Setting up a route on The One is refreshingly simple. Upload your .gpx file directly from your mobile device—whether it’s sent via WhatsApp, email, or a cloud drive like Google Drive. You can plan routes in advance from the comfort of your smartphone without needing The One powered on. Once saved, routes are securely stored in the Absolute Cycling cloud and will automatically sync to The One the next time it’s powered on, via Bluetooth or WiFi.

When you’re ready to ride, The One streamlines the experience further: a single tap gives you instant access to start your route, or even a specific planned route for the day. No digging through menus or hunting for favorites—The One eliminates pre-ride hassle so you can dive straight into the experience.

Planning routes ahead also eliminates last-minute stress. Whether gearing up for a tour with friends or a personal adventure, you’ll avoid the common scramble of loading a route at the last moment—a relief for many cyclists accustomed to setup headaches.

Once on the road, The One’s navigation is designed to guide you intuitively. If you’re not at the route’s starting point, it automatically calculates the best way to join your planned route. You can even pick up the route mid-way, and The One will guide you seamlessly from your current position, adjusting for the intended direction of travel.

And if you deviate from your planned route? No problem. The One instantly recalculates a logical, cyclist-specific route to get you back on track—no distractions, no prompts. It just works.

Approaching turns is as smooth as it gets. The One alerts you 300 meters before each turn with a subtle beep and displays the next move. If there’s another turn soon after, you’ll see that too—allowing for anticipatory, uninterrupted navigation. This information is presented as a dropdown header across all screens, ensuring you never miss a direction, even if you’re checking other data like elevation profiles.

With a focus on rapid glance recognition, the navigation screen is tailored for instant orientation. A bright red marker indicates your current position and direction, while the minimalist map design, developed through iterative testing, ensures clarity with high-contrast colors and essential information only. This lets you recognize your location and route in a fraction of a second, minimizing screen time and keeping your focus on the road.

To enhance flexibility, The One provides two zoom levels when you’re riding without a route and three when a route is active, offering views ranging from immediate surroundings to a comprehensive overview. Using the app, you can quickly install any map to The One. After selecting a map, The One downloads it automatically over WiFi in just minutes. This minimalistic design choice ensures clarity without overcomplicating the experience, empowering you to navigate confidently without fiddling with settings mid-ride.

With The One, navigation becomes a part of your natural rhythm on the road. It’s more than a device; it’s an intuitive riding companion that removes friction from your journey, ensuring every ride is smooth, safe, and completely your own.

Henk has been involved with Absolute Cycling for years. Driven by curiosity as an entrepreneur, he struck up a conversation with Harm Giessen, the mastermind behind Absolute Cycling. Before long, he became the first investor, and in 2019 he also joined as a crowdfunder, along with 125 others. Over the years, he has actively participated in test sessions and closely followed the development of the new bike computer.

“When you join Absolute Cycling, you really become part of the family,” Henk says enthusiastically. The close connection he feels with the brand goes beyond just using the bike computer. The team involves users in product development; every three months, a new update is released, and user feedback plays a significant role. Some people even purchase The One specifically because they want to contribute to developing new features.

As a proud owner of the red limited edition of The One, Henk stands out during his rides. “At traffic lights, I often get asked: ‘What brand of bike computer is that? Is it a new brand?’ It’s fun to connect with other cyclists like that,” he says with a smile. It gives him satisfaction to be part of the Absolute Cycling community and to introduce new riders to the unique features of The One. “The One feels like a piece of jewelry on my bike,” Henk explains. “When I look down, I see a beautiful device on my handlebars.” For him, his bike is as important as a car is for others, and The One fits right in as an extension of his bike, carefully personalized to his preferences.

In Spain, where Henk spends much of his time, he uses The One on his various bikes: a road bike, gravel bike, and mountain bike. He notes how the cycling computer works perfectly in various conditions. The clear display remains visible even under the bright Spanish sun. And thanks to its smart technology, he doesn’t have to adjust anything manually, like connecting sensors; The One handles everything automatically. While climbing hills and mountains, he is impressed by how accurately The One works. “The incline percentage is spot-on,” he says. “With many other cycling computers, this isn’t always the case, but with The One, there’s no lag or inaccuracy. That gives a sense of calm and trust.”

