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navigation/gps? workout app? whats the difference between a workout app on my iphone compared to a dedicated device (e.g. garmin edge) in terms of safety?

• scubbo 7y ago
  You shouldn't be actively using, interacting with, and providing manual input to your device (be it a phone, garmin edge, or anything else) while cycling. An occasional glance at a navigation app (on a screen that is held by something other than your hand - a clip, stand, etc.) is probably fine - but taking your hand off a handlebar long enough to hold a device, and taking your concentration off your path long enough to interact with it, is asking for trouble.
  • bosie 7y ago
    quite a few assumptions here. a) the shaking feature turns on even if i don't type anything just by the virtue of the phone being active (shaking can mean 'undo', not just 'undo typing') b) i have it mounted on a quadlock on my handle bar, no holding whatsoever. c) i take the risk of asking for trouble while cycling on a cycling path with no other cyclists near me (within, say, 300m). I am not cycling between 2 double decker buses while texting...
    • alain94040 7y ago
      I'll grant you a) and b), but not the last one: take the risk of asking for trouble while cycling on a cycling path with no other cyclists near me (within, say, 300m). You don't know. If you start looking at your screen and you are moving, you are a danger to others. I don't care what happens to you, but I care that you don't hurt others. And you may.
      • bosie 7y ago
        If there is such a great risk doing that, do you not think that sharing the road with a car would be even riskier? I.e. if there is no trust i can glance at a screen when i am on a cycling path with nobody around without injuring someone else, how can I be trusted while sharing the road with cars/buses/trams?