{"id":201,"date":"2008-09-03T21:43:49","date_gmt":"2008-09-04T04:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/?p=201"},"modified":"2010-10-20T10:36:03","modified_gmt":"2010-10-20T18:36:03","slug":"iphone-as-a-bicycle-computer-yea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.perivision.net\/wordpress\/2008\/09\/iphone-as-a-bicycle-computer-yea\/","title":{"rendered":"iphone as a bicycle computer? Yea!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I did a \u2018maintenance ride\u2019 today and thought I would try out a new iphone app I downloaded last night called\u00a0TrackThing<\/a>. I basically turned it on, put it in the small pouch on the back of the bike and took off, ibiking if you will.<\/p>\n

{UPDATE}<\/span> Since writing this post I have reviewed a number of other iphone apps.\u00a0 Have a look here.<\/a>
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When I was done, I checked to see what kind of information I got and WOW.<\/p>\n

This is a still a young application, and later on I will send feedback with idea\u2019s to make it better, but this is great. \u00a0So lets break this down a bit\u2026<\/p>\n

First here is the ride I took from Oakland to Berkeley and back, short little 10 miler\u2026<\/p>\n

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For those of you who know the area, there is a pretty good climb at the top of this loop climbing hwy 13.<\/p>\n

Now lets look at TrackThing.<\/p>\n

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Pretty cool eh? \u00a0You can clearly see where I started my climb and then my decent. \u00a0What is odd though, this the delay between elevation drop and rise in speed. \u00a0Here is a close up\u2026<\/p>\n

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How is it that I was only starting to roll past 25mph when 1\/2 way down the hill? I normally hit 28-30 at about 1\/3 down the hill. Course, I did not have a great ride today, so it could be correct and I just did not get rolling very well. \u00a0But I\u2019m going to take this on another ride with around 500\u2032 (if the iphone is correct) climb to double check.\u00a0\":)\"<\/p>\n

Something else to note in the larger image. You can see all the times I had to break hard for traffic and stop for lights. (Yea, I stop for lights).<\/p>\n

There are other screens on this application<\/p>\n

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There are a few more, but I did not include them because they did not offer new information. I checked these reading against my bike\u2019s computer and what do you know.. they are pretty close! \u00a0I\u2019m not sure which I would believe more because the bikes computer does not take 0mph into account and who knows how the iphone responds to bumps, and there are points on the ride where I wish I had a mountain bike because the road is so poor.<\/p>\n

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What I did not do is keep the mapping option on because I did not know how much battery this would use. \u00a0I will on the next ride and will append to this post.<\/p>\n

This is a free app BTW. \u00a0Its called\u00a0TrackThing.<\/a> Get it!<\/a><\/p>\n

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