Shanana

https://www.mycyclinglog.com/

Viceroy

Does anybody else use just a pen and paper?

Nachoman

I use some exercise software designed for the palm pilot. It cost less than twenty dollars and is really simple to use.

John Wilke

I started to log all my rides/inline/run/hikes/skis in a hardcover record book in 1997. Just a few lines written on what/where/times/speed/weather etc. If I make graphs on the computer, I glue them in the book.

I'm about 1/2 way through the 500 page book now.



(I use the WilsonJones S300-500 purchased at Office Depot.)

FIVE ONE SIX

i know at least one person that still does, but that's like asking if someone would rather mail a letter to someone's house or send them an e-mail, which do you think is going to be the more popular answer...

Kilgore_Trout

i use a pen and paper to write it all down, and then at the end of each month copy it all into an excel spreadsheet just so i have 2 copies.

orcanova

I download my workouts from my Polar 725x into the polar software. It maintains a calender and you can create some custom reports for date ranges and whatnot.

As for as pen and paper, I used a Polar Vantage XL (which was Polar's top HRM at the time) for over a decade and graphed every workout on graph paper. I have a huge binder with my entire workout history for the 1990's. Unfortunatley, I live in a different region now so I can't ride my old routes to compare my performance now to when I was 10-15 years younger.

punksurfer024

i use bikejournal.com and love it!!!!! even set up a little internet club the other day

jeremy_c

I can find all the features I want in the ones listed here, but each one only has 3/4 of those, no one has all of them combined :-/

MapMyRide.com has the best map interface. It also has daily heart rate. It does not appear to be able to share training logs with others? (my sister and I are encouraging each other). buckeyeoutdoors.com has mapping but it's not at all as nice as MapMyRide.com. It does not have HR. It does allow me to share my training log and is multi-purpose (my sister runs more than rides).

About a spread sheet. Anyone willing to share how they have their spreadsheets setup? About sharing with my sister, it would be easy to export to a web page on a routine basis automatically, so I do not have to do anything. I am curious how you have them setup.

Thanks!

Phantoj

Okay, this is kind of an old thread.

But if you wanted to share a spreadsheet, you could use Google Documents and you and your sister could both share a spreadsheet.

I'm not real keen on doing paperwork, especially in my spare time, so I haven't done a lot of logging.

p0cket penguins

excel

jeremy_c

Would you be willing to share a blank excel log for others to get ideas from?

Freaknhell

I also use bikejournal.com. Not real serious about tracking goals or anything, but just curious to see how I'm doing over time and it's kind of fun to get home and input the ride info. I find it oddly enough helps motivate me to ride a few extra miles each time I go out.

Gazelli

+1 for bikejournal.com.

geist

Yes:



I converted my old FiloFax to a ride log.

Skewer

Besides using an excel log to try to motivate me to improve my times on various rides, I like to log all maintenance on my five bikes so I know how many miles on the various components and how long since I last serviced or replaced something.

cminter

https://www.bikewire.net/ I switched over after bikejournal cut back on the ride information you could log on the free service.

phoshizzo

I bought a basic 11x12" calender. I use it to plan out my rides/workouts weeks ahead of time. I log my ride time, efforts, workouts, resting HR for the morning, weight, and whether I'm sick, tired, and how I'm feeling fitness wise.

I find it much easier to write it down in a calender which is kept at my bedside table. I can flip back and forth and check for patterns if I'm feeling strong, or if I'm feeling tired.

I get a new calender every season and keep them stack on top of each other. At the beginning of the new season, I flip through the old calenders and see what worked for me and got me results, and what got me sick or feeling tired.

tenfour

Just a basic excel spread logging days/miles. I'm only interested in mileage right now...me=noob

SSP

I couldn't find what I wanted in a computerized logging program, so a few years back I created one for myself (I'm a professional software developer). I eventually released it as a commercial product.

CycliStats is based on a real database, not a spreadsheet, and is much easier to use.

It features:

• tracking of up to 10 people, and unlimited bikes and routes
• lots of built-in graphs and statistics
• tracking of health data
• tracking of bike maintenance
• tracking of "goals" (e.g., upcoming races, training goals, etc.)
• automatic backups of data
• options for miles/kilometers, pounds/kilograms
• a calendar view that quickly summarizes your riding by day, week, month, and year
• and more.

You can download a free, fully functional, 30-day trial version from the CycliStats website.

And if you're interested in purchasing it, PM me and I'll send you a special link for $10 off the regular price.

Pugsly

I can vouch for cyclistats. I used it for the 30 day trial, but so far have been too cheap to fork over the $ for the full version since I am using the Garmin Training Center software that came with my Edge 305... really really nice program though.

Cjzoller

I obviously use our Polar Protrainer 5 software. I use it for planning my weeks worth of intervals, uploading them to my CS600 and downloading the results. Have a few years worth of data. Mostly for motivation..

Murrays

Sorry, not native on a Mac, no can do.

-murray

SSP

CycliStats is a part-time labor of love for me...I have a full-time day job, bikes to ride and race, and a new girlfriend (yeah!), so finding time for new features and platforms is a big challenge. I've looked into what it would take to port it to the Mac OS, but the job is just too large for me to tackle (I estimate it would take about 1000 hours, plus thousands of dollars in new tools and hardware).

Fortunately, newer Macs are based on Intel chips. Thus, Mac users are no longer restricted to running only native Mac OS programs...they can now (finally!) run most Windows programs, including CycliStats.

I've gotten positive feedback and kudos from quite a few satisfied customers who are running CycliStats on their Macs using the "Windows-on-MacOS" option. If your Mac is a newer one, this may be an option for you.

Murrays

Oh, I don't fault you for not supporting Macs natively and I'm just fine with my bike logs in Excel (been doing it for 20 years).

Now, you might want to put those skills to use porting your software to an iPhone

-murray