Good Smartphone Apps for Cyclists

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There is a lack of decent mounts - I was using an iPhone arm band and some elaborate medium density polystyrene foam, and am now using an otterbox 2600 (which is waterproof) on a 'custom' mount (although apparently RAM mounts work well).

And 2000 miles of pot-holed south Manchester roads later my Nokia e71 still works... *

Have just switched to an HTC Desire and am reasonably happy with Endomodo or MyTracks and Viewranger for route planning. On the e71 I was using Nokia's sportstracker. I still haven't found an app which does all of the following:

Navigation/Route planning.
Configurable 'dashboard' (so I can have the important stuff big and the not-so-important stuff small)
Auto start-stop average as well as total time/distance average.
Pacing from previous journeys (this was a great feature on sportstracker).


* I know this is a sample size of one. I also know that in all the phones I've owned and used I've carried them in a variety of ways on bikes and other vehicles/modes of transport and not _yet_ had one fail. Would also be confident that even a moderate amount of vibration damping (e.g. some foam or a flexy mount) would be quite adequate to protect good solder joints etc. failing....
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Edit to add qualifier...
 

stevieboy378

New Member
Cyclemeter, for the iPhone, is quite good . . . Tried iMapMyRide, but an incoming phone call 23 miles into a 25 mile ride caused the program to pause, and as I was still moving it ruined the tracklog . . .

As for a bike mount - I use this . . . http://www.tigratechnology.com/bikeconsoleiphone.htm
Its not failed me yet, even in a torrential downpour . . .

iPhone battery life is an issue when using any GPS based apps - I carry a couple of powerjolt cells in my bag, and use them to give the phone a boost when it starts to flag - the phone still picks up a good signal and happily continues to record my ride even when its tucked away in the bag, charging . . .
 
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