Computers for bikes - your recommendations?
- Thread starter dodd82
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snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
Usually people refer to a 'cycle computer' as a relatively inexpensive (£5 - £30) device clipped on the handlebars to indicate mileage/speed/average speed/duration.
It sounds as if you may be looking for a gps or similar device, a bigger investment.
It sounds as if you may be looking for a gps or similar device, a bigger investment.
Davidc
Guru
- Location
- Somerset UK
My Android phone does that - needs an outboard battery pack to keep going for a day though.
RiflemanSmith
Senior Member
- Location
- London UK
Garmin Edge 810 or 800.
DaveP
Well-Known Member
- Location
- Romney Marsh; Kent
Well that makes two of us doing L2P, only I do not have in excess of £250 to get one (an 800)...
Hire could be an option.....
Mike Alexander
Active Member
- Location
- Strensall, York, UK
If you have a smartphone with built-in GPS capability, you can get apps that will track your ride for you. Most apps are inexpensive, or even free. As Davidc says, you'd need an external battery pack for it to keep it charged for the whole ride.
Mike Alexander
Active Member
- Location
- Strensall, York, UK
I've used my iPhone to follow a pre-planned route a few times. Most smartphone apps that I've tried support importing a route via a GPX file.
Davidc
Guru
- Location
- Somerset UK
The app I use is I believe available for Android, iOS, and soon for Windows phone. It's called Bikecomputer pro and costs just over £3. It can import GPX files, and will show their track and simultaneously the track that's been followed by the bike. Makes navigating a planned route a doddle.
It also has all the usual speed, average speed, max speed, distance, ride time - and so on - functions.
It can take downloadable offline maps, which means it works where there's no phone signal and doesn't run up a data bill.
Only issue is that the demo video is only available in German so if like me you don't speak German that's no use!
As I said earlier the drawback is that to keep the app running and on-screen continuously for more than about 4 to 5 hours needs help from an external battery pack.
It also has all the usual speed, average speed, max speed, distance, ride time - and so on - functions.
It can take downloadable offline maps, which means it works where there's no phone signal and doesn't run up a data bill.
Only issue is that the demo video is only available in German so if like me you don't speak German that's no use!
As I said earlier the drawback is that to keep the app running and on-screen continuously for more than about 4 to 5 hours needs help from an external battery pack.
