Training logs and/or on-line logs

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Looking for a new one that's pretty straightforward. I think I asked
this a couple of years ago and found a decent on-line one, but it got
to be too much of a pain in the ass.
Any suggestions about programs that work for you would be greatly
appreciated. Not really looking for something I can download the data
into since my cycling abacus doesn't have the download feature.
Thanks
Bill C

http://www.CycliStats.com - I like it a lot...but, I'm the author so I'm
completely biased.

CycliStats tracks all the standard ride data (distance, time, route, heart
rate zones, notes, elevation gained, calories burned, etc.). You can easily
see summaries and graphs by route, by bike, by time period, etc. The
calendar view allows you to easily keep track of your daily, weekly,
monthly, and yearly totals.

It also includes:

Seasonal cycling goals (for distance, time, etc.), and allows you to track
your progress.

Bike maintenance (so you can see how many miles are on your chain, tires,
etc.).

Personal health statistics (weight, body fat, resting heart rate, blood
pressure, etc.).

A collection of cycling-specific tools (gearing calculator,
distance/time/average speed calculator, body fat estimator, etc.).

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

--
~_-*
....G/ \G
http://www.CycliStats.com
CycliStats - Software for Cyclists

Bill

I have been using https://www.polarcyclingcoach.com/ this year- free to
register for, very good functionality. I don't have a polar, so I just it
for the bits I want.

Hope this helps.

Simon

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Looking for a new one that's pretty straightforward. I think I asked
this a couple of years ago and found a decent on-line one, but it got
to be too much of a pain in the ass.
Any suggestions about programs that work for you would be greatly
appreciated. Not really looking for something I can download the data
into since my cycling abacus doesn't have the download feature.
Thanks
Bill C

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Looking for a new one that's pretty straightforward. I think I asked
this a couple of years ago and found a decent on-line one, but it got
to be too much of a pain in the ass.
Any suggestions about programs that work for you would be greatly
appreciated. Not really looking for something I can download the data
into since my cycling abacus doesn't have the download feature.
Thanks
Bill C

http://www.CycliStats.com - I like it a lot...but, I'm the author so I'm
completely biased.

CycliStats tracks all the standard ride data (distance, time, route, heart
rate zones, notes, elevation gained, calories burned, etc.). You can
easily
see summaries and graphs by route, by bike, by time period, etc. The
calendar view allows you to easily keep track of your daily, weekly,
monthly, and yearly totals.

It also includes:

Seasonal cycling goals (for distance, time, etc.), and allows you to track
your progress.

Bike maintenance (so you can see how many miles are on your chain, tires,
etc.).

Personal health statistics (weight, body fat, resting heart rate, blood
pressure, etc.).

A collection of cycling-specific tools (gearing calculator,
distance/time/average speed calculator, body fat estimator, etc.).

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

--
~_-*
...G/ \G
http://www.CycliStats.com
CycliStats - Software for Cyclists

I'm not the owner/creator but I have it and it is a terrific program. Since
I've started using it, PC Coach and Ultra Coach have fallen into disuse.

Bill C said:

Looking for a new one that's pretty straightforward. I think I asked
this a couple of years ago and found a decent on-line one, but it got
to be too much of a pain in the ass.
Any suggestions about programs that work for you would be greatly
appreciated. Not really looking for something I can download the data
into since my cycling abacus doesn't have the download feature.
Thanks
Bill C

The Athlete's Diary from Stevens Creek Software. It runs on my Palm and
PC both. The convenience of having something that runs on a PalmOS
device is the attraction. I can just log a ride on my Palm and sync it
up with my PC later.

If I wasn't carrying my Palm anyway, I'd probably use something else.

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Looking for a new one that's pretty straightforward. I think I asked
this a couple of years ago and found a decent on-line one, but it got
to be too much of a pain in the ass.
Any suggestions about programs that work for you would be greatly
appreciated. Not really looking for something I can download the data
into since my cycling abacus doesn't have the download feature.
Thanks
Bill C

http://www.CycliStats.com - I like it a lot...but, I'm the author so I'm
completely biased.

