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Show HN: A New Flutter App for Mountain Biking

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Show HN: A New Flutter App for Mountain Biking

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I have been working on a new mountain biking app for the last year called Hangtime. It is a free ride computer app that uses a smartphone's GPS, accelerometer, gyroscope, and altimeter to track a mountain bike ride. After recording a ride, the user can go back and see their performance in turns, jumps, climbs, etc. Below is a video that shows off some of the app's features.

https://youtu.be/TXiwzf-UJhQ

I wasn't sure I could get the performance required from Flutter/Dart vs. native as a one hour ride generates well over a million data points from all of the sensor data. However, performance has been more than adequate and the single code base has streamlined development.

If you want to give it a try, below are links to the app stores.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rlued.hangtime

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mtb-hangtime/id1516615267

Re: Show HN: A New Flutter App for Mountain Biking

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Do I need to mount my phone on my bars to use this?

Yes. I have actually found that the best mounting location is on the top tube using something like the wrist mount in the link below. This kind of mount is very secure, keeps the phone in a safe location and out of the way while still visible during the ride.

https://amazon.com/gp/product/B0711MB5NW/

Re: Show HN: A New Flutter App for Mountain Biking

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post #4
post #3

Do I need to mount my phone on my bars to use this?

Yes. I have actually found that the best mounting location is on the top tube using something like the wrist mount in the link below. This kind of mount is very secure, keeps the phone in a safe location and out of the way while still visible during the ride. https://amazon.com/gp/product/B0711MB5NW/

Cool, I'll try this out tomorrow with an old phone and some voile straps.