Earlier today, I posted a review of the Cyclemeter iPhone App, published by Abvio. Full disclosure: the links here are affiliate links, and when I published my post earlier today, the links were broken. I removed the post, and got a bunch of messages from readers saying they were getting 404 errors. My apologies. Here is a recap of my post.

I have been using Cyclemeter since earlier this winter. At the time, I was looking for a GPS-enabled iPhone app that would allow me to track multiple types of workouts (running, cross-country skiing, cycling). Cyclemeter utilizes GPS to track your ride route, your speed, your distance, average speed, etc. I love that it has a stopwatch screen with big giant dashboard numbers.

Cyclemeter iPhone App Stopwatch screen

I have ridden numerous times with riding buddies using dedicated Garmin cyclometers. Our total distance and average speed numbers are always consistent. I am anxious to try Cyclemeter out on some dualsport motorcycle rides this spring. Like all of the GPS iPhone apps I have tried, Cyclemeter is rather taxing on your device’s battery, so make sure you are fully charged up before your ride. The app has to continuously run in the background to be accurate. I have gotten through 3 hour rides with Cyclemeter, but my battery was toast. My favorite feature is when I complete a ride and press “done”, it publishes info from my ride to my Facebook Wall. You can change this to not post at all, post when you start, when you stop. Potential for posting overload, so I just choose to autopost when a ride is finished.

I think it will be great for day trips on the BMW, especially if I can get myself a charger for the accessory socket on my bike. Then I could go all day with Cyclemeter.

Piece of cake. I warned readers that I would call bullshit on the Touratech Zega-Pro panniers and rack system for the BMW F800 GS if they were not super-easy to install, as advertised. They really were simple. I did the whole thing in under an hour. First, you have to take the seat off, and remove the existing pillion handles. The Touratech racks are comprised of a right side and a left side, as well as a stiffening cross member. The racks utilize existing mounting points and hardware, plus a little clamp system that mounts near the passenger foot pegs. Once you get everything hooked up (without tightening everything down) the right and left racks bolt together under the seat to keep them rigid. Ingenious. Then you tighten everything down. I recommend using some threadlock like Locktite on the small bolts for the clamps that attach to the footpeg braces. Those babies will loosen up. And what is with supplying 3mm allen head bolts for those clamps? Too wimpy, they will strip out if you are not careful. Everything else is bomber. Oops. I had two washers left over. You are not supposed to have parts left over, but I figured out why: because I already had the Touratech luggage rack, which uses slightly different hardware. No worries.

I love the black anodized finish on these Touratech Zega-Pro boxes.

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