GPS Bike computers

On Mar 6, 8:11*pm, steve wrote:
Thanks to everyone who responded to my post about GPS or traditional
bike computers.

It seems there is no perfect answer. The Garmin Edge 305 would be my
choice but I'm very concerned about battery life. I will do several
centuries this summer one of which -The mountain Lakes Challenge -
will involve a lot of elevation gain and is far enough away that we
will be camping and thus have no access to electricity.
The reviews I have seen seem to be love it or hate it. Hate it is
usually about battery life.

I ride every day and don't want to be always worried about the
batteries.

Steve G

I friend of mine has a Garmin (not sure which one) that he used on a
long race where battery life was an issue. He used a USB charger made
for mobile phones sort of like this:

http://www.geekzone.co.nz/content.asp?contentid=6937

Except his ran on regular AA batteries. I don't know what brand it was
but I think it was just some no-name. He put the charger under his
seat and ran the cable along the top tube so he could plug it in when
needed.

Joseph