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Title: Riding App
Post by: nsr500v4 on 24 April 2013, 02:42:35 pm
Has anyone seen this http://www.realrider.com/ (http://www.realrider.com/)  thoughts about how handy it could be!  :eek
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: fireblake on 24 April 2013, 03:44:02 pm
Is this available on Android yet? I was supposed to get an email link from them?
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: nsr500v4 on 24 April 2013, 03:45:50 pm
Only for the iPhone at the moment i think, android version in the works!  :rolleyes
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: ddtwelve on 24 April 2013, 04:15:49 pm
no android yet ,bloody crappy iphone always gets firsts dibbs  :(
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: Skippernick on 24 April 2013, 05:03:01 pm
This is in response to the guy who came off his bike and lay in a ditch for three days because the cops didn't look hard enough, thats him endorsing it on the home page.
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: simonm on 24 April 2013, 09:27:56 pm
I use move bike computer for android. Plots journey on map, gives max avg speed etc, idle time active time total time, uphill downhill

My tracks by Google looks good.  Fancy being a guinea pig ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.maps.mytracks&feature=related_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEwOSwiY29tLmdvb2dsZS5hbmRyb2lkLm1hcHMubXl0cmFja3MiXQ..
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: Dead Eye on 24 April 2013, 10:50:50 pm
Looks interesting - just installed it and will use it next time I go out. Most Google products are pretty awesome - can't wait to get my hands on some Google Glasses next year :D
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: dBfazer600 on 24 April 2013, 11:15:11 pm
I use move bike computer for android. Plots journey on map, gives max avg speed etc, idle time active time total time, uphill downhill

My tracks by Google looks good.  Fancy being a guinea pig ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.maps.mytracks&feature=related_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEwOSwiY29tLmdvb2dsZS5hbmRyb2lkLm1hcHMubXl0cmFja3MiXQ (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.maps.mytracks&feature=related_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEwOSwiY29tLmdvb2dsZS5hbmRyb2lkLm1hcHMubXl0cmFja3MiXQ)..

 
Just stepped into the world of technology by downloading the google thingy. So I predict a week of fustration and getting really shirty over my inability to understand all things that are smarter than me. Mainly my phone.
 
Daz
PS Just found a button on my tv remote that I have owned for 3 years that jumps to previouse channel. I is now obsessed with pussing buttons. Not right in the head me thinks.  :lol
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: mtread on 24 April 2013, 11:18:54 pm
I use My Tracks all the time, not just for biking, but cycling, country walks etc. It's great. Be aware though that it records maximum speed, so don't let the rozzers see it .....
I've also tried CRADAR, which covers the falling off bit. Instead of ringing the ambulance service it texts a number you choose (the wife ?  :eek ) and tells them you've fallen off giving a location on Google maps. Has a similar 60 second 'cooling off' period where you can override before it transmits.
It also uses the phone's 'accelerometer' to detect a crash. I've tested it once so far, and it went off on a false alarm before I'd left the garage. Might require some fine tuning ......
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: Dead Eye on 25 April 2013, 12:19:12 am
You can tweak the sensitivity quite a lot with CRADAR. I like that it allows you to text a number of your choice but it kind of depends on whether you have someone reliable enough and sensible enough to entrust with your potential safety :P By this I mean, my friend knows to obviously try and call me first and to check Google Latitude to see if I am still moving before raising any alarm :)
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: simonm on 25 April 2013, 02:18:37 am
I found cradar a bit weird.  I'd set it going and when I went back to it would be back on the "start monitoring" option.  Has this happened to either of you?
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: Dead Eye on 25 April 2013, 08:55:03 am
Hasn't happened to me before that I remember...
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: mtread on 25 April 2013, 09:53:52 pm
I haven't tried it again since I 'fell off' in the garage. Must give it another go.
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By this I mean, my friend knows to obviously try and call me first and to check Google Latitude to see if I am still moving before raising any alarm
That's not the wife then ......  :rolleyes
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: Dead Eye on 26 April 2013, 10:27:22 am
At 23, no :P Not even a girlfriend :(
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: simonm on 26 April 2013, 12:53:36 pm
At 23, no :P Not even a girlfriend :(


Don't knock it.  Kids, mortgages, holidays, expectations, socialising *shudder*.  Marriage is good but definitely an acquired taste......give it another 10 years of freedom before you get hitched  :lol
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: Dead Eye on 26 April 2013, 01:03:57 pm
Wasn't knocking it, just saying that I'm yet to have found a partner to spend the rest of my life with and at 23 that's not overly surprising :)
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: dBfazer600 on 26 April 2013, 10:01:08 pm
I use move bike computer for android. Plots journey on map, gives max avg speed etc, idle time active time total time, uphill downhill

My tracks by Google looks good.  Fancy being a guinea pig ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.maps.mytracks&feature=related_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEwOSwiY29tLmdvb2dsZS5hbmRyb2lkLm1hcHMubXl0cmFja3MiXQ (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.maps.mytracks&feature=related_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEwOSwiY29tLmdvb2dsZS5hbmRyb2lkLm1hcHMubXl0cmFja3MiXQ)..

Tried this out today and is accurate. Uploaded to goggle drive of which I need to learn how to use the PC side of things. On the phone you can play back on Goggle Earth and get real life road views. My phone can not down load the pics fast enough but considering it has potential. I will be using it over next couple of months.
 
