2012 Cycling thread. - Page 141

monkeytassle · 7th March 2012, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Manchester Black Cat

Yes but it doesn't give you the sort of directions functionality a 705 or 800 will.

I've been lookign at them for a while and I've noticed Amazon seems to drop theres to 185 every few days for the unit + HR and cadence.

Also Ebay you can get them cheaper.

218 today.

like someone mentioned the other day i'd like to have recourse if it fcks up. don't mind an extra 20quid for that piece of mind to be fair,

Flavonoids · 7th March 2012, 09:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manchester Black Cat

Yes but it doesn't give you the sort of directions functionality a 705 or 800 will.

I've been lookign at them for a while and I've noticed Amazon seems to drop theres to 185 every few days for the unit + HR and cadence.

Also Ebay you can get them cheaper.

The 705 I've got, whilst giving the mapping and routing (I use opensource maps rather than paying) isn't really all that brilliant for guided rides.

Build a course on bikeroutetoaster and upload it and it's fine for guiding, but if you make a turn different do the route then the thing can't recalculate on the fly, it just runs out of memory and grinds to a halt, meaning you have to go back to the menu and restart, it'll then calculate from your current position!

Maybe it's because I've used it for routing in central London and there's squillions of roads, or on trail, bridleways and permissive routes where there's no obvious alternative ... but it's a bit weak.

Walter Ego · 7th March 2012, 09:46 AM

My FCN is 9

SproutMackem · 7th March 2012, 09:46 AM

Unless you are using HRM and power meters, I dont think the bike specific Garmins are worth the money, better to use a general purpose one like this... (you can get bike mounts)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00542NVD...941_pe_vfe_dt3

Cee Jay · 7th March 2012, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Rep of Seaburn

I have the 500 and I bought it in a pack from Evans which included the heart rate monitor and cadence. You don't really need the cadence in my opinion. Heart rate is a must have for me like. I also bought the black one, i didn't like the blue one as they are common as muck and coming from Jarra am geet posh.

This is the pack I bought, great bit of kit.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/...y=garmin%20500

Got the same black one and the HR & cadence...
haven't yet fitted the cadence monitor,,must get round to it.

Agree a fantastic bit of kit.

Handtech have it on cheap ish at the minute

http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php...-speed-cadence

have dealt with them before and they're ok

Manchester Black Cat · 7th March 2012, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Cee Jay

Got the same black one and the HR & cadence...
haven't yet fitted the cadence monitor,,must get round to it.

Agree a fantastic bit of kit.

Handtech have it on cheap ish at the minute

http://www.handtec.co.uk/product.php...-speed-cadence

have dealt with them before and they're ok

I was tempted by the handtech offers but i googled them as id never heard of them before and a lot of the reviews are shocking

Quote:

Originally Posted by SproutMackem

Unless you are using HRM and power meters, I dont think the bike specific Garmins are worth the money, better to use a general purpose one like this... (you can get bike mounts)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00542NVD...941_pe_vfe_dt3

Does it still track your speed etc

Cee Jay · 7th March 2012, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Manchester Black Cat

I was tempted by the handtech offers but i googled them as id never heard of them before and a lot of the reviews are shocking

Does it still track your speed etc

I have bought a car satnav from them before, no probs and know a lad who bought 500 from them, again no bother...I understand though why people like to be sure of a supplier( Evans etc) as, like most people have bad experiences in the past with various on line retailers when something goes wrong .

Btw as a Andy Schleck "fan" I thought you might like this

http://forum.cyclingnews.com/showthread.php?t=16717

Rep of Seaburn · 7th March 2012, 10:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SproutMackem

Unless you are using HRM and power meters, I dont think the bike specific Garmins are worth the money, better to use a general purpose one like this... (you can get bike mounts)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00542NVD...941_pe_vfe_dt3

Agree with that but to be honest, sometimes the joy of getting out on my bike is getting lost somewhere and finding new routes back rather than just looking at avg/mph etc. The 500 is fine for me and the price was in range, does the job fine.

You could of course just strap your car sat nav to the handle bars and be done with it.