The Best Apps for Cyclists
Regardless of whether your ride competitively or for leisure, you should check out these apps for optimizing your cycling game.
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If you want an easy way to track your rides, log mileage and elevation, and keep your stats in one place a cycling app is the way to go. Sometimes, escaping the onslaught of technology is best done by bike—a piece of machinery whose essence has remained essentially unchanged for centuries, with only subtle tweaks to its form.
If you’re used to stuffing your phone into your jersey pocket, then you’re only a few clicks away from arming yourself with a collection of cycling apps that help you train smarter, sleep better, eat better, and discover new rides in your neighborhood.
Lots of apps are free—removing buyer's remorse since there's nothing to purchase. After 35 hours of dedicated research and testing, here are the seven cycling apps—and a few related options—that'll make your phone as useful as your multi-tool and boost your rides.
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