Bagel Rides Progress -- Miles: 1200, Bagels: 28

#Bagel ShopDateDistBagel Shop Rating#Bagel ShopDateDistBagel Shop Rating
1Einstein Bros, Solana Beach8/18/1828 mi★★★★☆ 15Einstein Bros, Carmel Valley12/9/1836 mi★★★★☆
2Golden Bagel8/19/1842 mi★★★★☆16♥ Bagels, Oceanside Blvd12/16/1822 mi★★☆☆☆
3101 Bagels & Subs, O'side8/26/1829 mi★★★☆☆17Einstein Bros, Ranch Bernardo12/23/1844 mi★★★★★
4Sun Flour Bagel, Carlsbad9/9/1820 mi★★★☆☆18Blue Box Bagels & Brew12/26/1844 mi★★★★☆
5Signature Bagel, Escondido9/16/1828 mi★★★☆☆19Einstein Bros, University City12/28/1844 mi★★★★☆
6Busy Bee's Bagel Bakery9/23/1856 mi★★★★☆20Daily Bagel, University City12/30/1844 mi★★☆☆☆
7Einstein Bros, Santee9/30/1880 mi★★★★★21Einstein Bros, Pacific Beach1/26/1955 mi★★★☆☆
8Sidny's Bagels & Deli10/13/1844 mi★★☆☆☆22Einstein Bros, Mission Valley8/10/1960 mi★★★☆☆
9Top of the Bagel, Carlsbad10/21/1831 mi★★★★☆23Einstein Bros, Midway District8/30/1962 mi★★★★☆
10Einstein Bros, Encinitas10/28/1819 mi★★★★☆24Einstein Bros, Serra Mesa9/7/1961 mi★★★★☆
11New York Bagels11/4/1844 mi★★★★☆25Einstein Bros, Grantville9/14/1967 mi★★★★★
12Einstein Bros, Oceanside11/11/1831 mi★★★★☆26P. L. Bagels, Point Loma Hgts9/28/1965 mi★★☆☆☆
13♥ Bagels, Vista Way11/25/1825 mi★★☆☆☆27BCB Cafe, Hillcrest10/12/1965 mi★★★★☆
14Garden State Bagels12/2/1822 mi★★★★☆28Mike's Bagels & Coffee House10/19/1932 mi★★★★★

August 7, 2018

The Best Cycling App

So I want a cycling app to do two things:
  1. Plan my route on the computer and then navigate the route during my ride
  2. Track my actual route so I can get stats and display it on this blog
Ideally, I'd like one app to do both things.  But I'd also like to avoid paying a subscription for the app so if I have to use two different ones, that's fine.

Here are the apps I've tried for planning and navigating a route:

MapMyRide
  • Pro: Route planning on the computer works well
  • Pro: Planning routes and navigating are free
  • Con: Pausing and then resuming doesn't work--I have to exit the route and restart to have it continue tracking my progress
  • Con: Navigation is glitchy.  It often gets confused which way I'm going and swings the map around for a second or so before going back to the current direction
  • Con: It doesn't save my actual route so I can access it on my phone or my computer
Ride with GPS
  • Pro: Route planning works well
  • Con: Navigating the route with the phone costs money ($5/month or $50/year)
Strava
  • Con: Route planning on-line is glitchy (limited zoom, doesn't show houses, not all buttons work, moving map around doesn't work from all positions)
Komoot
  • Pro: One region is free and my entire riding area in San Diego is one region
  • Pro: On-line route mapping tool works well--it suggests routes but they are easy to modify
  • Pro: I tested it with a spiral loop route around my house and it worked well.  It turns off the screen between turns to save on battery
  • Pro: After saving the ride, the on-line website shows the ride and that stats--just what I wanted

That settles it, I'm going with Komoot.