It took me a bit, but Gear Tracking is finally here. I mostly wanted a simple way to track shoes mileage using data from my Garmin, but when I started working on it, I decided to add a few more things, like the ability to add untracked miles or calculate the cost per mile (or km) etc. So here is a quick guide. I'll use shoes as an example, as I'm mostly a runner these days, but of course you can track everything you want.
Clicking "My gear" you won't get the dreaded "Coming Soon" anymore :-). You'll be prompted to add some gear, so let's do it: just click "Add new"
Clicking "My gear" you won't get the dreaded "Coming Soon" anymore :-). You'll be prompted to add some gear, so let's do it: just click "Add new"
Brand and model are obvious; the nickname is the only mandatory field, and it will be used later on to associate gear to activities. Price is used to calculate the cost per unit of distance and per hour. You can choose your currency, of course. I got a great deal on those yellow shoes :-)
In this case, I have used the shoes without GPS for two short runs, but I want to account for that as well, so I'll add something in the "Untracked usage" section. I think it was about 12 km. I can't exactly remember the time, or the pace, so I used a reasonable approximation for time. I slacked off a little, so you have to set time in hours, or fraction of hours, not h:m; it's untracked usage so I don't feel like we need much precision there.
Total distance is calculated by adding untracked distance to tracked activity distance. We'll see that in a moment. Same thing for total time. Cost Analysis should be pretty obvious by now; of course, it's based on total distance / time.
Let's click Ok and get back to the gear list:
In this case, I have used the shoes without GPS for two short runs, but I want to account for that as well, so I'll add something in the "Untracked usage" section. I think it was about 12 km. I can't exactly remember the time, or the pace, so I used a reasonable approximation for time. I slacked off a little, so you have to set time in hours, or fraction of hours, not h:m; it's untracked usage so I don't feel like we need much precision there.
Total distance is calculated by adding untracked distance to tracked activity distance. We'll see that in a moment. Same thing for total time. Cost Analysis should be pretty obvious by now; of course, it's based on total distance / time.
Let's click Ok and get back to the gear list:
Well, it's quite simple; now let's go back to the activity list and open one where I've used those shoes:
just tick all the checkboxes you need - in this case, I've only added one pair of shoes, so that's the only thing I can check. Of course, you'll get all your gear listed there. Let's step back to the gear list now:
As you see, total distance and total time are now updated to reflect tracked usage. If you want more details about something, just click on it:
As you see, total distance /time are updated, and the cost per distance / time as well. If you do some more untracked usage, you can always update the fields here.
When you decide to retire those shoes, just tick "retired". Retired gear won't appear in the gear list (unless you choose "show retired") and won't be shown inside activities as well (unless you open an old activity associated to that gear, in which case it will be there, read-only).
Hope you like it!
When you decide to retire those shoes, just tick "retired". Retired gear won't appear in the gear list (unless you choose "show retired") and won't be shown inside activities as well (unless you open an old activity associated to that gear, in which case it will be there, read-only).
Hope you like it!
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