Best Cycle Tracking Apps on iPhone 4s?

[SoonToBeSkinny]

I started using runkeeper this week but it's not great to be honest. Can anyone recommend a good cycling app that will track elevation, route and avg speed. Can't afford a Garmin or anything like that for a while. Thanks.

 

[musa]

Strava and/or Endomondo the two common ones atm
CycleChat has groups on both apps

 

[Kiwiavenger]

Strava can get very addictive though! Lol.

Great fun though, just search for silly strava racing on here!

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[Psyclist]

Strava.

 

[SoonToBeSkinny]

Great, just downloading Strava now. It says its free but you can upgrade to a premium service. Is there a good reason to upgrade and pay?

Thanks for your replies.

 

[smokeysmoo]

Mapmyride

 

[redcard]

I use Endomondo. You can export your files and upload them to Strava using their websites. Not sure if you can export from Strava to Endomondo, so might be worth investigating before you plump for Strava.

 

[potsy]

Great, just downloading Strava now. It says its free but you can upgrade to a premium service. Is there a good reason to upgrade and pay?

Thanks for your replies.

Not really, more stats and geeky features, use the free version it's great

 

[andrew waite]

How do you export from endomondo to strava

 

[redcard]

How do you export from endomondo to strava

On Endomondo click on workouts, you'll see an 'export' box on the right of the screen, click that and export the file as a .gfx file.

On Strava click the orange 'Upload Activity' button on the top right, choose 'upload a file on your computer' and navigate to the .gfx file you just saved.

You need to do this for each workout.

 

[caimg]

I started using runkeeper this week but it's not great to be honest. Can anyone recommend a good cycling app that will track elevation, route and avg speed. Can't afford a Garmin or anything like that for a while. Thanks.

I'm surprised you don't dig Cyclemeter - it's stat-laden and very reliable. Better still you can export to Strava from it. I love using Strava for the medals but wouldn't use it to pore over stats.

 

[Jdratcliffe]

i use cyclemeter too find the announcements very helpful on my commute with the clock average and distance togo readout

 

[cloggsy]

Another Cyclemeter user here; can be made more accurate with the additional Wahoo Fitness Cadence and Speed Meter and the addition of the Heart Rate monitor (and you'll either need the plug-in ANT+ receiver or the iPhone holder with integrated receiver )

 

[Payneys]

Can't recommend anything other than Strava - it's got everything you want for free and if you want more pay monthly it's great .

 

[caimg]

Another Cyclemeter user here; can be made more accurate with the additional Wahoo Fitness Cadence and Speed Meter and the addition of the Heart Rate monitor (and you'll either need the plug-in ANT+ receiver or the iPhone holder with integrated receiver )

So what exact equipment do you need for all this? I'm kinda intrigued by the heart rate / cadence thing but as nothing more than a (hopefully not temporary) obsessive recreational rider I don't think I could justify the cost if it's loads!