Daz
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: mtread on 26 April 2013, 11:41:24 pm
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At 23, no :P Not even a girlfriend  :(
I was just trying to point out that wives are not necessarily the most logical people when it comes to dealing with emergencies (in my experience  :look )
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: simonm on 27 April 2013, 01:50:09 am
I use move bike computer for android. Plots journey on map, gives max avg speed etc, idle time active time total time, uphill downhill

My tracks by Google looks good.  Fancy being a guinea pig ?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.maps.mytracks&feature=related_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEwOSwiY29tLmdvb2dsZS5hbmRyb2lkLm1hcHMubXl0cmFja3MiXQ (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.maps.mytracks&feature=related_apps#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEwOSwiY29tLmdvb2dsZS5hbmRyb2lkLm1hcHMubXl0cmFja3MiXQ)..

Tried this out today and is accurate. Uploaded to goggle drive of which I need to learn how to use the PC side of things. On the phone you can play back on Goggle Earth and get real life road views. My phone can not down load the pics fast enough but considering it has potential. I will be using it over next couple of months.
 
Daz

 :rollin I hadn't even noticed the playback button.  It's awesome !.  It looks like you're green laning due to the GPS fix timing.  As the playback goes at the same speed you do sometimes it absolutely flies .  I didn't half laugh.
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: Dead Eye on 27 April 2013, 10:36:00 am
Been using this myself, will be handy in the future as on more than one occasion I've gone out, gotten lost, found some awesome roads, then had absolutely no idea where they were to revisit them :P
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: nsr500v4 on 27 April 2013, 10:37:06 am
I think I had better try my tracks now!
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: simonm on 27 April 2013, 12:18:47 pm
I think I had better try my tracks now!


You really need to.  Tis great.  Try Cradar too.
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: nsr500v4 on 27 April 2013, 02:33:54 pm
The real rider app for Android is live, just downloaded mine, playtime!
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: dBfazer600 on 27 April 2013, 06:01:11 pm
Does anyone know if the google earth app can be played on PC and if so how? As dead eye I is always exploring and have been geographically challenged at times in some real nice places.
 
Daz
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: simonm on 27 April 2013, 06:28:26 pm
Does anyone know if the google earth app can be played on PC and if so how? As dead eye I is always exploring and have been geographically challenged at times in some real nice places.
 
Daz


Download and install the Google earth app (search in Google) and you'll be able to export the routes you've travelled either via the sd card or Google drive.

GOogle earth exists for ios and Android too.
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: nsr500v4 on 27 April 2013, 06:45:33 pm
DB i would think you will have to download google earth and your tracks should be able to be viewed that way.......
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: dBfazer600 on 27 April 2013, 08:09:26 pm
Yes I already have google earth on my phone but would like to have it on my PC so I could view my tracks data on PC as the two apps drain my battery
 
Daz
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: nsr500v4 on 27 April 2013, 08:11:35 pm
Just download google earth onto pc and transfer the tracks to your pc and open then and it should all work together
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: simonm on 27 April 2013, 08:22:41 pm
https://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/earth/index.html (https://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/earth/index.html)

In My tracks you need to "save to external storage" (as KML) (then transfer via usb) or share privately via email (top right share icon) or send to google drive (top right, but in one, triangle shape).

I have no idea how to get it to play the same as it does in Android though.
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: dBfazer600 on 27 April 2013, 08:43:48 pm
https://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/earth/index.html (https://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/earth/index.html)

In My tracks you need to "save to external storage" (as KML) (then transfer via usb) or share privately via email (top right share icon) or send to google drive (top right, but in one, triangle shape).

I have no idea how to get it to play the same as it does in Android though.

Cheers Simonm
 
I have down load it and it works fine. I had down loaded this a couple of days ago and I just right click on the file then chose "open with" This is where google earth icon is:
https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=wise&passive=1209600&continue=https://drive.google.com/?tab%3Dlo%23&followup=https://drive.google.com/?tab%3Dlo&ltmpl=drive (https://accounts.google.com/ServiceLogin?service=wise&passive=1209600&continue=https://drive.google.com/?tab%3Dlo%23&followup=https://drive.google.com/?tab%3Dlo&ltmpl=drive)
 
Just need to try and get it to play now
 
Thanks Daz
 
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: dBfazer600 on 27 April 2013, 08:49:52 pm
In the left hand colom just above Earth  is a button push that and it plays. I is well impressed. So we need to set up a bourd so we can share run outs as its a fantastic insight.
 
Daz
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: simonm on 27 April 2013, 09:36:29 pm
I got it to play but it doesn't look half as good as on the android phone, It doesn't seem to maintain a zoom on the location afaics.  I'm gonna stick to using the S3 and keeping it charged ;-)
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: fireblake on 27 April 2013, 10:37:40 pm
I just downloaded the Android version too. Need to try it soon. Working Sunday so later in the week maybe?


Mickey
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: dBfazer600 on 27 April 2013, 10:50:58 pm
I have the galaxy S+ that's running android Ice cream 4.0.4 that I installed on it. Its processore and memory is not up to runing everything at the same time. But never the less I is well impressed.
 
Daz
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: nsr500v4 on 29 April 2013, 07:58:00 pm
Done a quick test with My Tracks on the way home tonight, pretty good, plays well on the phone and laptop......nice!
Title: Re: Riding App
Post by: simonm on 29 April 2013, 08:18:21 pm
I wish we could share the results without any ahem issues.