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Unfortunately, the bike season is pretty much over for me, but over the summer/fall, I did a few scenic rides. I wanted to create/plan the route before going out, and as I'm riding, I wanted my iPhone to do the navigation. All those "tracking" apps like mapMyRide doesn't do a boo for navigation while riding. Cue sheet thing is pretty hard if the route is complicated. A regular car navigation apps like CoPilot, etc. works in some degree but it's geared toward moving from point A to B, and not meant to be good for scenic "go here and there" kind of navigation. So, I used "ridewithgps", and mapmyride web sites to set up the route, and create gpx or ctx file, and loaded it to dropbox, and then used "co-rider" last time. It was a frustrating experience as the co-rider kept thinking that I'm at the destination when I was at the start since the route was a loop. While riding, though I could not use the voice guidance, but the map moved along and worked OK. But, near the end, it froze, and sent me to the road I was not supposed to, because I did not realize the app froze. It's not necessary that the app is only for iPhone, but since you carry a phone - be it Android or iOS - I want to use it. My question is - what do you use for the bike navigation for rides? The secondary question is, how to secure the phone on your bike when you do the bike navigation?

Hello, I'd like some help in choosing a GPS watch that's suited for trail runs and possibly for road cycling. But trails primarily because road cycling is easily mapped by hand in Endomondo. Trail runs (often off trails) - not so much. The budget cap is at 300$, but the lower the better. If there's something worthwhile to be had for ~200$ that'd be great since 300 may be over-stretching things a bit. I don't need a heart rate monitor, pacer, watch, calendars, TV programs... Water resistant if not waterproof, and I guess I won't need extreme battery life for quite some time. Thanks.

Hey guys, I'm looking for a new watch for running, currently using an old gps garmin one. What I'm looking for is one that has a heart rate monitor and preferably waterproof too (for swimming). I've been looking these up like crazy but I can't seem to find the perfect one, obviously the price is always so high! Do any of you have any experience with the Polar RCX5? It sounds like it does all the things I want it to do, but I'd need all kinds of different heart rate gear so it adapts to the different exercises. Any recommendations for other types? Also, it can't be too chunky and heavy, then it just gets in the way. Thanks!