Speedometer in App?

10 May 2016, 00:49 UTC

Hi
Is there another way to see your speed while riding other than on the settings page?
Between the tiny font size and grey text on a slightly different color grey back ground it does not lend itself to easy reading. A little sun and forget about it.
If that's the only way to see the speed how about making a dash board users could use to add different stats to, like a speedometer widget, amp draw, lean angle w warning buzzer?

Matt

10 May 2016, 01:40 UTC

@wr420 There are a lot of apps that have speedometers on them (along with other helpful info). Try Cyclemeter or MyTracks.

10 May 2016, 10:15 UTC

i'm using speedtracker ,which is free and show you many things including speed and max speed..

11 May 2016, 00:04 UTC

Thanks, I'll try them out tonight.
Matt

11 May 2016, 20:43 UTC

HI
So I tried the Cyclemeter app and I am left wondering how accurate the speed is. After my first run it showed a top speed of 13.5 mph and it seemed accurate because I wasn't pushing it too much past the point of push back which is supposedly around 13mph in extreme. On my second run I was pushing harder to the point the motor started making a horrid noise/vibration and the OW got pretty unstable. When I checked my speed when I got home it said over 18mph. So if the reported speed on these GPS apps if not very accurate(or maybe it is and I was actually going that fast) it brings me back to my original question about improving the OW app to get the info straight from the source. Either that or I will have to build the card board box like one of the other members did so he could video his phone running the OW app with another phone.
So do you think the speed measured by these apps is believable?

Matt