Author Topic: Riding App (Read 5796 times)

nsr500v4 · « **on:** 24 April 2013, 02:42:35 pm »

Has anyone seen this http://www.realrider.com/ thoughts about how handy it could be!

fireblake · « **Reply #1 on:** 24 April 2013, 03:44:02 pm »

Is this available on Android yet? I was supposed to get an email link from them?

nsr500v4 · « **Reply #2 on:** 24 April 2013, 03:45:50 pm »

Only for the iPhone at the moment i think, android version in the works!

ddtwelve · « **Reply #3 on:** 24 April 2013, 04:15:49 pm »

no android yet ,bloody crappy iphone always gets firsts dibbs

Skippernick · « **Reply #4 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.

simonm · « **Reply #5 on:** 24 April 2013, 09:27:56 pm »

Quote from: Fizzy Pies on 24 April 2013, 04:23:25 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..

Dead Eye · « **Reply #6 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

dBfazer600 · « **Reply #7 on:** 24 April 2013, 11:15:11 pm »

Quote from: 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..

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.

mtread · « **Reply #8 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 ?

) 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 ......

Dead Eye · « **Reply #9 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

simonm · « **Reply #10 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?

Dead Eye · « **Reply #11 on:** 25 April 2013, 08:55:03 am »

Hasn't happened to me before that I remember...

mtread · « **Reply #12 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 ......

Dead Eye · « **Reply #13 on:** 26 April 2013, 10:27:22 am »

At 23, no :P Not even a girlfriend

simonm · « **Reply #14 on:** 26 April 2013, 12:53:36 pm »

Quote from: Dead Eye on 26 April 2013, 10:27:22 am

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

Dead Eye · « **Reply #15 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

dBfazer600 · « **Reply #16 on:** 26 April 2013, 10:01:08 pm »

Quote from: simonm on 24 April 2013, 09:27:56 pm

Quote from: Fizzy Pies on 24 April 2013, 04:23:25 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..

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

mtread · « **Reply #17 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

)

simonm · « **Reply #18 on:** 27 April 2013, 01:50:09 am »

Quote from: dBfazer600 on 26 April 2013, 10:01:08 pm

Quote from: simonm on 24 April 2013, 09:27:56 pm
Quote from: Fizzy Pies on 24 April 2013, 04:23:25 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..

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

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.

Dead Eye · « **Reply #19 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

nsr500v4 · « **Reply #20 on:** 27 April 2013, 10:37:06 am »

I think I had better try my tracks now!

simonm · « **Reply #21 on:** 27 April 2013, 12:18:47 pm »

Quote from: nsr500v4 on 27 April 2013, 10:37:06 am

I think I had better try my tracks now!

You really need to. Tis great. Try Cradar too.

nsr500v4 · « **Reply #22 on:** 27 April 2013, 02:33:54 pm »

The real rider app for Android is live, just downloaded mine, playtime!

dBfazer600 · « **Reply #23 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

simonm · « **Reply #24 on:** 27 April 2013, 06:28:26 pm »

Quote from: 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

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.