Perfect iPhone App for road bike racers: runtastic Roadbike

Oct. 24, 2011 - PRLog -- The runtastic Roadbike App immediately transforms the iPhone into the perfect bike computer for training and competition. The app with its more than 50 features meets all needs of road bike racers. Highlights of the runtastic Roadbike are the customizable display, navigation system with offline maps, integration of sensors for heart-rate, cadence and speed (standard ANT+), pulse training functions, training live-transmission on the internet and iPod integration. runtastic Roadbike is now available for free as the Lite version (with a reduced range of functions and advertising) and for € 7.99 ($ 9,99) as the Pro version (http://www.runtastic.com/apps/iphone/roadbike) in the Apple App Store. In the next weeks a version specifically for mountain bikers will be released as well.

runtastic is a leading provider of mobile sports and fitness apps that have been currently downloaded by approximately 3 million athletes on their smartphones. The experience gained in recent years is now incorporated into this bike App. It was of great importance for the developers to release an app that despite its multiple features still remains intuitive and simple to handle. As well as for other runtastic apps, the activities can be transmitted on the runtastic fitness portal via live streaming (http://www.runtastic.com). After training, the data can be uploaded to the runtastic fitness portal in order to manage, analyze and evaluate it. Via Facebook, Twitter and e-mail sharing, relatives and friends can instantly be informed about the completed bike activity.

Customizable bike computer
The biker can customize the runtastic Roadbike’s display according to his individual preferences: each of the six fields is configurable with one of the nine functions to select (speed, distance, time, heart rate, cadence, altitude increase / decrease, calories and sensors). Under the data field which can be hidden so that the map is available in full screen mode, the current location and distance is shown on the map.

Wide range of maps – available offline
In addition to Google Maps, maps from Open Street Map and Open Cycle Map are also available. The desired map can be uploaded onto the iPhone, so that there are no data transfer costs – especially advantageous when biking abroad (no roaming charges).

Feature Highlights runtastic Roadbike

•   Offline maps download (use the maps without internet)
•   Customizable screen
•   Split-Table between 1 and 10 km
•   Heart-rate, cadence and speed sensor integration (ANT+)
•   Pulse-Training
•   Voice feedback in 5 languages (GER, E, F, I, ES)
•   Live-Tracking
•   Cheerings
•   iPod Integration & Powersong
•   Weather and wind information
•   Live Geotagging
•   Open Street Map and Fullscreen Map
•   and a lot more…


More info about runtastic
runtastic Apps: http://www.runtastic.com/en/apps
runtastic fitness portal: http://www.runtastic.com  

runtastic in social media:
Facebook-Fanpage: http://www.facebook.com/runtastic  
runtastic on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/runtastic  

Download pictures runtastic Roadbike:
http://bit.ly/pe49bF
   
About runtastic
runtastic (www.runtastic.com) offers products and services for data collection and sport data management as well as helps athletes for networking in the web in order to enjoy sports at the maximum and motivate people to do sports.
The sport data is collected by our own mobile applications on smartphones (iPhone, Android, Blackberry ...) and transferred without the athlete’s effort to the sports portal where they are optimally displayed for the athlete in a training diary. The mobile applications are the ideal companion for all outdoor sports (running, cycling, hiking, skiing, walking,...) and indoor training (weight training, fitness training).
runtastic GmbH was founded on October 2009 in Linz, Austria and currently consists of a team of 20 employees. More than 2 million people have downloaded the runtastic fitness apps.
For more information and contact: www.runtastic.com  

For further queries from journalists/bloggers, please contact:
Florian Gschwandtner, CEO & Co-founder
E-Mail: florian.gschwandtner@runtastic.com
Phone: +43 650 777 01 90