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Getting Started

Install

Download Cycle Log from the Play Store. (Link coming soon)

On first launch, the app will request location permission. Tap Allow all the time or Allow while using the app — the app only uses location while you are actively recording a ride.

Your first ride

  1. Open the Ride tab.
  2. Select a cycle from the dropdown. If you haven't added one yet, add it from the Cycles tab first.
  3. Tap Start to begin recording.
  4. The dashboard shows your current speed, distance, elapsed time, elevation, and gradient.
  5. Swipe left to see the live map.
  6. Tap Pause to pause the timer mid-ride. Tap Resume to continue.
  7. Tap Stop to finish the ride. The ride is saved automatically.

Adding cycles

  1. Open the Cycles tab.
  2. Tap the + button.
  3. Enter the cycle name (required) and any optional details: brand, model, type, weight, serial number, year, and acquisition date.
  4. Tap Save.

You can add as many cycles as you like and select which one is active before each ride.

Log entries

On each cycle's detail page, tap Add entry to log anything you want to remember about that cycle — a service or repair, a new component, an upgrade, or any other note. Each entry has a title, optional notes, and the date it happened, so you can keep a running history for each cycle.

Connecting Strava

To upload rides to Strava:

  1. Open Settings → Strava and tap Connect with Strava.
  2. Authorize Cycle Log in the browser that opens.

Once connected, open any ride in the History tab and tap the Strava upload button.

Importing a GPX file

  1. Open the History tab.
  2. Tap the import icon in the top right.
  3. Select a .gpx file using the system file picker.

The ride is imported and appears in your history with the metrics parsed from the file.

Units

Go to Settings and toggle between Imperial (miles, mph, feet) and Metric (km, km/h, meters). The change applies everywhere immediately.

Backing up your data

Cycle Log keeps everything on your device — there's no account to create and nothing is uploaded automatically. Because your rides live only on your device, it's worth backing them up regularly:

  1. Open Settings → Data → Back up database. This saves a copy of your database that you can share or store wherever you like (a cloud drive, email, another device).
  2. To restore — for example on a new device — use Settings → Data → Restore from backup and pick a saved file.

The Home screen reminds you to back up once you've recorded several rides since your last backup. You can adjust how often it reminds you, or turn it off, in Settings → Data → Backup reminder.