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GearView is Here!

Welcome to GearView GearView is the world's first indoor bike dashboard . It's a companion iPad + iPhone app for the Stages SB20 smart bike . It shows your virtual gear along with cadence power and hear rate.  Overview: Runs on iPads and iPhones. Portrait or landscape - your choice. Big, easy-to-read virtual gear display Supports Dream Drive and custom 2x12 gear setups. Color coded numbers + graphics based on your FTP, optimal cadence and maximum heart rate. Plays sounds when you change gears. A variety of sound schemes are included. Easy to set "favorite gears" that you can use for normal riding, hard efforts and all-out sprints. "Heart Rate Monitor relay" that forwards your HRM readings to other apps. This allows a single channel HRM to work with multiple apps. Automatically smooths power readings. Displayed values are more stable and steady. History graphs for power and heart rate. "Battery test" feature that lets you check fitness device batter
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What is GearView?

GearView runs on a separate iPad or iPhone. It  augments your existing indoor riding apps like Zwift or IndieVelo. Features: Virtual gear display Cadence with colors based on your optimal RPM Left:Right pedalling balance Power and W/Kg with colors based on your FTP Heart rate with colors based on your maximum HR Color coded history graphs for power and heart rate. Full width current gear graphics - not just a single number. Different sounds are played for up, down and multiple gear changes. Favorite gears can be set for things like climbing, flat riding and sprinting. Video: Quick Tour  Here's the one minute tour: ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ GearView  for  iPad  and  iPhone  is available in the Apple App Store.  Have questions?  Contact:   support@GearView.online    

Let's Get Connected

When you open  GearView  for the first time, or when you haven't selected the Automatically reconnect option, you will see the Connect page. The AVAILABLE DEVICES shows supported Bluetooth devices that are in range.   Click the  Stages Bike  item to connect. It will move up to the CONNECTED DEVICES list.  Optionally enable Use heart rate monitor  to also find heart rate monitors.  Click on a heart rate monitor listed to connect and move it up to the CONNECTED DEVICES list.  When everything is ready, the Connect page looks like this:     4.  All selected devices are shown as Connected .     5.  (recommended) Enable   Automatically reconnect to reconnect next time. 📣 Some devices may send back a pairing request number. GearView doesn't use this type of connection. You can safely dismiss this request.  ℹ️ Make sure you start GearView before opening any other apps.  GearView needs to send some initialization commands to the SB20 to get gear notifications. Press Done to re

Customizing GearView

GearView  has many options to improve your experience. To change options, click on  Settings  at the bottom of the main dashboard. The Settings page is shown. Number of Gears must match the number of   gears you have set in the Stages Cycling app when in   Dream Drive mode.  Custom 2x12 gear configurations are automatically detected.  No settings changes are required.  Data Smoothing controls the  GearView  data smoothing algorithm. Higher means smoother data display.   Weight is rider weight. It is used to calculate watts/kilogram . Optimal Cadence defines your favorite pedalling RPM. Stay within 10% of this number to keep the cadence display green FTP is your Functional Threshold Power . It causes power metrics and graphs to be colored as shown. Max Heart Rate  is your  Maximum Heart Rate .  It causes HR metrics and graphs to be colored as shown. Sound controls how gear change sounds are played.  You can select from a variety of sound schemes including "No Sound".

Battery Tests

Before starting any workout it is good to know: "How are the batteries in my power meters, heart rate monitor and other devices?". 📣 Many Bluetooth devices support only one connection at a time . It is best to run  Battery Tests before opening any other apps. This lets GearView read battery levels before the respective devices are  connected to other apps.  Battery Test Summary GearView has a convenient battery test function that let's you see all your battery levels on a single page. On the main dashboard, click the battery icon. You will see the Batteries page. Scanning for all battery powered Bluetooth devices starts immediately.  In a few seconds, battery estimates are shown for all supported devices currently in range. Click Rescan to find additional devices. Click Done to return to the main dashboard. Video Here's a quick video showing a  Battery Test  in action:

Gear sound - Quick change

GearView  plays a sound when you change gears. You can change th e sound scheme and volume on the Settings page.   If you want to make changes during a ride, you can use the sound quick change  option. On the main dashboard, click the Speaker icon. The quick change panel is shown over the power history graph. Click the sound scheme name to change. Click the adjacent speaker icon to play a test sound.  Use the slider to change sound level. Click ⓧ to return to the power history display. FAQ Q: I can't hear gear changes A: Make ring silencing switch is off.  iPhone or iPad:  When this switch is on, gear sounds are muted. 

