Hi All
I took delivery of a new S-works helmet recently inc the ANGi crash sensor that links to the Specialized ‘Ride’ app. The idea is it provides live tracking of where I am for linked people (eg Mrs) along with notification of when the ride starts and stops. And most of all to (supposedly) notify them after a crash that could have rendered me incapable of raising help myself + last position.
So far whilst I’ve not crashed, the tracking is total bollox. My app doesn’t record any distance travelled (its recording time and elevation but no distance or route).
Meanwhile Mrs can see the route I’m on on her phone via the app / web site - except for it being garbage - sometimes right, sometimes missed half a mile here and there, sometimes jumping to a point 10 or 20 miles from anywhere that I’ve been via a straight line across fields / rivers / freeways / whatever.
2017 Android phone, latest s/w, data is turned on, bluetooth on (angi shows connected) and gps turned on with higgest accuracy.
Routes are not in a but up metropolis, but notthe asre end of nowhere either. Google maps has no problem locating me and nether does my Polar watch. And the phone is usally in phone cell coverage.
So it seems its an app probelm not the angi sensor per se - except of course there’s bugger all point having the sensor if the location cometely off whack. Worse than not having it.
Anyone else used the sensor / app ? Any problems? Anyone seen this ?
Any ideas ?
Or has this been a waste of £££ ? (The helmet itself is comfy but only went for it rather than a different brand due to having the inbuilt sensor as I frequently ride on my own on quiet roads wheee I wouldnt necessarily be fiu d for ages if I was off in a ditch.
do you have any other sort of tracking to use that you could compare it to? strava’s beacon feature has worked really well for me in the past. maybe you could use them concurrently and verify that its an issue with the angi’s app and not shoddy GPS signals?
I did a little trial this morning - walking the dawg. Just the phone/app, no helmet and so no Angi (didn’t expect to crash into a ravine whilst walking him ðŸ˜)
Google maps on the same phone tracks / shows where I was perfectly using the phone gps.
Also downloaded the app onto a borrowed iphone. That worked fine (put it in my other pocket in my coat.)
I also had my Polar watch on to track the same route via a totally different system.
So it seems to be something to do with the combination of my Android phone and the App I think (got some spurious deviations on the route this time too in the Android based tracker and zero miles recorded on the app itself (but records altitude gain and time elapsed).
(It’s Not the Angi device per se as that is only communicating to the phone re. a crash - it’s the phone + app that does the tracking and notifications after the angi sensor tells the phone that I’ve stacked it.
I’ve messaged Spesh customer care, will see what comes.
Next I’ll look to borrow another Android phone and give that a go to see what gives.
Anyone else used the sensor / app ? Any problems? Anyone seen this ?
Any ideas ?
At the risk of posting a useless “no issue here” reply… here goes anyway
I read this post prior to heading out on a ride today. ANGi + Specialized Ride App (iPhone) + Elemnt ROAM (that starts/stops the Ride App). No issues. I checked 1/2 way into the ride and at the end. The Ride tracking looks to record your position every minute - it joins the dots with a line that’ll cut corners and details. It’s not 1-2-5 second position recording like we get with head units/watches.
Yep, Its bloody awful, but I think its the phone that’s the issue. I think its the old IceDot tech, which I used faultlessly on iphone. I now have an android which wont connect for 2 minutes to Angi, and also doesnt send messages through to my Wahoo (which my old iphone did). I’ve come to the conclusion my phone is a bag of Sh!te.
The answer is staring you in the face, take your dog with you on every ride and teach him to go for help in the event of a crash, havent you see a Lassie movie?
The trouble with android phones is there are so many different combinations of hardware and software App deveopers have to make it work with them all while Apple hardware is locked down tight.
