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5 apps for the cycling enthusiast

by Kelly Hodgkins Jul 15th 2011 at 6:00PM

The Tour de France is in full swing and cyclists around the world are watching the man in the yellow jersey, who at the writing of the post is Frenchman Thomas Voeckler, of Europcar. Here are five apps to help you keep up with the cycling action or even make your own:

Fantasy Cycling Tour ($1.99)

Fantasy Cycling Tour is a fantasy sports app for the cycling crowd. You can build a fantasy cycling team and race them in circuits around the world. You can hire new riders or trade talent to build the best team. You start off with a 50 million Euro budget and can supplement that cash reserve with winnings.

iMapMyRide+ ($1.99)

iMapMyRIDE+ is a ride tracking application that lets you hop on your bike and keep track of the distance traveled, calorie burned, speed and more. The app uses the iPhones built-in GPS and saves the information to your handset. The app can also pull down information from ANT+ devices that measures your heart rate, as well as other bicycle sensors from CyclOps. When you are done with your bike ride, you can upload your route to MapMyRide.com and look back at earlier rides.

Tour de France All access (Free)

Created by NBC Universal, Tour de France All Access lets you watch every stage of the Tour de France live on your iOS device ($4.99 in-app purchase required). All the news you need from the Tour de France can be found in this app. There are stage results, biker profiles, video clips, interviews, twitter stream and more. The app also hooks into Aquaphor Le Tour Challenge. This Challenge uses Versus and MapMyRide to track your own bike ride and compare it to the pros.

Atomic Softwares Bike Repair ($2.99)

Bike repair is a repair manual that you can store on your phone, not your tool bag. With over 220 photo, 50 detailed repair guides and explanations for 69 common problems, this app will lighten your load the next you start pedaling.

Tour de France 2011 : The Official Game ($2.99 for iPhone, $3.99 for iPad)

Tour de France 2011 : The Official Game lets you ride bicycling's top stage race from the comfort of your armchair. The app lets you choose a team of riders, develop a riding strategy and race on all 21 stages of the Tour de France circuit. You can even wear the prestigious yellow jersey, green or polka dot jersey, if you are good enough.



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Kacey3

I'm using SportyPal rather than iMapMyRide. It's free and it automatically uploads all of my rides to their web site upon completing a ride, then it compiles all the stats of all of my rides and workouts. SportyPal is available for both iOS and Android.

July 18 2011 at 10:06 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Markp

I would like point at the official app. Unfortunately it is not available in the US store, probably to protect the expensive NBC app....

It's 79 or 99 cents in most other app stores. It has live tracking on map and altitude level, has commentary and live photos. At the end of the sage there is a video summary. I would recommend this app for anyone with a non-US iTunes account.

July 17 2011 at 7:31 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Douglas Wade

I liked cyclemeter. I liked it so much, I wrote an article on my little blog. http://www.middle-aged-man.com/2011/01/01/abvios-cyclemeter-a-review/

July 16 2011 at 9:58 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
garybau

go to itunes search for "SBS" APP has free video over wi-fi and live stats (itunes Australia) and live map indicator...

July 16 2011 at 8:20 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Niels Kooiker

I suggest Tour Horn. Not very useful, but very funny if you're into Tour de France :) http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tour-horn/id378864189?mt=8

July 16 2011 at 6:19 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
TK

Cyclemeter by Abvio is pretty great too. Ride maps, race against yourself, update Facebook status, Twitter, text to speech read back of replies to your Facebook status, etc.

http://www.abvio.com/cyclemeter/

July 15 2011 at 10:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jwink3101

I second the notion of using MotionX (though I just paid for it). I use it to track my rides since it does a better job than other apps I've tried with pausing when I stop. I use runkeeper and upload the motionX files there even though they have thier own app. Map My Ride has similar upload options I think).

Motion X has also proven to be a great help becuase I can pre=cache maps (Open Street Map). Then, I can see whats around even without cell signal. GPS works without cell signal but it takes longer to get a lock.

July 15 2011 at 7:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Jwink3101

Also, I do not think the offer the lite version anymore

July 15 2011 at 7:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Rob Cook

I'll suggest Motion X GPS Lite as another route tracking and stats app. It will show your GPS track poltted on a map, distance, speed, elevation, total ascent/decent/gradient. The free version only stores one track at a time.

July 15 2011 at 6:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
hongziyang

that should read $14.99 in-app purchase to watch the Tour live via the NBC app.

July 15 2011 at 6:30 PM Report abuse +1 rate up rate down Reply
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FANLESS

Yep, $14.99 is what I paid.

July 15 2011 at 6:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
loup407

I agree. The "free" NBC app is a tease and semi-worthless. The $14.99 upgrade is the only way to watch the Tour live. (That Is, however, cheaper than upgrading ones cable service to get Versus.)

July 15 2011 at 7:40 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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