For Henk, The One has made cycling more enjoyable and hassle-free. Thanks to customizable screens, he can see exactly what he wants without having to constantly adjust settings. “I now have a cycling computer that fits me perfectly because I’ve completely personalized it,” he says. With his experience, passion for sports and personal involvement with Absolute Cycling, Henk is a true ambassador for The One. His story illustrates how Absolute Cycling offers a community where everyone, from casual cyclists to seasoned athletes, can feel at home.

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Imagine starting your route on a flat, serene road. As the incline begins, the landscape shifts to a fresh Green (0-3,4%), indicating a gentle climb. The path gets steeper, transitioning to Yellow (3,5-6,9%) as your heart rate quickens, before hitting Orange (7-10,4%)—the moment when you know you’re truly in for a workout. And for those legendary climbs above 10,5%, you’ll see the tough Red (10,5-13,9%) and Purple (>14%) emerge—your badge of honor. 

This new color gradient doesn’t just look beautiful—it allows you to feel the changes in elevation, helping you prepare mentally and physically for what lies ahead.

We’ve fine-tuned the steps between elevation meters. Now, the steps between incline levels are more consistent, giving you a clearer sense of what to expect as you conquer each climb. Whether you’re planning your next adventure or just curious about how long that last hill was, the updated height profile is designed to help you navigate your ride with confidence. Here’s to your next great climb—brighter, clearer, and more manageable with The One.

In addition to the height profile improvements, we’re introducing two major updates that make route planning and navigation more flexible:

Gone are the days of navigating through multiple steps to load a route. You can now open GPX files from anywhere on your device—be it your file manager, email or a messaging app—and they will automatically open in the App. This feature saves you time and makes it easier to load new routes.

Sometimes plans change and now The One is designed to adapt. You can replan an already existing ride in your app’s calendar before starting the ride. Whether you need to adjust the date, this feature gives you the flexibility to modify your planning in the calendar.

At Absolute Cycling, we’re always looking for ways to enhance your riding experience, and these new features are just the beginning. From clearer elevation tracking to more flexible route planning, The One is designed to be your ultimate cycling companion. 

At Absolute Cycling, we believe your ride should be your primary focus. The One delivers precisely the right feedback, exactly when you need it—without pulling your attention away from the road or trail. The core function of a cycling computer is simple yet essential: you, the rider, are delivering a performance. And during your ride, you want that effort validated. We break this down into a few key questions:

• Where am I?
• Where can I go?
• How fast am I going?
• How fast can I go?

Here’s how we make it happen:

The One features a spacious 3.1-inch display with the highest resolution on the market, but we focus on showing only the essentials. No cluttered symbols or extra icons—just the information you truly need, keeping your attention on the road. Generous white space ensures your eyes find the data effortlessly, without searching for it.

We chose DIN 1451 for all metrics on The One. This font, originally designed for road signs, ensures easy reading even in motion—ideal for quickly understanding your ride data. Using this font consistently across all texts and numbers, users can absorb the information with minimal effort, staying focused on the ride.

Our colors, from maps to metrics, are carefully selected for readability. We use highly saturated tones to make key details stand out, combined with a strong contrast ratio to highlight important changes like elevation or route differences. This approach is grounded in cognitive ergonomics, helping your brain process data faster.

When navigating, it’s crucial to confirm you’re on the right path and see what lies ahead. Our maps are built for cyclists, providing clear, distraction-free guidance. We use intuitive, universally recognizable colors: blue for water, light green for fields, dark green for forests, gray for urban areas, and striped lines for train tracks. These familiar cues make it easy to understand your surroundings at a glance, letting you stay focused on your ride.

The controls of The One are designed to keep you focused on the road or trail, not the device. We chose not to include a touchscreen because swiping and tapping demand your attention, turning the device into a distraction. A touchscreen often leads to a desire for more in-ride features, shifting focus away from the ride.

