Cycling in Waterloo Region

[Canard]

I started out with what I always had as a kid, a fairly cheap cycle computer:



You can pick these up for $25-$75 or so and they'll tell you your speed, trip distance, and a lifetime odometer at a minimum.

I started using Strava (app) at the suggestion of others here and it's a lot of fun - it uses GPS on your phone to plot a map of each of your rides.

You can also do fun things like this with Strava Multiple Ride Mapper:

   

This is a custom map of the Region where I bike the most - the "hotter" the lines are, the more frequent I ride there.