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Garmin Edge 305 HC
Seeking Comments on this cycling computer/GPS
-- Bob C -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Garmin Edge 305 HC
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:30:36 +1000, Bob Chambers wrote:
Seeking Comments on this cycling computer/GPS Really? I feel so much more motivated to offer help and advice to people who don't waste precious bandwidth on superfluous words like "hello", "please" and "thanks". -- Home page: http://members.westnet.com.au/mvw |
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Google kthnxbye -- gplama |
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Garmin Edge 305 HC
Bob Chambers wrote:
Seeking Comments on this cycling computer/GPS I use one all the time, for mountain bike riding, canoing and road riding and occasionally for running on bush tracks. It's no good for navigating from as it only shows one track at a time, you have to know where you're going in advance. It is rock solid as far as getting satellite signals and also pulse rate signals. It is very accurate, within a meter or two. I took a while to understand the way the functions are set out, it's not very intuitive (read the manual). The software isn't great, but there are some third party programs you can use to get around that. I really really like that you can "race" against one of your previous rides, it really is like having a virtual race partner. The initial cost seems expensive but I bought some extra mounts (very expensive) and swap it between my various bikes and canoes. Now it is one my most used toys, (along with my MP3 player.) Friday |
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Garmin Edge 305 HC
Bob Chambers Wrote: Seeking Comments on this cycling computer/GPS -- Bob C -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com love it, best bike computer I've bought. You can configure it with up to six data streams in any order or position that you like. It's accurate, although I always take the calorie counters with a grain of salt. It acquires a GPS fix in a fraction of the time that my Navman car system takes to do the same job. There's a backup wheel and cadence sensor that in combined into one small package on the chainstay. The only negatives are that the battery only lasts about 8 hours at a time (rechargeable on the computer via USB) and the mount on the stem is rather perfunctory and that you have to manually turn on the trip recording at the start of a trip and I sometimes forget. The Google Earth moving rout display is a lot of fun:-) If you have a Mac, you can make it even better by skipping the Garmin Training Centre and using a programme called Ascent. -- ProfTournesol |
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