Best mobile phone for cycling?

[Psycolist]

Get a good old fashioned Ordinance Survey map and plan ahead Its much more fun

 

[billy1561]

Garmin are cheap now, particularly the 200's but if you require a phone to actually use as well as tracking bike rides then the s2 does everything you need Laura.

 

[subaqua]

Get a good old fashioned Ordinance Survey map and plan ahead Its much more fun

doesn't track your route for you though and give you a big grin on yr face when you realise you did 45mph down that hill that felt really fast

FWIW I use a blackberry with endomondo on it to track my rides, there are lots of other better handsets though. I have a iphone 4 from work and hate it with a passion - slow n clunky.

 

[LauraWatson]

Thanks everyone, some good tips for appz here too. As someone who has been known to ride with sandwich bags on the feet to keep warm i can see the logic of bags on phones. I went for s3 mini in the end, 15.50 for more time and texts than i can use plus 500mb data. Not sure how much data the maps will eat. And yes, do love the os maps too, but if i ever do manage the top to bottom ride that might be all my luggage!

 

[Cletus Van Damme]

Just used 2 cheap android phones with Endomondo, HTC Wildfire and a Samsung Galaxy Ace. Both worked superbly, the Ace is better as it is faster at other things. Probably do not need anything that fancy, not for Endomondo anyway.

 

[aces_up1504]

If you want to use Sat Nav on a android phone, you can now download an area of the map more than big enough for a bike ride. This will save you some valuable data usage.

 

[westofsouth]

To deal with the fumble factor - any phone you can attach a lanyard to and suspend round your neck... eg none of them.
However, I do find MMtracker on my HTC useful for confirming my position.

 

[classic33]

To deal with the fumble factor - any phone you can attach a lanyard to and suspend round your neck... eg none of them.
However, I do find MMtracker on my HTC useful for confirming my position.

http://www.gsmarena.com/ericsson_r250s_pro-119.php
1/8 of an inch bolt can be used to hold one in place, as you describe.