CycliStats tracks all the standard ride data (distance, time, route,

heart

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rate zones, notes, elevation gained, calories burned, etc.). You can
easily
see summaries and graphs by route, by bike, by time period, etc. The
calendar view allows you to easily keep track of your daily, weekly,
monthly, and yearly totals.

It also includes:

Seasonal cycling goals (for distance, time, etc.), and allows you to

track

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your progress.

Bike maintenance (so you can see how many miles are on your chain,

tires,

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etc.).

Personal health statistics (weight, body fat, resting heart rate, blood
pressure, etc.).

A collection of cycling-specific tools (gearing calculator,
distance/time/average speed calculator, body fat estimator, etc.).

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

--
~_-*
...G/ \G
http://www.CycliStats.com
CycliStats - Software for Cyclists

I'm not the owner/creator but I have it and it is a terrific program.

Since

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I've started using it, PC Coach and Ultra Coach have fallen into disuse.

Thanks!

BTW - Have you downloaded version the latest version (4.8)?

If so, what's your impression of the new "tabbed" look in the ride entry
window? I was a bit nervous about that design, but that window was getting
cluttered due to all the new fields, and I felt tabs were the only way to
un-clutter the window. Unfortunately, it means you can't see all the fields
at once.

GG

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Looking for a new one that's pretty straightforward. I think I

asked

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this a couple of years ago and found a decent on-line one, but it

got

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to be too much of a pain in the ass.
Any suggestions about programs that work for you would be greatly
appreciated. Not really looking for something I can download the

data

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into since my cycling abacus doesn't have the download feature.
Thanks
Bill C

http://www.CycliStats.com - I like it a lot...but, I'm the author

so I'm

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completely biased.

CycliStats tracks all the standard ride data (distance, time,

route, heart

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rate zones, notes, elevation gained, calories burned, etc.). You

can

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easily
see summaries and graphs by route, by bike, by time period, etc.

The

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calendar view allows you to easily keep track of your daily,

weekly,

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monthly, and yearly totals.

It also includes:

Seasonal cycling goals (for distance, time, etc.), and allows you

to track

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your progress.

Bike maintenance (so you can see how many miles are on your chain,

tires,

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etc.).

Personal health statistics (weight, body fat, resting heart rate,

blood

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pressure, etc.).

A collection of cycling-specific tools (gearing calculator,
distance/time/average speed calculator, body fat estimator, etc.).

You can download a free, fully functional, 30-day trial version

from the

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website.

--
~_-*
...G/ \G
http://www.CycliStats.com
CycliStats - Software for Cyclists

I'm not the owner/creator but I have it and it is a terrific program.

Since

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I've started using it, PC Coach and Ultra Coach have fallen into

disuse.

Thanks Brian and Gary
Just installed it and have been playing with it. Looks like exactly the
kind of thing I was looking for. Now got to run it by the rest of the
household.
Bill C

Tim Lines said:

Bill C said:

Looking for a new one that's pretty straightforward. I think I

asked

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

this a couple of years ago and found a decent on-line one, but it

got

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

to be too much of a pain in the ass.
Any suggestions about programs that work for you would be greatly
appreciated. Not really looking for something I can download the

data

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

into since my cycling abacus doesn't have the download feature.
Thanks
Bill C

The Athlete's Diary from Stevens Creek Software. It runs on my Palm

and

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PC both. The convenience of having something that runs on a PalmOS
device is the attraction. I can just log a ride on my Palm and sync

it

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up with my PC later.

If I wasn't carrying my Palm anyway, I'd probably use something else.

