Helpful cyling tool for smartphone users

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Edited Date/Time 7/17/2012 9:31pm
I don't have a timer on my bike but I have been using this for about a week and it's pretty cool. Gives you a full analyzation of you're route and maps it as well. http://www.mapmyride.com. You can sign up here but need to have a smartphone to use it.

I know this isn't exactly moto related but thought it could be more useful if more people saw it.
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jtiger12 7/17/2012 9:16am
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Lots of them out there. I use endomondo..
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T-Fish 7/17/2012 9:19am
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jtiger12 wrote:
Lots of them out there. I use endomondo..
Same here.
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DoctorJD 7/17/2012 10:39am
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I have a Garmin 305 that I use to collect most of my ride data, but I'm really liking the Strava app on the iPhone. It has a feature where you can save different segments of a route (a big hill climb for instance) and other Strava users can compete against your time. It shows your time on a leader-board in comparison to all the other rider's times. If someone else has set up a segment, all you have to do is ride through it and Strava captures your time and posts it. It's added a whole new dimension to my weekly rides.
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GuyB 7/17/2012 11:16am
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Strava for me.

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Black Diesel Bomber 7/17/2012 11:24am
7/17/2012 11:24am Edited Date/Time 7/17/2012 11:25am
Strava - if you are on the west coast you'll notice Johnny O'mara dominates everything...
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70sSuperstar 7/17/2012 11:28am
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strava here also
swedishfishmx 7/17/2012 12:07pm
7/17/2012 12:07pm
mapmyride. I haven't tried the others, but strava appears to be more of a competition (compete with friends that live close and can ride the same places you do) app than anything else.
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Ewan 7/17/2012 12:25pm
7/17/2012 12:25pm
Strava here too - every ride is a competition now between and my riding buddies.

Ridiculous how far we're pushing ourselves for bragging rights.
Black Diesel Bomber 7/17/2012 12:41pm
7/17/2012 12:41pm
Ewan wrote:
Strava here too - every ride is a competition now between and my riding buddies.

Ridiculous how far we're pushing ourselves for bragging rights.
Exactly, everything is a race now. The downside is that it has already taken a couple of lives of kids who were going for it.....unfortunately there will likely be more victims of those trying to become the king of the mountain.

If they roll this program over into MX I could see it causing a ton of injuries...
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Huckster 7/17/2012 12:55pm
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I just bought a bike and want to use mapmyride. Any suggestions on what is available to mount an Iphone to your bars or bike?
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Ewan 7/17/2012 1:28pm
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Black Diesel Bomber wrote:
Exactly, everything is a race now. The downside is that it has already taken a couple of lives of kids who were going for it.....unfortunately there...
Exactly, everything is a race now. The downside is that it has already taken a couple of lives of kids who were going for it.....unfortunately there will likely be more victims of those trying to become the king of the mountain.

If they roll this program over into MX I could see it causing a ton of injuries...
That's tragic, we're all in our early thirties with toddlers ourselves, i'd like to think we know when to back it down.

Can't wait to get back out on my bicycles and put some effort into training, been out for 5 weeks following a nasty concussion.

Driving me nuts, getting strava notifications logging my mates' progress, while i'm benched.
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JB 19 7/17/2012 9:31pm
7/17/2012 9:31pm Edited Date/Time 7/17/2012 9:40pm
I've used mapmyride and it was ehh.......didn't seem all that accurate for mtbing and didn't tell me much I didn't already know.

Tried Strava on tonights ride......I could see how that could get addicting. I just hit record, then put my phone in my camelbak and it knew when I hit the trail and thats when it started recording. The times of other riders are cool to look at too.

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