CYCLE APPS AND ACCESSORIES
Minoura’s Live Training app offers realistic
course simulation via a turbo trainer
Left: Biologic’s Reecharge iPhone case
BEST OF THE REST iQubo
Elite have just released an app exclusively on iTunes for its virtual reality and digital trainers. This
allows you to use your iPhone or iPad to control your trainer and view stats. The app is free to download and is called iQubo.
Sustrans: The National Cycle
Network Much like the Bike Hub app, Sustrans’ ride or walk mapping
application also pinpoints bike shops on its Ordinance Survey maps. Listing here is done in collaboration with the Association of Cycle Traders and members can request a listing on the app.
Madison B2B
It’s fair to say Madison has led the way with getting a fully functional B2B app onto the iTunes store –
and it’s free. Allowing you to place and review orders, as well as scan barcodes (iPhone 1 and 3G aside) to add out of stock items to your basket quickly, the app gives a real time stock update of what’s available.
Minoura Live Training
Developed in conjunction with Tokyo based software company Soneru, Minoura’s LiveTraining now gives riders the big PC based features on all Apple iOS version 4.3 and over devices. This app offers riders course simulation, enabling riders to recreate a ride on their trainer with resistance adjustment prompts. There’s also a ‘free mode’, which allows the user to change the on-screen resistance to match your trainer resistance and your wattage is worked out whilst showing speed, cadence and heart rate. LiveTraining is only fully compatible with Minoura’s Magteqs Twin, Live Ride 760, Live Ride 540, V270, V150 and V130.
THE ACCESSORIES Biologic
Some would say gadgets and gizmos are Biologic’s area of expertise, having launched its own BikeBrain app, exclusively on the iPhone, as well as having created numerous mounts for Apple devices and a select few android phones. One of the creations from Josh Hon’s label
is the Reecharge case – a rugged, waterproof unit that encloses the phone, yet allows all functions to remain, all while recharging your device via an onboard lithium polymer battery. This added charge makes this the perfect case for those who use energy intensive functions, such as some GPS applications. With the optional Case Bracket product, the
Is the location of your store listed on the Bike Hub and Sustrans apps?
ReeCharge Case mounts easily to the handlebar of any bicycle, allowing you to turn your iPhone into a powerful cycling computer. With the addition of the ReeCharge dynamo kit, cyclists can even use this case to charge their phone while cycling.
www.thinkbiologic.com/products/bikebrain Paligap: 01454 313116
RAM Mount
RAM are one of those firms that cater for a bit of everything when it comes to making devices portable. If you really wanted to, RAM could assist in helping a rider attach their iPad or tablet securely to a handlebar, not that we’d recommend it. Anyone who’s worked in the gadget industry will know that keeping up with the latest devices, shapes and sizes can be a nightmare, especially when it comes to accessorising them. RAM take out the fuss with a series of interchangeable components, meaning that just one handlebar mount is ever needed and the head unit can be switched between the latest phones, GoPro cameras, sat-navs – more or less
Ram Mount allow the customer to custom build their bracket
anything that you’d want mounted to your handlebar can be catered for. Each mount comes with a lifetime warranty and most devices feature the firm’s own patented non-slip
design, which dampens vibrations
reaching the device while in the saddle. RAM Mount:
sales@rammount.com.
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THE DEVICES Ciclosport HAC 6
The Ciclosport HAC series has been on the market for some time now, catering mostly for the enthusiast who wants concise data, as well as more performance-led details. With the release of the HAC 6, Hotlines has
stock of a device that does it all and comes with a generous package of brackets and mounts so your customer can tailor how they use their device. The package includes a wristband, handlebar bracket, digital transmitter belt, including elastic strap, digital wireless cycle transmitter, digital wireless cadence transmitter, spoke magnet, cadence magnet, mounting materials, USB cable, CD ROM including user manual and PC software. As far as functions go, the important
primary functions include heart rate, altimeter, power calculations, barometer readings, a calories burned estimate and distance over time functions. Those aside, more detailed functions go as deep as to calculate when your bike is due a service – prompting the rider to visit their local shop with a small icon. The HAC 6 will even remind the rider when to take a drink if the rider desires to be reminded. Hotlines: 0131 319 1444
Bryton Rider 40
If you’ve read our profile on Taiwanese label Bryton back in the July issue, you’ll know that the team developing these cycle computers are experts in the GPS and gadgets business. For the dedicated athlete, the Rider 40 perhaps
offers the greatest level of feedback, designed to work with Training Peaks nutrition and training software. Multiple training modes enable users to create specific plans, which can be fully analysed through the Bryton Sport website. Seven pre-loaded workout courses are also
provided for training: Easy Ride, Tempo Interval, Cruise Internal, Time Trial Interval, Anaerobic- endurance Interval, Power it up and 100 per cent MAP. Experienced riders and runners looking for
the edge in performance can access every conceivable measurement to improve performance by designing motivational training programmes, viewing data online and sharing with friends. Zyro: 01845 521700
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