iPhone as bike computer for turbo?

[Sniffer77]

Hi all
Posted few weeks ago re a turbo computer and was ready to buy a wireless one but...
I've a spare iPhone 4 that I've been told could be used as a computer for the turbo with a ant or addition sensor so I can tell distance speed and cadence . Don't know if this is true or not
Can anyone point me in the right direction? Don't want to spend over £50 really.
(Understand the differing opinions re distance on turbo etc)
Thanks
Jamie

 

[Bollo]

To add Ant+ you'll need an ant+ dongle for your phone to talk to an ant+ compatible speed/cadence sensor. The most readily available dongle is made by wahoo and called the "key". £50ish from the usual online suspects, but you might pick one up cheaper on fleabay. No-brand ones will be cheaper put there's no guarantee they'll work. Also, DON'T go for the garmin Ant+ dongle; its specifically for transferring data between some garmin devices and the iPhone and it doesn't support sensor data logging.

If the phone was a 4S, you'd have been able to get a Bluetooth 4.0 (sometimes called 'smart' or'LE') speed/cadence sensor and talk directly to your phone, but this isn't supported by the iPhone 4.

Finally, it might be worth checking that your app of choice is supported by your phone's OS, which is likely to be getting on a bit if it's a 4.

 

[Sniffer77]

To add Ant+ you'll need an ant+ dongle for your phone to talk to an ant+ compatible speed/cadence sensor. The most readily available dongle is made by wahoo and called the "key". £50ish from the usual online suspects, but you might pick one up cheaper on fleabay. No-brand ones will be cheaper put there's no guarantee they'll work. Also, DON'T go for the garmin Ant+ dongle; its specifically for transferring data between some garmin devices and the iPhone and it doesn't support sensor data logging.

If the phone was a 4S, you'd have been able to get a Bluetooth 4.0 (sometimes called 'smart' or'LE') speed/cadence sensor and talk directly to your phone, but this isn't supported by the iPhone 4.

Finally, it might be worth checking that your app of choice is supported by your phone's OS, which is likely to be getting on a bit if it's a 4.

Thanks mate , will go investigate that now . I've got a iPhone 5 that I may use so will see which is cheaper option

 

[Piemaster]

Have you had a look at the Wahoo range?Not sure how it would work with your trainer, or if it would, but the app will work on a iphone 4 (at least at the moment).