Thanks Tim
I'm not quite in the abacus stage right now but close. I've got to
figure out where the mount for my polar with HR went, get a new battery
again, and swap it onto my bike. I'm pretty sure that I'd tried one of
the earlier versions of The Athlete's Diary and it just didn't click
for me. Good product though.
Bill C

"Bill C" <[email hidden]> wrote ...

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Just installed it and have been playing with it. Looks like exactly the
kind of thing I was looking for. Now got to run it by the rest of the
household.

Here's another one Bill that has multisport capability:

http://www.winningstats.com/statistics.asp

Bill C said:

Looking for a new one that's pretty straightforward. I think I asked
this a couple of years ago and found a decent on-line one, but it got
to be too much of a pain in the ass.
Any suggestions about programs that work for you would be greatly
appreciated. Not really looking for something I can download the data
into since my cycling abacus doesn't have the download feature.
Thanks
Bill C

Take a look at Velocipede for Windows. Covers many sports and other things.

http://www.dahl-stamnes.net/dahls/Velo/

--
Jørn Dahl-Stamnes
http://www.dahl-stamnes.net/dahls/index.php

Bill C said:

Looking for a new one that's pretty straightforward. I think I asked
this a couple of years ago and found a decent on-line one, but it got
to be too much of a pain in the ass.
Any suggestions about programs that work for you would be greatly
appreciated. Not really looking for something I can download the data
into since my cycling abacus doesn't have the download feature.
Thanks
Bill C

You can also try CycleAtlas , a free, open-source cycling diary.
If you create your custom map, you can obtain ride profiles without any
altimeter devices.
Actually it's in heavy development state.

"CycleAtlas is a cycling diary based on a custom road atlas. It can be
used to store or to plan new rides. Functions includes generation of
planimetry, profiles and route time tables of rides. A map editor is
included, in order to create a custom road map"

http://cycleatlas.sourceforge.net/

Regards
Maner

maner said:

Bill C said:

Looking for a new one that's pretty straightforward. I think I

asked

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

this a couple of years ago and found a decent on-line one, but it

got

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

to be too much of a pain in the ass.
Any suggestions about programs that work for you would be greatly
appreciated. Not really looking for something I can download the

data

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

into since my cycling abacus doesn't have the download feature.
Thanks
Bill C

You can also try CycleAtlas , a free, open-source cycling diary.
If you create your custom map, you can obtain ride profiles without

any

Quoted message said:

altimeter devices.
Actually it's in heavy development state.

"CycleAtlas is a cycling diary based on a custom road atlas. It can

be

Quoted message said:

used to store or to plan new rides. Functions includes generation of
planimetry, profiles and route time tables of rides. A map editor is
included, in order to create a custom road map"

http://cycleatlas.sourceforge.net/

Regards
Maner

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions. It's looking like we're going
to end up using two different programs. A good cycling one, and a
multisport/diet type one. The last one we used was one of the latter,
but they seem to all have the same problem, which is they try to do too
much and don't do any of it well. I'm pretty sold on Cycli-stats. It
does just what I need, and is simple enough for half bonked typing
after a ride, and still gives me everything I want clearly.
Thanks everyone for all the good ideas. I really appreciate the help.
Bill C

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maner said:

Bill C said:

Looking for a new one that's pretty straightforward. I think I

asked

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

this a couple of years ago and found a decent on-line one, but it

got

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

to be too much of a pain in the ass.
Any suggestions about programs that work for you would be greatly
appreciated. Not really looking for something I can download the

data

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

into since my cycling abacus doesn't have the download feature.
Thanks
Bill C

You can also try CycleAtlas , a free, open-source cycling diary.
If you create your custom map, you can obtain ride profiles without

any

Quoted message said:

altimeter devices.
Actually it's in heavy development state.

