as does mission control on iOS or android. you just happen to not like either of those choices, lol.
Both of those choices are deficient. Let's play this game. I get an ant+ HR strap and use mission control. Here is what I lose:
no heart rate data in apple health *while using an iOS device to track the rides*
I get zero control or display on my apple watch *while using an iOS device to track the rides*
I have to run a second app for navigation
I am limited to strava and komoot
And I still have to put on said additional HR monitor.
Now, let's look at the bike computer:
I still don't get data into apple health, but at least it being not an apple device is a reasonable excuse.
I *do* get navigation depending on the bike computer.
I still have to put on an additional hr monitor
and I still don't have any apple watch display, control or info, again, not being an apple device is a reasonable excuse.
But I can get the data posted to many services! There are upsides.
Oh, and I paid $300-$600 for a bike computer for the privilege of doing the above.
All of the above applies to android/android wear as well.
Again, you guys keep pretending this isn't a walled garden. The above proves that it is. I don't understand how you can't see that. Just in case you don't understand what "walled garden" means (put "define walled garden" into google: "a restricted range of information to which subscribers to a particular service are limited."
Just because *I* am not willing to pay a premium for that situation, and *I* am vocal about it, does not make me *wrong*. see how that works?
i'd love to be proven wrong here, but until then, the person who is wrong isn't me!
See above. I work with large scale enterprise clients solving these kinds of problems. Specialized has all the signs of a company that rushes into the solving the first problem and not thinking about the ramifications of that down the road. I saw it with their direct to consumer sales, it's pretty clear in their app designs (or they just don't care), blevo is a further indication of it ( If securing the bike was the issue, why did their engineers not know that bluetooth communication could be tamepred with? OR did the law come out *after* the bike? Because that *is* a reasonable reason.)
You guys keep worshipping this company. You are blind to its flaws. And they aren't going to get fixed while that is the case.
I would argue that the best supporters of companies recognize the flaws, acknowledge them, help push the company to fix them while still being advocates. There are aspects of apple I absolutely despise. They are responsible (through bugs) of losing some to significant data on several occasions. I am very vocal about them when they screw up as well. But they are still the best option for getting through my day. (and I say that as someone that has actually switched to android and back). That doesn't mean they can't be improved. It also doesn't mean they are the best option for everyone. There are times where I *would* select android. I am not so devoted to one ecosystem that I can't recognize it's flaws. Specialized has flaws, and they are pretty alarming at times.
Continuing to repeat "no one else is doing it" is a tired cliche. Stop. The only value to that is convincing yourself that you have the best option on the market. It has no other value. If the actual engineers that create progress in the world thought that way, we would never have gotten the iPhone. Or any other technical innovations that improve experiences. It seems you still need phone metaphors. Blackberry works fine, right? So there it is.
Defending this company on these issues is just silly. The issues exist. You choose not to acknowledge them because they don't bother you.
Is cadence doing the estimate route? Or did it work with npe cable?
