Hills rides are fun…. no seriously!

The Perth twitter cycling posse minus…. well most Perth cyclists met up for a hills ride this morning. 6am, cold, dark, tired, but ready to venture out into the Darlings. @Madrapper, @durx and myself set out on a route I planned yesterday. It looked great on LCD and I even drove it to check the [...]

Mr Grumpy goes to the hills

Today was another venture back into the hills with Craig. I was feeling up for it and chose a route off MapMyRide that another local cycling group are intending to ride tomorrow (no I won’t be doing it again tomorrow!). I uploaded the route onto my new Garmin 705 (that’s another post) so we could [...]

BikeRouteToaster – Review

I stumbled upon BikeRouteToaster quite by accident. I’m considering buying a Garmin Edge 705 to replace my 305. I was watching a great video on Youtube (found here) in which BHeiland uses the site to create a route for his 705.
So what does it do? Well it’s similar to sites like MapMyRide, but without all [...]

MotionX – Elevation update 2

It appears the MotionX elevation update is definitely an iPhone issue and not MotionX after more testing. Also it does appear that the iPhone accuracy gets better when you’re out in the clear. Mapybe the iPhone’s satellite reception isn’t that great!?
During yesterday’s ride out to the hills, I recorded this elevation profile with MotionX and [...]

MotionX – Elevation Issue

My Garmin seemed to come to life when playing around yesterday, so this morning I thought I’d
A. See if it would work for a whole commute
B. Compare it’s data to that of MotionX
The results are interesting, but reinforce my concerns that the elevation from MotionX is complete rubbish. I’ll email the developer to see if [...]