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A phone like this would be absolutely perfect in my world. Not as a daily phone or a phone at all but rather a bicycle computer with extended features. Shoving

A phone like this would be absolutely perfect in my world. Not as a daily phone or a phone at all but rather a bicycle computer with extended features. Shoving a 5-6-7 inch screen on the handlebar is borderline impossible and and anything but optimal. But something like this could be perfect: exercise tracking, music player, with some additional work you could hook it up to a camera mounted under the seat and have a mirror, which I find extremely useful. Ideally one or two buttons mounted somewhere around the shifters to easily switch between some pre-defined modes(tracking, camera, map, weather, etc.) and it could be absolutely perfect.

stronglikedan 6y ago
And here I am shoving a 6 inch screen on my handlebars, because I'd crash if I had to wear my reading glasses while riding. Take my advice and don't get old.
mirkules 6y ago
I would caution against mounting phones on handlebars. I used an iPhone for a few months, and then I noticed my camera would constantly jitter - constant shaking and bumping damaged the camera’s autofocus. Using them once in a while is probably ok, but I think the internal electronics of a phone are not rated or tested for such constant “abuse”
brutt 6y ago
Which extended features you need to have on the bicycle computer, for example? I'm already overwhelmed with features my bicomp has. (I use SC Dash M50, because I like it small pebble like size).
- axegon_ 6y ago
  Generally what I said above: map, strava, camera mounted under the seat as a mirror(all mirrors I've seen take a lot of space on the handlebars), music player, notifications, calls and whatnot. I don't ride a bike every day(usually it's twice a week) but my rides are in the 60-80km range so having the basics in front of me would be absolutely perfect. At the moment every time I want to check a notification or pause strava or change my playlist, I have to pull over, take my phone out of my backpack, do my thing, put the phone back in and then continue riding. It's not a big deal by any means but it is annoying when you have to stop once every hour or so.
  - brutt 6y ago
    Map - I have map on my bicomp. Strava - I can upload my route to Strava from phone connected by BLE. Mirror - yeah, it will be nice to have. Currently, I use my ears for tracking cars behind me, which saved me lot of times. I had moped mirror mounted on handlebars for about month: it was good, but I broke it very fast. Also, I had tiny mirror on pole/stick?(non native speaker) manually soldered to left side of my glasses with metal frame: it worked good, but I look dumb when I wear them, and they were hard to store, so mirror was scratched and damaged in few days. I plan to make new version, using flex leg from another glasses with metal frame, so I will be able to fold mirror. Music player - I use cheap Chinese open-ear headphones(Atlanfa, cannot find them online) with built-in player and FM radio. I use them almost every day. They are open ear, so I hear road very well, especially with reduced volume. They work for about 2h with FM radio on, which is enough for me. Notifications - my bicomp can display notifications and call info from phone attached by BLE, and my headphones are alerting me too about notifications and allows me to respond to calls. However, I have problem on my bicomp (Dash M50) with notifications with emoj: they are truncated after first emoj. Sometimes, emoj is the first letter in the text. :-( I ride for about 25km daily to/from work in hilly area.

stronglikedan 6y ago

And here I am shoving a 6 inch screen on my handlebars, because I'd crash if I had to wear my reading glasses while riding. Take my advice and don't get old.

mirkules 6y ago

I would caution against mounting phones on handlebars. I used an iPhone for a few months, and then I noticed my camera would constantly jitter - constant shaking and bumping damaged the camera’s autofocus. Using them once in a while is probably ok, but I think the internal electronics of a phone are not rated or tested for such constant “abuse”

brutt 6y ago

Which extended features you need to have on the bicycle computer, for example? I'm already overwhelmed with features my bicomp has. (I use SC Dash M50, because I like it small pebble like size).

axegon_ 6y ago
Generally what I said above: map, strava, camera mounted under the seat as a mirror(all mirrors I've seen take a lot of space on the handlebars), music player, notifications, calls and whatnot. I don't ride a bike every day(usually it's twice a week) but my rides are in the 60-80km range so having the basics in front of me would be absolutely perfect. At the moment every time I want to check a notification or pause strava or change my playlist, I have to pull over, take my phone out of my backpack, do my thing, put the phone back in and then continue riding. It's not a big deal by any means but it is annoying when you have to stop once every hour or so.
- brutt 6y ago
  Map - I have map on my bicomp. Strava - I can upload my route to Strava from phone connected by BLE. Mirror - yeah, it will be nice to have. Currently, I use my ears for tracking cars behind me, which saved me lot of times. I had moped mirror mounted on handlebars for about month: it was good, but I broke it very fast. Also, I had tiny mirror on pole/stick?(non native speaker) manually soldered to left side of my glasses with metal frame: it worked good, but I look dumb when I wear them, and they were hard to store, so mirror was scratched and damaged in few days. I plan to make new version, using flex leg from another glasses with metal frame, so I will be able to fold mirror. Music player - I use cheap Chinese open-ear headphones(Atlanfa, cannot find them online) with built-in player and FM radio. I use them almost every day. They are open ear, so I hear road very well, especially with reduced volume. They work for about 2h with FM radio on, which is enough for me. Notifications - my bicomp can display notifications and call info from phone attached by BLE, and my headphones are alerting me too about notifications and allows me to respond to calls. However, I have problem on my bicomp (Dash M50) with notifications with emoj: they are truncated after first emoj. Sometimes, emoj is the first letter in the text. :-( I ride for about 25km daily to/from work in hilly area.