Cycling Additions

Suggestion for Sports Tracker

27-07-2009 14:33

1stly, Sportstracker is one of the coolest products I've used on my E51. Absolutely brilliant!
Has Nokia thought about any specific cycling products, like

- Handlebar mount kits to fix phone in a viewable position on the bike,
- Calculation of (est) power output based on speed, weight, and slope.
- Bluetooth cadence sensor for RPM measurement.

With a decent handlebar mount I'd almost think about binning my Cateye computer. All these, coupled with HRM (for multiple phones) would turn sportstracker into a real training weapon from a cycling perspective.

Comments

Submitted by drew_gent on 28-07-2009 17:24.

I agree totally...all of these would be really great to have and would put Nokia ahead of any one on the planet.

I would also like to see climbing and decending totals.

Submitted by cdamian on 28-07-2009 18:35.

I bought a Boxit case and handlebar adaptor, in case I am ever able to buy a N79 Active.

But I am also looking at this one: http://www.athlosoft.com/shop2/product_info.php?info=p1_athlosoft-athlet... they have announced software for iPhone and Symbian for the summer.

Submitted by abhijith.rao on 31-07-2009 13:12.

I totally agree with this. These are very important if they want people to stay on Nokia Sports tracker.

Submitted by mbrett on 31-07-2009 13:18.

For the bike kit see the linked thread:
http://betalabs.nokia.com/forum/topic/1376

With regard the BT Cadence this has been discussed before also inthis thread:
http://betalabs.nokia.com/forum/topic/1337

mbrett
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Submitted by larryhk on 07-08-2009 10:57.

I got myself a 5800XM handlebar adaptor from ebay. Hold the phone great although I'm still securing it with a rubberband, just in case
As far as the climbing and descent total, what you need to do is export the file as a GPX, then import it in some other software (I use sportstracker - free). You'll actually find out that the online version of sportstracker is heavily under-using the measurement data

5800XM - Orange France

Submitted by cdamian on 07-08-2009 14:05.

So I will be able to see if the BoxIt is any good.

The athlosoft people have decided against a Symbian version of their software by the way. The concentrate on iPhone and Windows Mobile