GPS that has odometer for multiple bikes
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GPS that has odometer for multiple bikes
I have a Bryton Rider 530. One of the reasons I bought it is that you can set it up for two bikes. After I bought it I released that the odometer cannot be set up for multiple bikes. You can do everything else but that. I like to keep track of the exact miles each of my bikes has. I want to know the total miles the frames have and I want to keep track of how many miles all the consumable parts have. So that sucks and I only use it for one bike because of that.
Does anyone have a gps that does have them separate? I have my eye on the Garmin 530 but I can't tell by reading the manual online.
Does anyone have a gps that does have them separate? I have my eye on the Garmin 530 but I can't tell by reading the manual online.
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If you use Strava you can assign each ride to a separate bike, just add bikes in the gear section. This works in the free version of the program.
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I'm not sure about GPS units recording the mileage for different bikes but Strava does this just fine.
StravaBikeMileage by Spinners1961, on Flickr
StravaBikeMileage by Spinners1961, on Flickr
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'I want to keep track of how many miles all the consumable parts have.' So you'll have some sort of log book/file to note replacement mileages. Could just keep running totals there.
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I use the website SportTracks.mobi. I setup whatever gear I want to track and it keeps tracks or all the details when I select the gear for each ride. An example: https://sporttracks.mobi/activity/28360933
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Garmin hardware doesn't have a per bike odometer. Their software does, you have to tell it which bike you used for a ride to get that. You do it after the fact on a computer (which can be a phone or tablet).
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I have a Bryton Rider 530. One of the reasons I bought it is that you can set it up for two bikes. After I bought it I released that the odometer cannot be set up for multiple bikes. You can do everything else but that. I like to keep track of the exact miles each of my bikes has. I want to know the total miles the frames have and I want to keep track of how many miles all the consumable parts have. So that sucks and I only use it for one bike because of that.
Does anyone have a gps that does have them separate? I have my eye on the Garmin 530 but I can't tell by reading the manual online.
Does anyone have a gps that does have them separate? I have my eye on the Garmin 530 but I can't tell by reading the manual online.
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Can be done in Connect, but only for a whole bike, no components that I am aware of. It's far better in Strava, because you can also designate components on the bike. As you swap them out, just go into Strava and retire them and then add the new one new one. E.g., Chains and cassettes, and brake pads, I do this every time I change those out. Doing this, each time you designate a particular bike for a ride, it will add the mileage (or Kms if you follow The Rules) to the components.
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I almost never bother changing bikes in strava when I take one on a different ride so the odometer numbers are all wrong. When I go into "edit bike" there isn't a box for the odo. Then I went to add another bike to basically start over. There is no longer an odometer box in that, either. I guess that went away for the free version when they changed everything up awhile back?
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Ah, excellent point, since multiple "gear" can be added to an activity...but, it seems clunky, unless there is a way to link all the components to each bike that they are installed on, so that a single click captures the wear items one would want to track.