What is the MCN Ride Logger?

Motorcycle News editor Marc Potter, who helped develop the MCN Ride Logger, explains: “With our App anyone can record their personal performance figures - then after a ride relive every bend, twist of the throttle or touch of the brake lever.

Using the same GPS technology used in many professional data logging systems, the MCN Ride Logger provides previously unavailable insight into your everyday riding performance.”

- Record your location, speed, acceleration and braking continuously throughout a ride
- Review your ride data at any point via a zoomable map
- Swap to a graph view to see how you’re riding at different points, comparing in detail
- Share the details of your favourite rides with friends
- **Fully OS4 compliant App**


What the experts say

Bruce Dunn, the UK’s leading independent bike performance tester: “The MCN Ride Logger is a simple but highly effective tool for anyone who wants to understand and explore their bike’s performance.”

Colin Overland, editor of Ride magazine: “It’s slick and easy to use and can help you take an objective view of your riding habits – both good and bad. Being able to review your exact speed on a journey, e.g. at particular road junctions, can certainly help you reassess how much safety margin you are leaving yourself.”


Key features

Using the MCN Ride Logger couldn’t be easier…

- Hit the new ride button to start recording your ride
- Place your iPhone somewhere safe where it gets a strong GPS signal*
- Head off on your favourite ride!

Once your ride is over, hit the “end ride” button, and full data of your ride will be saved on your iPhone, where you can:

- See top stats for the ride – top speed and peak acceleration/braking figures (including the exact location where these figures were achieved) plus average speed, journey time and distance covered
- View each journey on an enhanced Google map showing speed and acceleration/braking at any point you select
- Zoom in and see how your speed/acceleration varies on your route yard by yard or second by second
- View your data in an expandable graph view – just like on a pro data logging system
- Add a range of background info to each ride, including your own personal ride rating plus details of your bike, tyres and weather conditions
- Build up a fascinating library of every journey you make on your bike
- Share with your friends the basic stats of each ride on Facebook or via email


* The MCN Ride Logger uses GPS satellite positioning to track your route. For best results, your iPhone should be positioned where ever it receives the best GPS signal. This will vary between bikes and riders and may require some experimentation to find the best position.

As with any GPS App, the goal is to give your phone as panoramic and uninterrupted a view of the sky as possible.

MCN has tested the App using a wide range of bikes and riders.

Locations giving consistently reliable results (e.g. works fine for the vast majority of riders)

- Tank bag map pocket
- Top of bum bag
- Rucksack upper/outer pocket
- Top of tail pack / other bag bungeed to pillion seat
- iPhone-specific bike mount
- Outer thigh pocket

Locations giving mixed results (e.g. works fine for some but not all riders)

- Front jacket pocket (may be worse for sports bike riders)
- Hard panniers


Tell us what you think

MCN prides itself on delivering first class content and this Application is no different. We take your feedback seriously and will continue to monitor and improve this application through updates as often as possible.

If you wish to comment or suggest improvements please use our MCN forum at www.motorcyclenews.com (click on the forum tab and search for iphone)

A FAQ section can also be found at www.motorcyclenews.com/iphone