Originally Posted by
Maelochs
I ditched the on-the-bars computer for that reason ... too tempting to look down and ride to a number instead of riding a bike on a road. I still keep my phone on the bars, but the screen is off.
I use RideWithGPS ... and upload GPX files to Strava when i want to compare certain segments or share rides with some of the folks I sometimes do group rides with.
If I wanted KOMs ... I would create segments no one else would bother to ride. I could own the '"Behind the half-abandoned shopping mall" KOM, or maybe the "All but forgotten dead-end access road by the truck depot " KOM.
Don't worry, one of those KOM hunters will go out and find it... I had a KOM once, for a while, but mostly worry about
PR's. I know I'm not the fastest rider out there, I create segments for my own benefit.
The RideWithGPS app looks good though. I like the ability to configure what is shown on the ride screen! This looks like my answer to getting current HR during a ride without having to sink money into more electronics.