With The One, there’s no compromise on advanced features—they’re all available but accessed in a streamlined way. Three simple buttons let you scroll through screens, zoom in and out, and start or stop a ride. That’s it. All other settings are managed through our app before you start riding, so you interact less with the device during your ride. The result is a calmer, safer, and more focused experience, with the assurance that the information you need is always right where you need it.

Tom isn’t just any cyclist; he’s a true enthusiast with love for innovation. His garage is filled with no less than six bikes: from a gravel bike and road bike to a mountain bike. Cycling is his passion, and the same goes for bike computers. His journey began with a Polar, but over the years, he’s used Wahoo, various Garmin models (Edge 810, 1040, 1030, 1050), and even a Beeline. Today, Tom rides with The One. “The first time I rode with The One, the design immediately stood out. A friend commented on how clear and readable the screen was, and I laughed as he helped me maintain my goal of an average of 29 km/h,” says Tom. After disappointing experiences with other bike computers – like a Wahoo that suddenly showed a speed of 252 km/h or a Garmin that lost navigation in the forest – Tom was looking for something different. Something innovative and unlike any other bike computer. He found that in The One. “The navigation on The One is just much more accurate. Where Garmin tells you to turn right, you actually need to go another 300 meters. I don’t have that issue with The One,” he explains. Tom describes The One as the “Rolls Royce of bike computers.” It all starts with the packaging, which immediately gave him the feeling of unboxing a premium product.

One of the things Tom particularly appreciates about The One is its minimalist approach: no constant beeps or notifications popping up on the screen. “It helps you focus on what really matters,” he says. That, combined with the user-friendliness and flexibility of the display, is something Tom believes the industry should adopt as a standard. This year, Tom met Team Absolute Cycling in Arnhem. “You’ll never hear me say a bad word about Absolute Cycling’s support,” he concludes with satisfaction. 

For Tom, cycling isn’t just a hobby; it’s a way of life. With The One on his handlebars, he enjoys every kilometer even more.

Picture this: you’re mid-climb, feeling the burn as the gradient increases and the mountain pushes back. In that moment, you want to know exactly how steep the climb is and how high you’ve already ascended. That real-time confirmation motivates you to push harder, to give everything until you reach the summit. At Absolute Cycling, we understand how crucial that information is. That’s why we developed AAT—an advanced technology that uses sensor fusion to provide pinpoint accuracy, even when GPS and barometric signals are weak. With AAT, you’re always in control, knowing exactly what lies ahead.

What sets AAT apart is how we seamlessly combine multiple sensors to achieve unmatched precision. By integrating GPS, a barometer, gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetic compass, and a dynamic bicycle model, we deliver incredibly accurate altitude and gradient data—whether you’re navigating dense forests, mountainous terrain, or areas with limited GPS coverage. This advanced sensor fusion ensures real-time, reliable data, no matter the conditions.

When tackling steep climbs, precision is key. AAT offers a grade accuracy with just a 1% margin of error, significantly outperforming the competition, which can deviate by up to 4%. With AAT, you always have a clear and accurate understanding of the gradient, allowing you to adjust your effort and pacing accordingly.

Accuracy isn’t just about precision; speed matters too. AAT provides gradient updates with just a 2-second delay, compared to delays of up to 8 seconds in competing systems. This near-instant feedback keeps you in control of your ride at all times, helping you react swiftly to changing terrain.

AAT maintains an altitude deviation of only 1%, ensuring you get the most reliable data on total ascent and descent. Competing systems often show deviations as high as 9%, but with AAT, you can trust your data, whether you’re tackling a long climb or descending fast.

Our breakthrough in altitude and gradient accuracy wasn’t achieved alone. We collaborated with the renowned research institute Flanders Make to push the boundaries of cycling technology. Together, we’ve developed a system that offers unparalleled performance.

At Absolute Cycling, we’re driven by innovation and performance. AAT is a testament to our commitment to delivering the best cycling technology, developed in collaboration with experts and continually improved through rigorous testing. With AAT, you’re equipped with the most accurate data available to enhance your ride, every time.