Bike maintenance app for the iPhone

[andreaskam]

Hey guys, I've been putting together a bike maintenance app for the iPhone because I was kind of surprised one didn't exist already. Anyway, its taken a lot longer than I thought to do it but hopefully people will find it useful. The site has just gone up over on: Bike Doctor App (still much work to be done) and I was hoping to get some initial opinions. The app will basically have 20 repairs for the bike starting with simple stuff like puncture repairs to more advanced stuff like replacing a broken spoke.

It's out on Tuesday of next week but I was hoping to get some initial thoughts off people - would you find something like this useful? What sort of repairs do you want to see in there? Any general thoughts..

 

[Sid Nitzerglobi]

Checked out the site and it's a nice idea for sure. Would be cool if it let you keep a maintenance journal for each bike w/ reminders and such for various intervals.

I can't give any direct feedback unless it gets ported to Android though.

 

[andreaskam]

Checked out the site and it's a nice idea for sure. Would be cool if it let you keep a maintenance journal for each bike w/ reminders and such for various intervals.

I can't give any direct feedback unless it gets ported to Android though.

Thanks for feedback - I'm definitely hopeful it will be well received. Android port would be next on the list if we succeed.

 

[kdelong]

Great idea! It would be especially useful for a rider who doesn't normally do repairs if he breaks down on the road. You might want to include a pre-ride check list so that the user will know what items he should be taking with him to effect these repairs.

 

[Deafwolf]

Looks promising so far.Try to include pictures of the tools. I had to experiment with mine as I learned how to put my bike together. It was challenging to say the least.

 

[andreaskam]

Great idea! It would be especially useful for a rider who doesn't normally do repairs if he breaks down on the road. You might want to include a pre-ride check list so that the user will know what items he should be taking with him to effect these repairs.

Agreed, pre-ride checklist as well as monthly checklist will be added to V2. A good suggestion

 

[andreaskam]

Looks promising so far.Try to include pictures of the tools. I had to experiment with mine as I learned how to put my bike together. It was challenging to say the least.

This could definitely be done in the style of a terminology thing. So you could tap the word of the item and see a picture or a description (picture is probably most useful)