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Keeping a record of your riding data update is an essential for keen riders. If you are one of those passionate riders you must seek for an intense summary of a bike trip. If you already know what you need as a mountain bike, you may also know, only a bike GPS device will understand your provisions.

Smartphones also have a built-in GPS receiver, but that does not mean they are as convenient as an influential cycle computer. Smartphones surely don’t have a battery life, as brilliant as a GPS bike computer. This means the phone battery will die soon, and you will have no backup plan during emergencies. Often smartphones are unable to provide a detailed map, which is a very significant feature you may need. One of the chief drawback while using a smartphone as a bike computer is its weight and the battery life. How and where will you place the smartphone, while you are rushing through the uneven tracks? Chances are the phone may fall off, do you really want to take such a risk. Besides, the dedicated smartphones that you can mount with your handlebars are quite expensive and heavy. Also, you have to position your smartphone in a rugged case.

As a result, it will gain extra weight and cost. Therefore, instead of investing extra money on your smartphone, you should get a GPS Bike Computer, which is more suitable of your mountain bike.

The safety of your bike is crucial everywhere you go. Everyone wants the comfort of leaving your bike locked up somewhere and safely parked. This helps to make the fear of theft, or any bike movement vanish and convenience comes in. Your bike is not safe enough until the day you lock it up with any of the top five bike U-locks.