Apple Watch Ultra

kNewc
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5/23/2023 10:35am
Bringing this one back up... does anyone know of an app that can be used on the app for tracking and navigation? Similar to OnX Offroad...

Bringing this one back up... does anyone know of an app that can be used on the app for tracking and navigation? Similar to OnX Offroad on your phone but right on the watch? Garmin has the capability with the F3B motorsports app but that isn't offered for apple watch. I can currently track rides and workouts but looking for the ability to see my route on my watch while the ride is in progress.

You would need a dedicated Apple Watch app to do that. http://www.workoutdoors.net/ seems similar to what you asking for? If for riding/racing, I don't believe anyone offers the live view on the watch. 

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5/23/2023 12:04pm

Funny this thread came back up, I just got an apple watch for my birthday yesterday. I'm wanting to use a Heart rate monitor chest strap to monitor my HR on my rides. Any suggestions on which one to get that works with an apple watch?

nofearccracer
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5/23/2023 2:06pm
Bringing this one back up... does anyone know of an app that can be used on the app for tracking and navigation? Similar to OnX Offroad...

Bringing this one back up... does anyone know of an app that can be used on the app for tracking and navigation? Similar to OnX Offroad on your phone but right on the watch? Garmin has the capability with the F3B motorsports app but that isn't offered for apple watch. I can currently track rides and workouts but looking for the ability to see my route on my watch while the ride is in progress.

kNewc wrote:
You would need a dedicated Apple Watch app to do that. http://www.workoutdoors.net/ seems similar to what you asking for? If for riding/racing, I don't believe anyone offers...

You would need a dedicated Apple Watch app to do that. http://www.workoutdoors.net/ seems similar to what you asking for? If for riding/racing, I don't believe anyone offers the live view on the watch. 

Yeah thats what i am looking for is a dedicated app for this. Will give work outdoors a shot on my next off road ride and see how it does. Have a feeling it will be lacking on having the actual trails mapped but we will see. Just wish OnX would offer the app on the watch.

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Anyone got any suggestions on mounting the watch somewhere besides my wrist and the bars? On the two stroke, the vibration is pretty bad and the watch is just getting shaken so badly I do not want to do that. I do not want to run a crossbar type bar either. outside of a custom-ish bad pad mount, I'm open to suggestions prior to getting too innovative.

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5/23/2023 4:38pm
Cobbler wrote:
Anyone got any suggestions on mounting the watch somewhere besides my wrist and the bars? On the two stroke, the vibration is pretty bad and the...

Anyone got any suggestions on mounting the watch somewhere besides my wrist and the bars? On the two stroke, the vibration is pretty bad and the watch is just getting shaken so badly I do not want to do that. I do not want to run a crossbar type bar either. outside of a custom-ish bad pad mount, I'm open to suggestions prior to getting too innovative.

Maybe get a Polar H10? It can record heart rate without a device nearby, then you can upload it after your session. If GPS is also a concern, then perhaps an XGPS160 as well. Either way you're able to ditch the watch while on the bike. Obviously these solutions suggest spending money, so apologies if that is not an option.

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5/24/2023 7:09am
Cobbler wrote:
Anyone got any suggestions on mounting the watch somewhere besides my wrist and the bars? On the two stroke, the vibration is pretty bad and the...

Anyone got any suggestions on mounting the watch somewhere besides my wrist and the bars? On the two stroke, the vibration is pretty bad and the watch is just getting shaken so badly I do not want to do that. I do not want to run a crossbar type bar either. outside of a custom-ish bad pad mount, I'm open to suggestions prior to getting too innovative.

SoCalMX70 wrote:
Maybe get a Polar H10? It can record heart rate without a device nearby, then you can upload it after your session. If GPS is also...

Maybe get a Polar H10? It can record heart rate without a device nearby, then you can upload it after your session. If GPS is also a concern, then perhaps an XGPS160 as well. Either way you're able to ditch the watch while on the bike. Obviously these solutions suggest spending money, so apologies if that is not an option.

I have an H10 for the fitness portion but yes I have a pacer for my marathon training. I just don't want anymore devices lol. I'm thinking about just making a small pouch for the pacer. I can stick it in the key pocket of my thor pants but i don't always wear them. 

nofearccracer
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5/25/2023 6:18am

I have no problem with wearing the watch on the bike for offroad rides. I have a stand alone app on the apple watch that I absolutely love even over the garmin and polar metrics for recording my HR, training and rides. My only gripe is that I cant use OnX on the watch and when we need to check the maps on long rides I have to pull my phone out of my hydration pack and check the map where as my buddy who uses a garmin watch in the same way has the ability to see the gps trail map right on his watch mid ride. If i could do that with the apple watch ultra (Even if its running a separate app from the fitness metrics of the ride) then i would want nothing more out of my ultra.

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