Best Bike Inclinometer App?

[timacn]

Rode some hills yesterday and I'm now wondering what the gradient was. Can anybody recommend a good cell phone inclinometer?

(Or a good non cell phone inclinometer?)

As always, thanks for your help.

 

[retiredNH]

I can see gradients on ride-with-gps app. Have you tried that?

 

[timacn]

Thanks, retired NH. I haven't tried that yet. I don't even know what a "ride with gps" app is. Could you enlighten me? Thanks again.

 

[retiredNH]

Thanks, retired NH. I haven't tried that yet. I don't even know what a "ride with gps" app is. Could you enlighten me? Thanks again.

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Start planning a route (click on a start and a next point and then move your cursor along the route and look at the elevation graph just below. In my experience, the slope numbers are pretty accurate.

 

[timacn]

Very cool, Thanks!

 

[fooferdoggie]

my garmin does it but it can be slow. like a 20% grade may take two or three blocks for it to get caught up. its worse if you just went downhill then went up.

 

[retiredNH]

You can also get inclinometer apps for cell phones. I have one for my Pixel. But you'd need to stop and put it on the ground. I wouldn't want to do that on a steep hill, whether going up or down. My car has an inclinometer built in, too, but it reads in degrees. Fortunately, it's easy to find a website that will do the trig to convert.

Fortunately for me, with a good ebike, I don't worry too much about how steep the slope is, just how long it is! I find steep but short is easier than not so steep and really long. Fortunately haven't hit any steep and really long!

 

[rich c]

My iPhone has an inclinometer already in it. Easy to convert from degrees to percentage unless you need a direct readout. I'm thinking I don't want to know, since I'm busy on the pedals going up steep grades.

 

[timacn]

Hey Rich. How do you access your iphone inclinometer?

 

[fooferdoggie]

after awhile my legs tell me and my eyes. so you only need it for a little while.

 

[WattsUpDude]

Hey Rich. How do you access your iphone inclinometer?

It’s the built in measure app