MTB riders - any good iphone apps for logging route/speed/times/etc...

[Stu]

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/3...09e281093a%2C0

Fizz how do you burn 7500 Cals in a day? is that the same cals that are 2000 is RDA?

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Stu

Fizz how do you burn 7500 Cals in a day? is that the same cals that are 2000 is RDA?

Look at the stats, I cycled 106 miles that day.

I dont think the calorie counter is 100% accurate on the garmin though...

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by http://www.docsports.com/tour-de-france-history.html

Here are some interesting facts and figures about the Tour de France:
Calories burned by a Tour rider, per day: 5,900 average; 9,000 max.
Calories burned by an average 28-year-old male, per day: 2,200 average.
Most stages won by a single rider, career: 34 (Eddy Merckx)
Year that the yellow jersey was introduced: 1919
Most riders to wear yellow jersey on one Tour: 8 (1987)
Smallest margin of victory: 8 seconds (Greg LeMond over Laurent Fignon in 1989)
Fastest individual time trial: 54.545 kph (Greg LeMond in 1989 over 24.5 km)
Rest days in the 2005 Tour: 2 (July 11 and July 1
Riders in each team: 9
Spectators expected to line the route: 15 million
Riders who will start this year: 198 (split over 22 teams)
Shortest flat stage on the course: 19 km (Stage 1)
Longest stage in the tour: 239.5 km (Stage 17)
Number of water bottles used in the race, per team: approx. 42,000

You'd need athletic levels of fitness but I'd happily bet you were ballpark on the calories! Well done fizz! And there I was feeling proud about my 7-8 miles yesterday...

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

And there I was feeling proud about my 7-8 miles yesterday...

Everybody has to start somewhere, when I started cycling 2 miles to work would max my heart rate out and I was on the verge of puking when I got to work !

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

Sorry I can't seem to make out your post nick - the 'AppleHater' plug in for safari is preventing me from viewing it on my iMac... xx

I don't hate Apple, I just dislike their rip off ways.

http://mytracks.appspot.com/

[Paul the 6th]

true, I've been there in the past when I first started exercising, now I'm stubborn and can push myself pretty far but I just need to get away from the traffic & roads if I'm gonna keep it up - really enjoyed the trail I did yesterday, shame half of it was under the river ouse!



Gonna head the opposite way later this afternoon

[Paul the 6th]

Originally Posted by ThEGr33k

me too buddy, me too.

Originally Posted by Paul the 6th

me too buddy, me too.

So what type of MTB'ing you planning on doing?

[maviczap]

Er you are Paul, here's one app for the Iphone. Don't know owt about it, but spookily it was in this fortnights micro mart.

http://www.mapmyride.com/

[fizzwheel]

I've used mapmyride before but the website, not tried the iphone app, but the website is pretty good TBH.

And on wiggle...

This is what I have, except I have the heart rate and cadence sensors, and I paid alot more than the price on there for it. Choose either or. If you dont want cadence, then it'll calculate the speed / distance with the GPS so you can choose the heart rate package and it'll do what you need it to...

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/garmin-edge-...adence-sensor/