I’m happy with my Garmin watch for now and simply know I am addicted to tracking stuff, especially all bike rides (including work commute).
But what if I wanted a European product? Or recommend something to friends? I like the watch form factor but ma open to mounting something on the bike again. The thing is these devices tend to come with some digital services, meaning some sort of American entity getting my data is almost a must it seems. I’m open to self-hosting a backend but I doubt my friends are 😅
I have no idea how feasible for your case it might be, but HeiaHeia is run by Finnish company.