I use a 3T eye which puts all my Strava data out front. The other option is a Wahoo RFLKT then you can use an app which controls all your ANT+ or bluetooth devices and it gives you a screen out front that you're not worried about if you damage it in a crash. The 3T Eye is a pain in the ass to set up because 3T have basically dropped support for it, so I would go with the Wahoo. But yeah, it saves you from having your phone out front and it gives you all your vital stats out front.

Its surprisingly good once you have it set up, but the 3T eye is a major pain in the ass to set up. Once you do its set and forget though and the 3T app by itself is actually really good but then getting it to upload its data to Strava requires you to sign up with an account from Strava, Rouvy, and a whole bunch of other crap that took me a full day to get the stupid thing to sync with Strava... So... the app is good but the way it connects because 3T has basically ignored development of it is really, really terrible. It does work though... And it was designed by 3T so it has only the stats you need out front rather than lap, speed and cadence averages that don't mean anything taking up unnecessary screen space.

You will need sensors sensors (speed, cadence, heart rate, and maybe power) but you will need those sensors anyway, and if you want to do it ideally you will also need an ANT+ sensor to get it working like a Garmin. Once its all set up it will automatically upload to Strava though. Unless you have ANT+ built into your phone you will possibly also need a specialised ANT+ sensor from either Garmin or Wahoo to work with all the sensors you are connecting to your phone.

Using your phone you will also get skewed up max speed settings like 60mph when your phone is syncing with the global GPS it has, but I just ignore my max speed because its unimportant data in most cases. With the 3T Eye you cycle through all your stats using the arrows with the out front computer which is really easy. Either left arrow or right arrow or use the center arrow for lap timing. Its way more straight forward than a Garmin 520 or whatever but it gives you the exact same amount of computing power if not more minus maybe route planing. It can give you more because you can attach any sensor that the Wahoo or 3T app supports and your not limited by the specific restrictions of the Garmin/Wahoo you're dealing with, its an open box as far as sensor support an instant uploading goes. There are over 240 devices that work with the Garmin ANT+ sensor so yeah that goes to show you how deep down the rabbit hole you can go.

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It's like Alice in wonderland once you start down this pathway.... tumbling down the rabbit hole. You just have to work out which apps and what sensors you're going to stop with. What can I say? Once you start doing this though its worth getting a dedicated out front computer rather than risking your phone out front. I'd start with a better supported computer though such as a Wahoo REFLKT+ that way if you do crash your bike you wont ruin a $1000 phone.



Not from my bike but for the purposes anyway: