A:Answer No, depending on what you want to see or view when cycling. The unit is gps enabled and will show where you went on your ride. I suggest purchasing the heart rate monitor to go along with it to get an accurate account of your activity and monitor your heart rate while riding. The watch records the activity while in progress then syncs with your phone when the activity is complete. You can then view various items such as pace, average HR, Max HR, calories burned, duration etc..