Wife wants to stalk me while out riding.
09-10-14, 03:58 PM
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another vote for Life360 here. Also on my daughter's and wife's phones so I can locate them when need-be as well.
09-10-14, 04:12 PM
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Tell her it can be done but it requires a new Garmin 1000 and a titanium bike. Carbon and aluminum interferes with signal transmission.
09-10-14, 04:28 PM
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My wife wants me to get an app for my phone that will tell her where I am when out biking. We both are using Iphone 5s phones. I also use a garmin 500, garmin connect, strava, but I don't think that won't help. She keeps bugging me to find out if I can do this so to begin my search; I ask all of you if you have any ideas how to do this.
Does anybody know of any iphone app that will do this? Thanks.
Does anybody know of any iphone app that will do this? Thanks.
09-10-14, 04:43 PM
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09-10-14, 07:11 PM
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How did this thread get 14 replies before this response?
Find my iPhone.
It's built in. It's free. She can check where you are (or where you were last seen by a signal).
Doesn't have "tracking" (showing where you've been), but you don't need that. She can check to see where you are. Works well when you need a pickup.
It's built in. It's free. She can check where you are (or where you were last seen by a signal).
Doesn't have "tracking" (showing where you've been), but you don't need that. She can check to see where you are. Works well when you need a pickup.
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09-10-14, 07:20 PM
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How did this thread get 14 replies before this response?
Find my iPhone.
It's built in. It's free. She can check where you are (or where you were last seen by a signal).
Doesn't have "tracking" (showing where you've been), but you don't need that. She can check to see where you are. Works well when you need a pickup.
Find my iPhone.
It's built in. It's free. She can check where you are (or where you were last seen by a signal).
Doesn't have "tracking" (showing where you've been), but you don't need that. She can check to see where you are. Works well when you need a pickup.
J.
09-10-14, 07:21 PM
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Runkeeper (don't worry it has cycling tracking option ) works also.
09-11-14, 12:35 AM
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Have you considered taking her for a ride in an elevator in Atlantic City?
09-11-14, 05:30 AM
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It's only for riding..and really it's only for her to find me when I get into some mechanical or scary weather and need her to pick me up. It's happend a few times in the past so in that sense it is a good idea. She also has crazy anxiety about me riding on public roads; so really, it's to help her alleviate that.
09-11-14, 05:57 AM
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There should be a service out there where you can drop off you phone to someone, they do the ride (strava smashing extra $), and you go off and do... well... whatever... for an hour or two.
09-11-14, 06:55 AM
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Ahhh yes, the worry and safety excuse..
It's only for riding..and really it's only for her to find me when I get into some mechanical or scary weather and need her to pick me up. It's happend a few times in the past so in that sense it is a good idea. She also has crazy anxiety about me riding on public roads; so really, it's to help her alleviate that.
Just want you to make a very deliberate and well educated decision.. But no, I don't know of an app that tracks you in real time. I prefer to keep it that way as well!
I trust your wife will read this, so "hello, Mrs. RJM."
09-11-14, 07:09 AM
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I'm telling you as a person genuinely concerned for your safety, your emotional/mental stability and the health of your marriage: DON'T!!! Don't get this started! You'll eventually come to regret it and it will become a pandora's box that can not be closed. It will set off a domino effect of catastrophic changes in your life that you may never recover from.. River's will run dry, sunlight will be transformed into darkness.. You'll weep spontaneously and not be able to explain it.. Dogs and Cats will begin living together in harmony.. Cyclist the world over may give up their bikes for skateboards; or worse yet they will start merely shuffling around like zombies from a really bad movie off of netflix..
Just want you to make a very deliberate and well educated decision.. But no, I don't know of an app that tracks you in real time. I prefer to keep it that way as well!
I trust your wife will read this, so "hello, Mrs. RJM."
Just want you to make a very deliberate and well educated decision.. But no, I don't know of an app that tracks you in real time. I prefer to keep it that way as well!
I trust your wife will read this, so "hello, Mrs. RJM."
she will read this......
09-11-14, 09:20 AM
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09-11-14, 01:49 PM
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Forget everything else anyone has said. You only need these two words ... team car.
Tell her this is the new top of the line model guaranteed to keep up with your ridiculously high VO2 Max potential on flats and during descents. Any other car will NOT suffice.
09-11-14, 01:51 PM
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How To Use Your iPhone To GPS Track Someone's Location | Help For Beginners
https://www.wikihow.com/Track-an-iPhone
https://www.wikihow.com/Track-an-iPhone
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09-11-14, 03:30 PM
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This is the only option in which both parties win. Who doesn't want to be paced by that and who doesn't want to drive that? Well it is a jaaaaggg. But an F (-ing awesome) type
09-11-14, 04:04 PM
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09-11-14, 04:08 PM
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My wife used to monitor me on the now defunct Google Latitude service. When she was away, she'd also watch me on webcam.
From what I can tell, it made her feel kind of like she was with me. However, one issue with all GPS trackers is that you will lose signal (data or GPS) sometimes and even when you don't, the service might not update. So it's more of a way to have a general idea of where someone probably is than a marker of where you actually are. I'm just as happy not to be monitored all the time. I have enough to answer for already.
Having said all that, a dedicated device for tracking dogs, cars, or hikers rather than a phone would probably work better.
From what I can tell, it made her feel kind of like she was with me. However, one issue with all GPS trackers is that you will lose signal (data or GPS) sometimes and even when you don't, the service might not update. So it's more of a way to have a general idea of where someone probably is than a marker of where you actually are. I'm just as happy not to be monitored all the time. I have enough to answer for already.
Having said all that, a dedicated device for tracking dogs, cars, or hikers rather than a phone would probably work better.
09-11-14, 04:19 PM
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Battery life?
I've got an android phone so I can't help you there. But anything that uses GPS drains the battery pretty quick. I don't know if you drive your bike to ride in other places or if your car/phone sync over bluetooth, but if so that just makes it worse.
My girlfriend got me a GPS tracking device, it's way overkill for cycling, but there are other options if the battery winds up being a problem for you.
My girlfriend got me a GPS tracking device, it's way overkill for cycling, but there are other options if the battery winds up being a problem for you.
09-11-14, 04:21 PM
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