.
GPS seems really accurate, though max speed can sometimes be out (compared to my Sigma) and ascent/descent often doesn't match That aside...
Highly recommended.
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Postby snowmaan » Sat Nov 05, 2011 7:42 am
I use a bike handle mount which is fantastic
Love the cyclemeter report after a ride which sends one copy to my email and another posts on my wall on facebook. I raised $1,200 for the gong ride so friends and family can see how much training I am putting in
Battery life still a worry, ie gong ride tomorrow with a slow work team will be 4-5 hrs, then lunch in the gong and train back and beers and dinner at darling harbourview after, means at least 2/3 of my battery will be gone on the ride
A good idea is buy a $9.99 solar powered iPhone battery recharger on catch of the day or eBay
Brilliant, tape it to your frame somewhere and plug it in when you arrive and it recharges your battery probably 20%
Chuck it on the table at the pub or back on your bike, in the sun to recharge, and repeat the process
It's a fantastic way to not run out of battery!
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Postby Krank » Sat Nov 05, 2011 11:15 am
There are many iphone solar power battery chargers on ebay.
WHich one are you referrign to?
Also, if you have your iphone in your gurnsey during the ride, how do you charge the phone during the ride with the solar cell?
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Postby snowmaan » Sat Nov 05, 2011 2:35 pm
It's a no name one from catch of the day, $9.99 which works well, gives me 2 hrs charge
I dont use it while riding, I will use the phone and cyclemeter during the ride and when I get to the gong, plug it in and recharge the phone for the train trip with the team back to Sydney
Then we are heading to Helm Bar in darling harbour to have beers and seafood and steaks and will sit the solar charger in the sun to recharge then connect back to the phone again
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Postby scirocco » Wed Nov 09, 2011 9:07 pm
+1. With screen off battery life is simply not an issue any more.flynnyfalcon wrote:I love Cyclemeter! Simply turn it on, whack it in my back pocket and away I go. Not sure what others are complaining about regarding battery life, I have an oldish iPhone4, run GPS (cyclemeter) with music and it lasts for approx 8 hours. .
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Postby cachexian » Thu Nov 10, 2011 5:57 am
My battery drained from !00% in St Peters to 0% in the Gong over 3.5 hours. I had turned off all wireless and closed all apps - just location services and 3G running.
Sounds like I will need one of those solar chargers.
How did Cycle meter go on the Gong ride?
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Postby cagou67 » Fri Nov 11, 2011 4:23 pm
I also upload my rides in GPX format to Garmin Connect. That way it overcomes the small screen issue and gives me some more features for analysis.
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Postby Krank » Sat Nov 12, 2011 11:40 am
I have pressed 'stop', but not yet pressed 'done'.
After I press 'done', how do i download my ride into the computer, and what software should I have installed on my PC before I do this?
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Postby scirocco » Sat Nov 12, 2011 1:56 pm
Help>ExportKrank wrote:After I press 'done', how do i download my ride into the computer?Krnak
Mail client like Outlook to get the email, then Excel if you want to view the CSV file, or a web browser so you can load the GPX file into bikeroutetoaster or your favourite bike routing website. Or Google Earth if you prefer viewing in that.Krank wrote:and what software should I have installed on my PC before I do this?
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Postby Krank » Sat Nov 12, 2011 3:44 pm
Is the export file compatible with any bike routing website?
When would you export the 'GPX File Attachment' instead of 'GPX File URL' or visa versa?
How different is the 'Drive' activity compared to the 'Cycle' activity on Cyclemeter?
Would speed be measured differently?
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