Android on wheels: Mobile software for cyclist

The onset of warm season is marked by a solemn return of the two-wheeled friend Links winter and the beginning of the cycling season. This kind of physical activity by right competes with the title of the running of the most popular and beloved. But unlike jogging, biking is not only an excellent means of promoting health, but also entertainment, transportation, travel, and just a convenient means of transportation. Regardless of whether you are driving on long bike trips or just for a job in the morning, you will definitely come in handy one of the special Android applications.

Endomondo is probably the most popular program to keep track of virtually all sports and this is my personal choice. The program can easily keep track of your bike rides and collects a lot of information in the process of training. It shows your route on a map, records distance, time, calories burned, average speed and pace, as well as how much fluid you probably lost during a workout. The main advantage over its competitors Endomondo is that you can use it to account for virtually all sports. Thus, if you run, ride, swim and jump a little, then you will not have to keep the phone a clutch of different programs and all your data will be stored in one place. The second important factor is the extensive and active community of users of the program that allows you to communicate, share and compete.

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Endomondo Running Walking Cycling

Developer: Endomondo.com

Price: Free

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Strava Cycling is another great application that can ootslezhivat cycling training. The application offers an excellent user interface, and as Endomondo, it can record your track time, distance, pace, and so on. However, there is more elaborated competitive component. You can earn achievements, compare yourself with the leaders and even compete for the title on a separate track. Strava also has its own community, where people can see the exercise of their friends and post. Our detailed review of the service, see here.

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Strava Running and cycling - GPS

Developer: Strava Inc.

Price: Free

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If you do not need all these logs workouts, online communities and virtual events, then take a look at a simple utility called BicyComp. At the first start it offers us four different display pattern information are different arrangement and different data structure. Depending on your choice, you can see the map, data on speed, distance, arrival time and so on. BicyComp is not a web application, so that all training will be saved locally, if you want to do it. Otherwise, it's just a good way to keep track of the current exercise with the help of a smartphone mounted on the steering wheel.

If you do not just ride for fun, and strive to achieve any results, you should know what are important indicators of cadence. In cycling, cadence - is the number of revolutions of the pedals per minute (the speed at which a cyclist pedaling). Recommended cadence is within 80-120 rev / min. There are special bike computer with sensors on the pedals, which can keep track of the score, but if you do not, then the program will allow for Android to do without it. Velo calculator may calculate the pedaling frequency depending on the current gear and speed. For proper operation of the program is necessary to configure it by entering data about your bike. Detailed instructions for this are available in the online help.

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