RideControl App 4+
Giant Manufacturing Co., LTD.
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- Free
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Description
The Giant RideControl app opens up the world of connectivity for your Giant E-Bike. The app allows you to connect your phone with your E-Bike, giving you the ability to keep your E-Bike up to date, to customize your motor setting and use your E-Bike display for navigation.
E-Bike customization
The Giant RideControl app lets you customize the motor settings the get the most out of your rides. Match the motor settings to your riding style. You can choose for more power and aggressive performance for a quick blast. Or turn it down a notch to make it more efficient for your long and epic adventures.
Navigation
Use the RideControl app for turn-by-turn navigation specifically designed for the bike. If your E-Bike is equipped with a compatible RideControl EVO display you can synchronize turn by turn navigation to your display, so there is no need to keep your phone at hand.
Record your Rides
Record your rides in detail and share it with your friends. You can choose to synchronize all rides with Strava or manually upload to social media.
What’s New
Version 1.27.1
In this update we have added compatibility with MY25 bikes, compatible with iOS 18 and fixed the issue where advanced motor tuning was not available in the app.
We are committed to continuously improving this app, with regular quality enhancements and new features you can look forward to.
Ratings and Reviews
Crashes on update
Great to see a replacement for the old app, looks the part too. The first thing it wants to do is update the bike to the latest software - ok, fair enough but after 10 attempts I’m at downloading this over both WiFi and 4G it won’t get past 4% progress.
I’ve tried restarting the phone, reloading the app, restarting the bike, removing and reinstalling the bike battery and tried a different phone.
Any suggestions giant ?
Thanks
Edit 2 weeks after initial review.
I had to take the bike to the local giant retail store to get them to update the software. This was done efficiently during the 2nd lockdown for £10.
App now works but is of limited use.
Power levels can be changed as before and this works well.
Issues I have discovered so far.
1. You need to be connected to your bike to plan a route. Bit of a pain if the bike is in the shed and you want to sit in the house to plan a ride for the following day.
2. The directions for navigation are no longer sent to the ride control screen. This was a nice touch on the previous app so the phone can stay in your pocket.
3. Can’t edit a route while you are currently in one. You need to finish and save that ride then start a new one. That in turn doesn’t give a true picture to your day’s ride
4. Link to Strava upload works occasionally but sometimes doesn’t upload anything.
4. The post ride review graphs are unreadable if the info goes above the scale.
Ridecontrol
The app stopped recording the distance travelled mid ride. Since then, and after several updates, uninstalls, reinstalls it still won’t show distance travelled. This prevents the ride from being saved. The bike shows total miles no problem. The app show speed and ride time. Why wont it show distance ?
Sine it won’t record the ride now it’s pretty much useless. I can just use the screen on the bike!
Speed display issue
I have had no problems with this app for the last 2 years when I installed it to use with my iPhone 12 and Giant FastRoad E + 2 bike. It has been useful and performed exactly as advertised.
However when I used it today, no speed or odometer readings were displayed. Bluetooth connectivity was fine as the app reported no issues with motor, controls etc when I scanned.
I think my bike speed sensor is ok as the e power cut off at about 15mph as normal.
Any suggestions please?
App Privacy
The developer, Giant Manufacturing Co., LTD., indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Location
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- GIANT MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
- Size
- 142.9 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 13.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease battery life.
- Copyright
- © 2018 Giant MFG. CO.,LTD.
- Price
- Free