Dream data fields

Alex99
Alex99 Posts: 1,407
edited June 2016 in Road general
Hi all,

if you could have ANY data field displayed on your bike computer, what would it be?

e.g.

1) Total glycogen reserve
2) Time of day that my partner actually expects me back home

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  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    Alex99 wrote:
    2) Time of day that my partner actually expects me back home

    That's just "time at end of ride" minus 2 hours.
    Faster than a tent.......
  • londoncommuter
    londoncommuter Posts: 1,550
    Distance to cake?

    Speed in excess of Froome?
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    A7:A14
  • CiB
    CiB Posts: 6,098
    Cost per mile [cycle], cost per mile [car]; diff.

    Required increase in cadence to hit target cadence by end of ride, and less useful the same for speed.

    Wife* proximity detector so that I can time her passing me in the car to be on a heroic 40+mph descent blitz, rather than her usually passing me struggling up a climb at walking pace looking like I'm about to expire.

    * also same for preferred lady work colleague on initial blast away from the office.
  • Bobbinogs
    Bobbinogs Posts: 4,841
    Buttery Smoothocity (percentage) of hubs
  • Alex99
    Alex99 Posts: 1,407
    darkhairedlord wrote:
    A7:A14

    Battleships?
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,346
    Calories burnt represented as pints of beer.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
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  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    hit, b5
  • cgfw201
    cgfw201 Posts: 680
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Calories burnt represented as pints of beer.

    You can actually download this on new Garmins. I have given this a screen all of its own.

    https://apps.garmin.com/en-GB/apps/98ad ... e50f35b073
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    ANT+ UV sensor linking to Compass and Clock to calculate an even tan.
    No good up north though!
  • Alex99
    Alex99 Posts: 1,407
    darkhairedlord wrote:
    ANT+ UV sensor linking to Compass and Clock to calculate an even tan.
    No good up north though!

    ...because burn time is beyond the expected life of our sun?
  • darkhairedlord
    darkhairedlord Posts: 7,180
    Alex99 wrote:
    darkhairedlord wrote:
    ANT+ UV sensor linking to Compass and Clock to calculate an even tan.
    No good up north though!

    ...because burn time is beyond the expected life of our sun?

    almost, the compass and clock with will give the angle and and orientation of exposure, the UV sensor the intensity.
    You don't want to ride around in a loop with the sun just on one side do you? Even cooking like a rotisserie.

    If you mean "expected life of our sun(shine this summer) maybe.
  • Alex99
    Alex99 Posts: 1,407
    darkhairedlord wrote:
    Alex99 wrote:
    darkhairedlord wrote:
    ANT+ UV sensor linking to Compass and Clock to calculate an even tan.
    No good up north though!

    ...because burn time is beyond the expected life of our sun?

    almost, the compass and clock with will give the angle and and orientation of exposure, the UV sensor the intensity.
    You don't want to ride around in a loop with the sun just on one side do you? Even cooking like a rotisserie.

    If you mean "expected life of our sun(shine this summer) maybe.

    rotisserie...lol. Is see what you mean.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,346
    cgfw201 wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Calories burnt represented as pints of beer.

    You can actually download this on new Garmins. I have given this a screen all of its own.

    https://apps.garmin.com/en-GB/apps/98ad ... e50f35b073
    Cool!
    Most useful thread. Ever.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • neeb
    neeb Posts: 4,473
    Miles until next puncture.

    Current wind speed and precise direction, and virtual speed assuming no wind.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,346
    PBlakeney wrote:
    cgfw201 wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Calories burnt represented as pints of beer.

    You can actually download this on new Garmins. I have given this a screen all of its own.

    https://apps.garmin.com/en-GB/apps/98ad ... e50f35b073
    Cool!
    Most useful thread. Ever.
    Four beers earned on this morning's commute. Four more this afternoon.
    Cheers! :lol:
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • ddraver
    ddraver Posts: 26,700
    ^ Updated version has changed the calories from a pint of Carlsberg to a bottle of bud. So sorry but it only measures alchopops now ;)
    We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
    - @ddraver
  • napoleond
    napoleond Posts: 5,992
    Real time Cda.
    Insta: ATEnduranceCoaching
    ABCC Cycling Coach
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,346
    ddraver wrote:
    ^ Updated version has changed the calories from a pint of Carlsberg to a bottle of bud. So sorry but it only measures alchopops now ;)
    I don't drink pints at home anyway.
    So 8 bottles of Heineken while watching the football it is! :wink:
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Alex99
    Alex99 Posts: 1,407
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Real time Cda.

    That would be awesome. Presumably it could be done with power + altimeter + a little add-on widget to measure air speed.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    Alex99 wrote:
    NapoleonD wrote:
    Real time Cda.

    That would be awesome. Presumably it could be done with power + altimeter + a little add-on widget to measure air speed.

    There's something partway there already, http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2016/03/powe ... eview.html

    Paired with a proper powermeter you could probably do it.
  • bazzer2
    bazzer2 Posts: 189
    Hair Speed Indicator. Bear with me on this. We cycle in the wind and with the wind. Our effort is vastly different, so ground speed isn't necessarily the whole story.

    Hair instead of air, because reasons.
  • Alex99
    Alex99 Posts: 1,407
    Distance and direction to Carlton Kirby
  • richk
    richk Posts: 564
    Time (mins) until it's going to stop (start) raining
    There is no secret ingredient...
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,346
    RichK wrote:
    Time (mins) until it's going to stop (start) raining
    A phone app tells me that.
    Should be possible.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • londoncommuter
    londoncommuter Posts: 1,550
    Time to that pothole you always forget about
  • charlie_potatoes
    charlie_potatoes Posts: 1,921
    hematocrit (hct) %
    "You really think you can burn off sugar with exercise?" downhill paul
  • bernithebiker
    bernithebiker Posts: 4,148
    Tyre wear and pressure indicator.

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