Track Cycling on Mobile App with GPS

What would be a great addition to the mobile app would be the ability to track cycling as well as the run, walk, hike options.

Moderator Edit: Edited title for clarity.

792 Comments
Wheeezzze
Recovery Runner
It seems crazy that there is no option. I might try inputting walking as a tracked activity just so I can track the route and altitude etc. Will all the app updates there are, this hasn't been one of them
JohnnyPea
First Steps
This a must. I have spent too much time to find out that a bike ride can't be tracked with gps, only, walk, run, hike. Please add bike to track excerise.
smaru486
Stepping Up

it's a shame this hasn't been added yet. i have purchased 2 fitbit products for myself and 2 more for friends/family. will not be supporting any longer if simple features are not added.

Jochettino
Jogger

Yes! It's annoying cannot set cycling and get the track and stats for biking... I have to combine FitBit app with others to get a full set of stats. Please!

SunsetRunner
Not applicable

Please add this feature its not hard, since it uses GPS.  Based on distance and pace through the app you can calculate stuff like calories burned, heart rate and etc.  Another thing is that when you change the name of the exercise from Hike to Bike it doesn't count your miles or add your miles to your daily progress which makes no sense.  If the essence of the fitbit environment is to get people motivated to move and exercise and to help them improve themselves.  How can a person do that if the company's app won't count their activity in the form of cycling.  Its a form of working out and helps those who suffer from knee problems that need something less impacting on the knees than running, so please fix that feature in the app to allow the miles that you do during cycling to count towards your daily miles and also to add it to mobileRun feature in the app.

FloridaLife
Jogger
PLEASE FIX MY OUTDOOR TRACKING ... I PAID FOR IT !!! I FIRST CONTACTED YOU
MARCH IT'S JULY
Wheeezzze
Recovery Runner
Seems silly that so many people have asked for this and off all the times this app updates, cycling is still not an option. What's the point of this forum if no one listens to us??
FloridaLife
Jogger
I dont think so ... we should take it to twitter as another person mention
... mayb they will listen then
SunsetRunner
Not applicable
Mobile Run allows me to use GPS tracking with my Charge HR. Can you add biking to the selections of walk, hike and run. I am using the run selection when I bike but some of the data is inaccurate.
SunsetRunner
Not applicable
Its been more than 2 and a half years since this thread was started and biking is still not an option on mobile run. Fitbit seems to really be listening to its customers.
Psherman
Stepping Up
Please integrate with Wahoo cycling app. Is it so hard to do?
FloridaLife
Jogger
i dont think anyone is reading our comments, concerns and ideas ... to be
honest !!
zohardvd
First Steps

please make the surge track speed and avrage speed like many other trackers. i mean by miles or kilometers in adittion to pace. thanks, zohar david

MikeKlemin
First Steps

haha, on 1st page I read "Moderators said it's already underway"... on 25th page - it says 2 1/2 years past and still there...
Does not sounds good.

I need it, so that I be able to see my HR on Strava... At the moment it's only possible for Run....

Rich_Laue
Community Legend

I would suggest adding your votes to the existing feature requezt. 

Dyreka
Jogger
And can we please have a "distance" option for biking? Right now all I see is a "time" option.
McGregor
First Steps

Please add cycling!!!  With the growth of cycling on both road and mountain, especially amongst middle age people it makes no sense not to be tracking, easily...Please add asap.

FloridaLife
Jogger
They added cycling to the ALTA and it doesnt work !!!
jcm234
Jogger
Why has this still not been added? I currently track using Google fit. Majority of other apps can do this, come on fitbit please get up to date. Or at least allow integration with Google fit.
carolm
Recovery Runner
I have to use Strava
sara_
First Steps
There's an option on the app to add biking as an activity, but I usually don't remember when I started or how long I went.

Could you add an option to track it with the app? Then it could also tell you km's traveled and speed, and it would be more accurate with calorie burn.

Right now the only options are walk/run/hike. But I would love to see an option to track biking soon.
Wheeezzze
Recovery Runner
I think we should bombard their Twitter feed on Sunday 28th of August 2016 6pm GMT with;

"We want the app to track cycling! #fitbitapp #cycling #wewantit"

Who's with me!!
gravax
Recovery Runner

I'm with you.

 

We all send a tweet to @FitbitSupport and @fitbit with this text :

 

@FitbitSupport @fitbit We want the app to track cycling! #fitbitapp #cycling #wewantit

I'm about to do it now.

 

 

gravax
Recovery Runner
jjjoe
Jogger

I would like cadence for bicycle riding also. Or, it my Surge would sync with a third party cadence device.

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