"CycleAtlas is a cycling diary based on a custom road atlas. It can

be

Quoted message said:

used to store or to plan new rides. Functions includes generation of
planimetry, profiles and route time tables of rides. A map editor is
included, in order to create a custom road map"

http://cycleatlas.sourceforge.net/

Regards
Maner

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions. It's looking like we're going
to end up using two different programs. A good cycling one, and a
multisport/diet type one. The last one we used was one of the latter,
but they seem to all have the same problem, which is they try to do too
much and don't do any of it well. I'm pretty sold on Cycli-stats. It
does just what I need, and is simple enough for half bonked typing
after a ride, and still gives me everything I want clearly.
Thanks everyone for all the good ideas. I really appreciate the help.
Bill C

Thanks for the compliment. One of my key design goals with CycliStats was
ease of use - I had tried many other log programs, and felt that most of
them are too hard to use (and I'm a programmer!).

re: "a multisport/diet" program
If you're interested in weight loss and health tracking, you may find my
"WeightWare" program useful. It uses the same database as CycliStats, and
has been designed to function as a computer-assisted weight loss assistant.
WeightWare also can track generic exercise activities, and will
automatically estimate calories burned. Like CycliStats, there's a free
trial version available for download from the website (www.WeightWare.com).

--
GG
http://www.CycliStats.com - Software for Cyclists
http://www.WeightWare.com - Weight and Health Diary

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maner said:

Bill C wrote:
> Looking for a new one that's pretty straightforward. I think I

asked

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> this a couple of years ago and found a decent on-line one, but it

got

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> to be too much of a pain in the ass.
> Any suggestions about programs that work for you would be greatly
> appreciated. Not really looking for something I can download the

data

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> into since my cycling abacus doesn't have the download feature.
> Thanks
> Bill C

You can also try CycleAtlas , a free, open-source cycling diary.
If you create your custom map, you can obtain ride profiles without

any

Quoted message said:

altimeter devices.
Actually it's in heavy development state.

"CycleAtlas is a cycling diary based on a custom road atlas. It can

be

Quoted message said:

used to store or to plan new rides. Functions includes generation of
planimetry, profiles and route time tables of rides. A map editor is
included, in order to create a custom road map"

http://cycleatlas.sourceforge.net/

Regards
Maner

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions. It's looking like we're going
to end up using two different programs. A good cycling one, and a
multisport/diet type one. The last one we used was one of the latter,
but they seem to all have the same problem, which is they try to do too
much and don't do any of it well. I'm pretty sold on Cycli-stats. It
does just what I need, and is simple enough for half bonked typing
after a ride, and still gives me everything I want clearly.
Thanks everyone for all the good ideas. I really appreciate the help.
Bill C

Thanks for the compliment. One of my key design goals with CycliStats was
ease of use - I had tried many other log programs, and felt that most of
them are too hard to use (and I'm a programmer!).

re: "a multisport/diet" program
If you're interested in weight loss and health tracking, you may find my
"WeightWare" program useful. It uses the same database as CycliStats, and
has been designed to function as a computer-assisted weight loss
assistant.
WeightWare also can track generic exercise activities, and will
automatically estimate calories burned. Like CycliStats, there's a free
trial version available for download from the website
(www.WeightWare.com).

--
GG
http://www.CycliStats.com - Software for Cyclists
http://www.WeightWare.com - Weight and Health Diary

Now about the commission........

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maner wrote:
> Bill C wrote:
> > Looking for a new one that's pretty straightforward. I think I
asked
> > this a couple of years ago and found a decent on-line one, but it
got
> > to be too much of a pain in the ass.
> > Any suggestions about programs that work for you would be greatly
> > appreciated. Not really looking for something I can download the
data
> > into since my cycling abacus doesn't have the download feature.
> > Thanks
> > Bill C
>
> You can also try CycleAtlas , a free, open-source cycling diary.
> If you create your custom map, you can obtain ride profiles without
any
> altimeter devices.
> Actually it's in heavy development state.
>
> "CycleAtlas is a cycling diary based on a custom road atlas. It can
be
> used to store or to plan new rides. Functions includes generation of
> planimetry, profiles and route time tables of rides. A map editor is
> included, in order to create a custom road map"
>
> http://cycleatlas.sourceforge.net/
>
> Regards
> Maner

