iphone apps

Robbie1958

ScottieP wrote:

I've just bought the Cyclemeter one last night .... am looking forward to giving it a go tomorrow. It's a lot cheaper than a Garmin 705 and I'm sure it's not as good but for a couple of quid I thought it was worth a try.

I'm interested in why the garmin would be a lot better. I already have a decent heart rate monitor and i have a cat eye wirless that does all the usual + cadence.

I want to do some audax's starting soon, so i am looking for something that i can download the maps onto and see the route as i go along. The reason for asking is that i am due for a phone upgrade soon and was considering the iphone, killing two birds with one stone, negating the need for buying a garmin for audax's.

Can anyone tell me the advantages of one over the other and if the iphone will be suitable for what i need.

Bar Shaker

Robbie, the iphone 3GS or iPhone 4 are serious GPS alternatives. The choice of nav/sport apps is huge. The worst ones are usable, the best ones are superb. Some of the best ones are free.

I have a 3GS and my next phone will be a 4. Perhaps 5 years of HTC ownership has blinded me and I am just happy with anything else.

stevec205gti

acebobby wrote:

I also use a Tigra bike console iphone bike mount, I am also very impressed with that!

So was I. For two weeks. I then watched in despair as the case sprang open with my phone jumping out of the cradle, hitting my knee, then the frame, then the road. This was followed by feeling a nice little 'bump' as my rear wheel tried forcing my phone lower down into the tarmac than where it had landed.

Mark Alexander

THe map-my-ride's free.