For longer touring and casual sport cycling I want to finally get my hands on a bike computer. Have used my phone so far, but I don’t like

  • battery life
  • water situation when it’s rainy
  • arguably not too good for the camera stabilizer

My requirements are not too high I would say, but I would like

  • connectivity to some peripherals (ANT+ I guess)
  • ability to add GPX files and also extract them
  • not buy myself into some cloud (or otherwise fenced) solution

What it boils down to: What would be the least restrictive brand out there?

I am aware of https://github.com/hishizuka/pizero_bikecomputer but currently I don’t see myself tinkering that much – since I do longer tours I need some kind of decent case, a way to take it off and be a little tough.

(Sorry if this is not he perfect place, I could not think of another community that would fit well)

  • bad1080@piefed.socialEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    I didn’t have great service in large patches of the route, but the gps works regardless, so as long as you have the GPX files, it should point you in the right direction.

    it’d save a lot of battery when airplane mode is turned on in those areas as the phone doesn’t look for reception constantly