Heart Rate Monitors and Zwift

Bluetooth heart rate monitors are great. Most allow a dedicated Bluetooth connection with an app like Zwift. But what if you also want to use that heart rate monitor with  GearView and Zwift ? Most heart rate monitors have only one Bluetooth channel allows only one app to get heart rate updates . Heart Rate Relay to the Rescue GearView has a feature called Heart Rate Relay that reads your heart rate and relays it to any app that connects to  GearView.     Working with Zwift Here's a demonstration of  Heart Rate Relay in action with Zwift . 1. Open  GearView and connect to your Heart Rate Monitor. 2. Open  Zwift  and go to the Paired Devices page (like usual) . Your heart rate monitor is not normally shown since it is already connected to GearView. 📣 NOTE: You could have a dual channel HRM. In this case, it will be shown. Using the Heart Rate Relay feature to keeps a channel free for use with other apps. Click Search in the Heart Rate box. You will see the name of the  iO

Upcoming Features

GearView  iOS development continues in 2024.  I am a single developer who  prioritizes and implement features based on customer demand.  Current Priorities 1. (May 4, 2024) Stages Cycling has apparently gone out of business in North America,  The status the Stages Europe is unclear.  To keep the SB20 smart running, I am committed to replicating and improving features in the now defunct Stages Cycling app .  Features to be replicated include: Zero reset Gear configuration including Dream Drive Crank Length  True calibration of existing Stage power meters since we may never see any new ones Support for 3rd party power meters 2. Other smart bikes and trainers. I want to support any device with virtual gears.  This includes: Wahoo Kickr Core, Wahoo Kickr Bike and Wahoo Kickr Bike Shift Garmin Tacx Neo smart bike Wattbike Atom smart bike >> To request new features comment on this page or send email to   support@GearView.online   << Why a Paid App? I do charge for the GearView

GearView Support

  GearView support starts here Known Bugs and Fixes May 13, 2024 - Custom gear configurations do not work Description: When SB20 is configured for custom gearing, gear shifting is not displayed Workaround: Setup a Dream Drive configuration  in the Stages Cycling app.   May 13, 2024 6:00 PM - GearView update is ready with 2x12 gear support. Status:   May 13, 2024 - Version 1.3 -  Submitted to app store ----- May 10, 2024 - Gear change sound played repeatedly with FulGaz cycling app Description: Gear change sound played repeatedly with FulGaz cycling app Workaround:  Turn off gear change sounds  to silence it. Status:   May 11, 2024 - Fixed in Version 1.2   -  Available in App Store.   ----- May 1, 2024 - Display issue with iPhone 15 and iPad Pro Max in landscape view Description: HR data and animation on right side of screen is cut off. Workaround:  Use Portrait orientation. Status:   May 8, 2024 - Fixed in Version 1.1  -  Available in App Store.   ------ No more bugs reported FAQ Q: I

Legal Stuff

Privacy Policy - Last Updated: May 1, 2024 GearView  does not collect, save, share or sell any of your personal data.  GearView  reads telemetry data from fitness devices that you connect to vis Bluetooth. None of this data is saved, shared or sold. GearView  uses no passwords or other personal identifying information.  About Bluetooth Device Usage GearView  asks other Bluetooth devices to provide information. These devices can choose to respond or deny these requests. GearView  sends no information about your device to any other Bluetooth device. 📣 Some devices may send back a pairing request number. GearView doesn't use this type of connection. You can safely dismiss this request.  ♡ GearView reads heart rate (beats per minute) from a connected heart rate monitor. All other data from this hear rate monitor is ignored. Other apps, such as Zwift, can connect to GearView to get a retransmission of this heart rate (beats per minute). No other fitness data including blood oxygen,