sspomer
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Joined: 6/26/2009
Location: Ventura, CA USA
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as a new iPhone user, i figured it'd be a great time for all of us to come together and create a resource for iPhones and mountain biking. what kind of apps, functions, storage items etc do you use in relation to bikes?
ready....GO!
if anyone can create some sort of anti-poison oak app (you know like radiation from the phone that removes the itch), i'll gladly pay for it! my knee pit is crawling with poak right now.
anacrod
Posts: 4
Joined: 8/10/2009
Location: Salt Lake City, UT USA
We are in need of more bike apps! Make one please. I'll pay you. All I got that is bike related is bmx grub. Anyone else got anything good?
syngltrkmnd
Posts: 11
Joined: 2/22/2010
Location: Seattle, WA USA
I haven't found any terribly useful apps for riding with my iPhone. I use the native apps feature pretty often though, as i ride in some outlying areas that have phone coverage. It's saved my bacon a few times!
There are some GPS apps that seem promising for "bread crumbing" your ride, but I haven't found one that's energy-efficient. There certainly are a handful of really stupid apps out there. The most laughable is the taillight app that turns the screen into a blinking light. Yeeeeah, right. Besides the lack of of a mounting apparatus for this "feature", I can't imagine anyone is willing to hang a $pendy phone off of their a** in the interest of safety. There was some other asinine app that is supposed to turn your iPhone into a cyclometer. It involved attaching something to the fork legs so the iPhone mic could process the sound and calculate velocity. Again, no mention of how to mount the phone to your hbars. Useless.
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Balfaboy
Posts: 15
Joined: 1/25/2010
Location: Abbotsford BC, CAN
mpora app is kinda cool, you can down load Dirt issues; It will be awesome once the Ipad (worst name ever) comes out.
argy
Posts: 2
Joined: 8/1/2009
Location: N/A, FRA
endomondo might be of interest if you do lots of all mountain riding or whatever and like statistics and stuff
John P.
Posts: 4
Joined: 2/8/2010
Location: Golden, CO USA
Clinometer is a pretty sweet angle finder. Works great for measuring HA when dialing in a ride.
Oh, and P.S. Don't accidentally throw your phone in with a load of wash. Learned that little tip yesterday. FML!!
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sspomer
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Joined: 6/26/2009
Location: Ventura, CA USA
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don't forget if you UPLOAD a video to your Vital MTB account, you can watch it on your iPhone
mat prior
Posts: 11
Joined: 8/4/2009
Location: Christchurch, NZL
everyone knows how painstaking it can be taking down notes shock settings when setting them up right? well when i was setting up my RC4 i thort itd b pretty kul if fox made an app for recording all your shock settings. whos with me!
keepin' it loose since 1993
Full Trucker
Posts: 13
Joined: 8/3/2009
Location: Denver, CO USA
I haven't used it for mtn biking yet, but I downloaded a free speedo app that registers a "top speed"... was able to hit about 47mph on a blue run on my snowboard once.
el capitan
Posts: 26
Joined: 8/1/2009
Location: Bridgewater, NJ USA
mat prior wrote: everyone knows how painstaking it can be taking down notes shock settings when setting them up right? well when i was setting up my RC4 i thort itd b pretty kul if fox made an app for recording all your shock settings. whos with me!
you could just use the notes app that comes with the phone..
there's also a handy calculator that converts metric to standard and vice-versa it's free calles measureslite comes in handy when converting from millimeters to inches for bike geometry and stuff like that.
kidwoo
Posts: 113
Joined: 8/3/2009
Location: Grass Hut, FM USA
I've noticed that iphones are the perfect size to scratch by butt crack with. I do this with others' phones when they set them down and aren't looking. That's the best application I've discovered.
Acadian
Posts: 20
Joined: 7/30/2009
Location: A Computer Near You, USA
kidwoo wrote: I've noticed that iphones are the perfect size to scratch by butt crack with. I do this with others' phones when they set them down and aren't looking. That's the best application I've discovered.
next time you're scratching your butt let me know and I'll call ya. Just make sure it's on vibrate.
Cru Jones
Posts: 1
Joined: 1/12/2010
Location: Ventura, CA USA
airtime app rules. 1.42 seconds of freedom.
mdelorme
Posts: 2
Joined: 9/10/2009
Location: Frederick, MD USA
Iggz
Posts: 45
Joined: 8/1/2009
Location: Scotts Valley, CA USA
bturman wrote: Turn this puppy on and jump through your local dirt jumps. Let's see who can get the most hang time . . . Cob currently holds the record on my iTouch.
Also, any G Force meter is a hoot to play with in corners. How hard can you rally turns? Just search for "g force" in the app store.
Hahahahahah dudeeeeeeeeee
I was looking for this for soooooooooo longgggggggggggg
bturman
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Joined: 8/1/2009
Location: CO, USA
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Garmin Fit just got released. Helpful for tracking rides. $0.99
Big Bird
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Joined: 2/1/2011
Location: Santa Cruz, CA USA
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I don't have an Iphone, but I met a guy at Sea Otter who was hocking an app. for recording info about bikes. I think it was intended for bike shops or people like me with eight bikes to keep track of what parts are on each bike, the fit measurements etc.
