Cycling Speedo ??

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Cycling Speedo ??

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Ooh. Never been in here before.
Ooh.

Anyway I want a simple speedo app thingy to show speed, distance and time elapsed etc when I'm cycling.

Waddy reckon ?
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Strava

Komoot

Locus maps

There's loads out there
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I've used Strava and before that MapmyRide, both are fine.
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How good are your eyes?

I only ask because, since mine went wonky, my bike speedo of choice (Sigma) don't do screens with big enough numerals. :D And I refuse to wear specs when on the bike.
So i ended up with this in the end
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DefTrap wrote: Tue Nov 01, 2022 4:29 pm How good are your eyes?

I only ask because, since mine went wonky, my bike speedo of choice (Sigma) don't do screens with big enough numerals. :D And I refuse to wear specs when on the bike.
So i ended up with this in the end
Mes yeux sont très bien.
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Yorick wrote: Tue Nov 01, 2022 4:35 pm Mes yeux sont très bien.
Yeah, that's what I said. ;)

So, I always did ok with Sigma ones. Cheap enough, sturdy enough, simple enough.
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Good news I beat yesterday's time by 3 mins.

Bad news Strava only shows average MPH.

:)
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Are you after a speedo you can watch in real-time?
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ChrisW wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:38 pm Are you after a speedo you can watch in real-time?
Preferably, yes. :)
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Yorick wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:42 pm
ChrisW wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:38 pm Are you after a speedo you can watch in real-time?
Preferably, yes. :)
Probly best buying a physical cycling computer I reckon, as mentioned above.
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Yorick wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:42 pm
ChrisW wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:38 pm Are you after a speedo you can watch in real-time?
Preferably, yes. :)
Give komoot a try, it's good for planning routes and following other people's routes as well.
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Yorick wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:18 pm Good news I beat yesterday's time by 3 mins.

Bad news Strava only shows average MPH.

:)

Eh? It's been a while since I was on it but its got max speed, average speed, output in watts (after you feed your weight into the parameters).
I think eventually they put some of the better features behind a paywall and left the free version to be fairly basic but it was nice to see names I knew thirty seconds ahead of me on a ten mile section and set that as a goal. When you beat that you look for the next person to beat.
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Taff wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 6:54 pm
Yorick wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:42 pm
ChrisW wrote: Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:38 pm Are you after a speedo you can watch in real-time?
Preferably, yes. :)
Give komoot a try, it's good for planning routes and following other people's routes as well.
Got that as well. Will just use it for speedo and Strava for details :)