Bike Apps or How to Ruin Your Ride With Data

Bikes
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@akasnowmaaan are you the guy to build my bike nerd app
Seriously I’ve been thinking about this app forever but I never wanted to be the guy to go to some app maker and be like “I have this great idea for an app it will sell dozens”

There is a lot of data available that could be scraped but there is also a lot more data that needs gathering

This app would be basic utility free to play but pay more for more.

Monetization leads to D2C sales of parts and bikes

Ultimately you get purchased by big 3 or whomever is selling bikes

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I’m not that talented, I’m a UX/HTML/CSS guy who’s messing around with Ionic with a buddy’s help to bang up some wrapped web app. The stuff people are dreaming about are waaaaaaaay beyond me.

My expansion plans were more along the lines of a pro version for bike shops that they use to manage customer bikes over time, that could sneakily become a platform for more stuff like scheduling and CRM.

But, I really didn’t think about the geo stuff before this thread, so thank you for that.

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Thanks! I pulled back from social media for a while because reasons, and I’m coming back to platforms that are healthy. I’ve missed you all.

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Well, show me what your working with and lmk when you find me someone who knows how to make a 3d geometry app

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Points if you can name it to sound similar to geoguesser

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How about not only a place for pressures and settings but more of a running notes database. More generally this could be conceived as a ride journal so it would be so generic as to work for any bike or really any activity. Which I guess could be a turned into a social component that isn’t focused on performance/numbers and instead more on the feel of the ride.

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My first thought after reading was a running notepad of the bike’s components over time… being able to see the evolution of a build while also being able to track notes on each change

Less a feature for the pro version and more for da consumers

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ditherers gonna need to hire an assistant to update they bikecycle documentation

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The app is the assistant!

I think it would be cool: IF a retailer like universal or something was linked to it, you could explore like weight and price effects of potential dithers. How much would 1x11 cost? 1x10? 1x12? Oops you’d need new wheels bro. AI might be necessary for deep dithering assistance.

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damn that would be some serious monetization

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This was how Transition got started. They decided it was easier to just make the bikes themselves

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Yes

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Imagine if someone could input their fit measurements and then you could cycle through stock framesets in different sizes so you could see how a bike would look with a slammed forward 0deg saddle and 50mm stem or 35mm saddle setback and a 150 stem on a rusty stack

Then you find the Cinderella fit from big manufacturer

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Looks like I’m covered from V1 to about V12. :exploding_head:

I’ll post a clickable prototype soon.

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How about an app where you enter all of the parts and components you have in your parts bin and it spits out possible bikes.

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The webapp version exists.

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processing…

you can build:
six basketed fendered dithermobiles

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A parts bin is just a fridge with different geometry.

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Tbh I don’t want to know

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rebrickable but for bikes!

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