Thanks everyone for all the suggestions. It's looking like we're going
to end up using two different programs. A good cycling one, and a
multisport/diet type one. The last one we used was one of the latter,
but they seem to all have the same problem, which is they try to do too
much and don't do any of it well. I'm pretty sold on Cycli-stats. It
does just what I need, and is simple enough for half bonked typing
after a ride, and still gives me everything I want clearly.
Thanks everyone for all the good ideas. I really appreciate the help.
Bill C

Thanks for the compliment. One of my key design goals with CycliStats

was

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

ease of use - I had tried many other log programs, and felt that most of
them are too hard to use (and I'm a programmer!).

re: "a multisport/diet" program
If you're interested in weight loss and health tracking, you may find my
"WeightWare" program useful. It uses the same database as CycliStats,

and

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

has been designed to function as a computer-assisted weight loss
assistant.
WeightWare also can track generic exercise activities, and will
automatically estimate calories burned. Like CycliStats, there's a free
trial version available for download from the website
(www.WeightWare.com).

--
GG
http://www.CycliStats.com - Software for Cyclists
http://www.WeightWare.com - Weight and Health Diary

Now about the commission........

No problem...I'll get your check in the mail right after Lance endorses
CycliStats, and Oprah plugs WeightWare ;-).

GG

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>
> maner wrote:
> > Bill C wrote:
> > > Looking for a new one that's pretty straightforward. I think I
> asked
> > > this a couple of years ago and found a decent on-line one, but it
> got
> > > to be too much of a pain in the ass.
> > > Any suggestions about programs that work for you would be greatly
> > > appreciated. Not really looking for something I can download the
> data
> > > into since my cycling abacus doesn't have the download feature.
> > > Thanks
> > > Bill C
> >
> > You can also try CycleAtlas , a free, open-source cycling diary.
> > If you create your custom map, you can obtain ride profiles without
> any
> > altimeter devices.
> > Actually it's in heavy development state.
> >
> > "CycleAtlas is a cycling diary based on a custom road atlas. It can
> be
> > used to store or to plan new rides. Functions includes generation of
> > planimetry, profiles and route time tables of rides. A map editor is
> > included, in order to create a custom road map"
> >
> > http://cycleatlas.sourceforge.net/
> >
> > Regards
> > Maner
>
> Thanks everyone for all the suggestions. It's looking like we're
> going
> to end up using two different programs. A good cycling one, and a
> multisport/diet type one. The last one we used was one of the latter,
> but they seem to all have the same problem, which is they try to do
> too
> much and don't do any of it well. I'm pretty sold on Cycli-stats. It
> does just what I need, and is simple enough for half bonked typing
> after a ride, and still gives me everything I want clearly.
> Thanks everyone for all the good ideas. I really appreciate the help.
> Bill C
>

Thanks for the compliment. One of my key design goals with CycliStats

was

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

ease of use - I had tried many other log programs, and felt that most
of
them are too hard to use (and I'm a programmer!).

re: "a multisport/diet" program
If you're interested in weight loss and health tracking, you may find
my
"WeightWare" program useful. It uses the same database as CycliStats,

and

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

has been designed to function as a computer-assisted weight loss
assistant.
WeightWare also can track generic exercise activities, and will
automatically estimate calories burned. Like CycliStats, there's a
free
trial version available for download from the website
(www.WeightWare.com).

--
GG
http://www.CycliStats.com - Software for Cyclists
http://www.WeightWare.com - Weight and Health Diary

Now about the commission........

No problem...I'll get your check in the mail right after Lance endorses
CycliStats, and Oprah plugs WeightWare ;-).

GG

If Lance endorses it, I'll probably stop using it. :-)