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spokeslady 
| 29 Jul 06:05 |
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Joined: 29 Jul 2006 Posts: 14 Bike: My Profile | I am very interested in what ne1 thinks of these. I love the idea of being able to plot an accurate route and transferring it to GE. Never getting lost. Using/transferring electronic maps. But they are a bit pricey at the moment, hopefully will come down. Does ne1 own one already? |
| My Latest Route: Mar 2010 Ebury Way | |
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spike
| 18 Dec 16:32 |
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Joined: 04 Aug 2009 Posts: 12 Bike: My Profile | Something else to consider is an Android phone. (Not sure if the iphone has the app or maps). I have a phone running Android. My Tracks is a free app and the phone has google maps already loaded. It can track you to within a couple of metres, shows the route you have taken, records max speed, average speed, elevation gain, max gradient... The app shows the profile of your route. Another app shows you all the interesting information about the area you are in for pubs, cafes, scenery...etc. You can immediately upload the info to google maps for storing / analysing. Great bit of kit, and obviously it's also a phone. Also has Google Latitude - handy if you fall off or get injured as someone at home could see exactly where you are on the computer - not so handy if you are in the pub and you haven't turned the gps off. |
| My Latest Route: Sep 2009 North Coventry Circular via Keresley and Church End | |
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jonearnshaw
| 31 Dec 05:41 |
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Joined: 31 Dec 2009 Posts: 1 Bike: My Profile | I have used a Garmin Edge 605 for over a year and it's amazing! One area where its particularly strong is the Online dashboard that lets you upload your routes and view them full screen in Google maps (using an API). you can then see charts that show your speed /altitude at various points on your route. Easy to download GPX files and load onto the device. Even works well on a mac!!! Was thinking about upgrading to the 705 but I already have a separate pulse monitor - so probably not worth it. IMHO - an excellent piece of kit - extremely well supported online! jon |
| My Latest Route: Jan 2010 Welwyn Garden City Off Road Loop via Ayot St Lawrence | |
| Tex Gore | 02 Jan 08:42 |
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 Joined: 02 Jan 2010 Posts: 5 Bike: | Aye up, Being a keen hiker and Triathlete for many years (and awful with money) I am fortunate enough to be quite replete on the GPS front. On the bike I use a Garmin Forerunner 405 and a SatMap Active10 Plus. For the former (which is a watch, although a bike mount is available I believe), I also have the optional rear-wheel sensor and chest strap. As such, this device gives me all the usual such as speed/distance/pace/gradient/altitude/calories/heart rate but with the rear sensor also gives me cadence. I doubt very much that this is anywhere near as accurate as the rather expensive rear wheel sensors (about which I know very little) but for training purposes it's an indication at least. The SatMap is (in my opinion) one of the best mapping GPS' around (or it was when I bought it) as it provides full graphical mapping in either the in-built roadmap (UK Wide, free with the unit for Europe (if you get the plus) or OS maps (which are cost options on SD cards). I have the bike mount for this so it sits on the end of my Tri-Bars helping the man with the least sense of direction in the known universe (and I've been lost in most of it) to not get so lost. It also has a Lithium battery but also a useful caddy such that I can use normal batteries if I can't charge it. Battery life is good though - 2-3 full days if I'm frugal with the backlight and so on. So between them, including the Garmin training centre software (free with the 405) I can get very detailed information on my training, and not get lost whilst doing so. They also both record my tracks (where I have been) in case I do manage to take an unforeseen detour. But, as with anything like this, you have to be super-careful not to spend so much time looking at the GPS whilst riding that you are expertly directed straight into that tree/bus/pensioner. Cheers Tex |
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