Nike--Biking and Elliptical iPhone 3G

Nike+ GPS should track outdoor cycling just fine. However, indoors, it uses the accelerometer in the phone to measure steps, as you've discovered.

Honestly, I can't think of any way to do what you want. There are other tracking websites (DailyMile, Runkeeper, etc) that will allow you to manually upload workout information. DailyMile will also sync with Nike+ so, in theory, you could sync your GPS workouts to DailyMile from NIke+ and then manually enter your elliptical workouts. You'd need to make a note of the workout data from the machine's readout.

Best of luck.

Nike+ GPS should track outdoor cycling just fine. However, indoors, it uses the accelerometer in the phone to measure steps, as you've discovered.

Honestly, I can't think of any way to do what you want. There are other tracking websites (DailyMile, Runkeeper, etc) that will allow you to manually upload workout information. DailyMile will also sync with Nike+ so, in theory, you could sync your GPS workouts to DailyMile from NIke+ and then manually enter your elliptical workouts. You'd need to make a note of the workout data from the machine's readout.

Best of luck.

I spoke with Nike+ several minutes after I posted this. They SWORE that the Nike+ GPS app will in fact track distance on an elliptical, and allow you to upload that data to Nike+.  No other stats like calories or steps, just date and distance, but that's all that I need. I'm going to try later this week and will post accordingly.

I spoke with Nike+ several minutes after I posted this. They SWORE that the Nike+ GPS app will in fact track distance on an elliptical, and allow you to upload that data to Nike+.  No other stats like calories or steps, just date and distance, but that's all that I need. I'm going to try later this week and will post accordingly.

Update - I tested out the Nike+ GPS app with an elliptical machine this evening.  It most definitely works.  First test seems to indicate that it is running close to the distance calculated and calibrated for recent walks, may need some additional fine tuning, tbd.  But it definitely works, which is great, since I'd like to think that I can get some use out of an app that I paid for