Tracking steps,calories,and miles on a Gym Bike inside on the New Ionic...will it work??

[jthediesel]

I currently have a Surge..it flat out will not track anything on a Gym bike...will the New Ionic be able to?

[N8teGee]

The blaze had "Spinning" as an exercise option, which is what I use on the stationary bike. It only tracks basic information like heart rate and calories though and I'm not sure how accurate these are as it's impossible for the tracker to know your speed and effort.

I would expect the Ionic to have the same "Spinning" exercise shortcut/option too. 

[SunsetRunner]

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@N8teGee wrote:

The blaze had "Spinning" as an exercise option, which is what I use on the stationary bike. It only tracks basic information like heart rate and calories though and I'm not sure how accurate these are as it's impossible for the tracker to know your speed and effort.

I would expect the Ionic to have the same "Spinning" exercise shortcut/option too. 

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It does. The available stats are calories burned, heart rate and elapsed time.

[bbarrera]

@jthediesel In the Fitbit world, the Surge/Blaze/Ionic will only track HR and duration of an indoor cycle, and use HR/duration to estimate calories. You can also manually record the indoor ride, and that kinda works but the defaults for calorie burn are unrealistic.

Now if your gym bike broadcasts speed/cadence/power via ANT+ or Bluetooth, its possible you could somehow use another app like maybe Strava or Endomondo to record the gym ride with distance, and both Strava/Endomondo will sync workouts to Fitbit. Keep in mind Fitbit doesn't allow syncing HR, GPS, speed, cadence, and power. For outdoor rides my bike computer syncs to Endomondo, which then syncs to Fitbit and I automatically get a manual workout with time, distance, and calorie burn.

[jthediesel]

I am understanding that your actual bike has a computer on it???

[bbarrera · Accepted solution]

@jthediesel Yes my outside bike has a GPS bike computer and it syncs my rides to other fitness platforms including Fitbit. You can also use Strava app on your phone to track an outdoor ride, and that will sync to Fitbit.