snipechief
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What ride apps do ya'll use? Are there decent apps that don't have a fee? I'd like to map my rides, but have no idea which app would be best for me. Thanks for any info.
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No clue brother. Almost everything around me in my town is for walkers/joggers/ and EMV's for elderly citizens.
Hardly no places to ride even mtbs without people becoming disgruntled
Lemme know if ya find a good one
Hardly no places to ride even mtbs without people becoming disgruntled
Lemme know if ya find a good one
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I use a Garmin Edge 830 GPS and the Garmin Connect app on my phone to map out rides and transfer them to the GPS, (The Connect app uses Google Maps). The Garmin is a very nice cycling computer that I can move from bike to bike and it works with the Varia rear facing radar/light. They are a bit expensive, but mine is going strong after more than three years, (long after the sting of the purchase has faded).
My wife and I like to explore the back roads which are mostly dirt, (gravel). Using Google Maps and the Connect App along with a cycling GPS saves a lot of headaches. After saving a route I can see the profile and it will tell me how much climbing we are in for. The Connect app saves the data from the rides and I can go back and save any ride as a new route for future rides.
My wife used to poke fun at me for having all this tech, but she has come to appreciate it and she has a Garmin now too. Her Garmin is the newer Explore 2 and I think that if I was to buy one now, I would go with that. There are other GPS cycling computers that are becoming very popular as well. They all seem to have their own advantages, but for now anyway, I will stick with the Garmin for as long as is lasts.
My wife and I like to explore the back roads which are mostly dirt, (gravel). Using Google Maps and the Connect App along with a cycling GPS saves a lot of headaches. After saving a route I can see the profile and it will tell me how much climbing we are in for. The Connect app saves the data from the rides and I can go back and save any ride as a new route for future rides.
My wife used to poke fun at me for having all this tech, but she has come to appreciate it and she has a Garmin now too. Her Garmin is the newer Explore 2 and I think that if I was to buy one now, I would go with that. There are other GPS cycling computers that are becoming very popular as well. They all seem to have their own advantages, but for now anyway, I will stick with the Garmin for as long as is lasts.
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Hi ronnie how's yur ebike doin?
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By the way, RunKeeper has a walking, running, biking, etc. mode.
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Hi HumanPerson, My new ebike, a Priority Current, is great. I wrote up a detailed new owner experience in this forum HERE. I purchased it on Oct. 12, but within 3 weeks the cold weather hit Spokane, WA where I live super hard, so I haven't ridden it since then. Removed the battery, brought it in the house, and have the bike stored in a locked shed outside. It's super cold here, in the low teens at night most every night, and has been for a long time. Can't wait for the weather to warm up and get on it again.
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I use MapMyRide
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No way I burned 1000 calories though. I had it on road cycling. Maybe I'll try cruiser bike ,and see how that works. Fun app though. I'm not an app guy, but ya.I like it. Worked great. Thank you.
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I'm trying out the free version of Strava. So far so good, but they occasionally bug you to subscribe.
Here's a new trail I found along the Lake Erie shore. I feel like Magellan!
Here's a new trail I found along the Lake Erie shore. I feel like Magellan!
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I've been using free version of Cyclers. So far I can map out my trip by roads and keep them using my phone using GPS.
Also I use my Samsung phone which has a app on it for my health which has settings for riding on it.
Both have helped me keep track of trips taken and my health benefits.
