Simply months after fitness-tech model Coros introduced its first bike pc to the market as a competitor to the massive three of Garmin, Wahoo and Hammerhead, there’s one other new biking pc on the town, which goals to supply a distinct consumer expertise to the established gamers.
It is from a model known as Jespr, and it is designed and assembled in Switzerland and priced at €570. It appears to go face to face with the greatest biking computer systems by providing a big 4-inch touchscreen with the identical excessive 480 x 800 pixel decision because the Hammerhead Karoo and the brand new Garmin Edge 1050.
As well as, it incorporates a SIM card slot, in order that customers can entry cellular knowledge as they journey without having a smartphone or Wi-Fi connection. Jespr makes use of this to offer further knowledge on the machine, together with wind velocity and route, and for software program updates.
The most recent replace of the Hammerhead Karoo eliminated the SIM card slot that was current within the earlier Karoo 2, that means the Jespr pc is the one present biking pc to supply this function. Jespr is providing its early purchasers a free knowledge plan till end-2025. It says that the month-to-month value after that will probably be round €5 per 30 days.
Jespr pc show modes
Jespr affords pared down show modes and its cellular knowledge connectivity permits it to show wind velocity and route (Picture credit score: Jespr)
The Jespr pc affords a spread of various show modes, which the model says are tailor-made particularly to completely different journey kinds and can be utilized with a number of bike profiles.
They embody a race mode with pared-down knowledge screens, which embody a display with key race milestones displayed in a linear model that mimics the professionals’ race guides which they stick with their stems. This can be utilized to point out feed zones, key climbs, modifications in route and when to take a gel, for instance.
The coaching show supplies metrics centered on energy output. Though you possibly can hook up a energy meter, when you don’t use one, the Jespr pc will estimate your energy output in real-time based mostly on different metrics, performance not provided by the key rivals.
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Different performance is just like the competitors, together with gradient profiles for climbs, complete navigation and switch alerts and re-routing when you go astray. You possibly can show the topology of a selected route too and join your Jespr account to Strava, Komoot and different third-party biking apps.
Jespr pc dimensions and stats
The hi-res 4-inch show and three case-front buttons make for simple use, though on the expense of a bigger measurement and weight than the rivals (Picture credit score: Jespr)
The Jespr pc’s 4-inch touchscreen is bigger than the competitors; even the Garmin Edge 1040 and the newest Edge 1050 solely have a 3.5-inch display. The big display, plus an array of three buttons on the underside of the entrance face imply that the Jespr pc is a bit chunky, because it’s round 4mm longer, 10mm wider and 5mm deeper than the Garmin Edge 1040.
However Jespr says that the 25mm unit depth matches that of many handlebars, making the unit extra aero when mounted forward of the bars. That is, after all, unconfirmed past the model’s claims. It makes use of a regular Garmin-style quarter-turn mount.
The Jespr pc weighs 180g, which is once more a bit heavier than the rivals. Its battery life is shorter too at a claimed seven hours. Recharging makes use of a micro-USB cable.
GPS constellations used are the 4 most important ones: GPS, Glonass, Galileo and BeiDou and there’s ANT+ and BLE connectivity and Wi-Fi in-built. At current, the one languages supported are English and German.
