Documentation
Everything you need
to ride smarter.
Guides for getting set up, building routes, understanding the tech, and getting the most out of Bike IQ on every ride.
- Get Started
- Getting Started Download, configure your profile, connect sensors, and record your first ride in under five minutes. Free and Pro Everything that is free, and what Bike IQ Pro adds: routes, turn-by-turn navigation, the road ahead, shifter controls and BLE Broadcast.
- Riding
- Recording a Ride Start, pause, and finish rides. Auto-pause, voice control, bike bell, lap marking, and what you see on screen. Finishing a Ride Save or discard, auto-generated titles, Strava publishing, Apple Health sync, crash recovery, and sharing. Ride Report Post-ride analysis: power curves, HR zones, gear shifts, elevation, weather, laps, color-coded maps, and export.
- Ride Settings
- Ride Assist Auto-pause, wait for movement, unpause reminder, and Live Activity on Lock Screen. Bike Bell Palm gesture and button activation, speaker override for headphones, configurable sounds. Audio Alerts Sound feedback for ride start, pause, resume, auto-pause, and ride end events. Navigation Voice Voice selection for turn-by-turn navigation. Language, quality, and preview options. Voice Control Hands-free Siri commands to start, pause, resume rides, mark laps, ring the bell, and more. Radar Radar widget position, animated lane, audio signals, and alert thresholds. Map & Routes Bike lanes overlay, map style toggles, climb detection thresholds, and route elevation display.
- Navigation
- Route Builder Pro Create custom routes with waypoints, elevation profiles, grade visualization, undo/redo, and gravel road options. Importing Routes Pro Import routes from GPX files, Strava, and RideWithGPS for turn-by-turn navigation. Managing Routes Pro Browse, favorite, edit, and organize your saved cycling routes and recent destinations. Turn-by-Turn Navigation Pro Follow routes with visual and voice-guided directions. Offline navigation and climb-ahead detection.
- Sensors & Hardware
- Bluetooth Sensors Pair power meters, heart rate monitors, cadence, speed, radar, TPMS, and electronic groupsets. Compatible Sensors Every sensor type Bike IQ works with at a glance: power, heart rate, speed and cadence, radar, tire pressure, and Di2 and AXS. BLE Broadcast Pro Turn your iPhone into a Bluetooth sensor a Garmin or Wahoo can subscribe to. Supported Radars Every rear-facing radar Bike IQ works with: Garmin Varia, Trek CarBack, Bryton, CYCPLUS, Giant, Magicshine, Magene, Lezyne, COOSPO, iGPSPORT, and SIGMA. Tire Pressure Sensors Every tire pressure sensor Bike IQ reads: RideNow TPMS 1.0, the Tubolito SYNCD smart inner tube, and the Quarq and Zipp TyreWiz. Heart Rate Monitoring Apple Watch vs Bluetooth heart rate monitors. Setup, accuracy, and training zones. Apple Watch Companion app for heart rate monitoring. Installation, zone display, and how it works during rides.
- Technology
- Virtual Power Meter How Bike IQ estimates watts using physics. Calibration, accuracy, and what feeds the model. Grade Detection How steep the road really is, read from your iPhone's barometer rather than guessed from GPS. Gear Detection Live gears from Shimano Di2 and SRAM AXS, or worked out from your pedalling on a bike with neither. Weather & Wind Real-time wind impact in watts, air density, and how conditions affect your power data. Map & Color Coding Route color coding by power, speed, HR, and grade. Map layers, contour lines, and display settings. The Road Ahead Pro See the elevation and grade of the road in front of you, with or without a planned route. iPhone as Bike Computer Why your iPhone replaces a Garmin or Wahoo. Screen, sensors, mounts, and battery life.
- Setup & Integrations
- Bike Profiles Configure multiple bikes with weight, tires, handlebars, drivetrain, and per-bike sensor assignments. Settings Units, auto-pause, map layers, HR zones, audio, Live Activity, and sensor management. Strava & Integrations Sync rides to Strava, export GPX, FIT, and TCX, publish to Apple Health, and connect services.
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