My New Toy Mio Cyclo 305 GPS

[jasonmccullum]

i have been thinking about getting a GPS for my bike but wanted turn by turn like i have in my car and i found this

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_899371_langId_-1_categoryId_165741

come with full GPS, ANT+ heart monitor and ANT+ cadance and speed wireless units for.......£170

i also wanted to fit in in front of my bars but since MIO dont make this i created one myself costing £1. Got a mudguard set from the poundshop and used the bracket system .

Have a look at the pictures and tell me what you think


Jay

 

[Moda]

Excellent!

What are you doing for maps?

 

[cubegame]

Don't like to be the bearer of bad news but the Halfords money off codes work on this and you can bring it down to £145.

I'm still wondering whether to pull the trigger on one.

 

[jasonmccullum]

The maps are built into the device you get off road and on road ones

Bugger on the money codes. But tbh I'm happy the price I paid so I'm not that upset

 

[Moda]

The maps are built into the device you get off road and on road ones

Are they any good? What's the routing like?

Mate likes my Garmin but wants something a bit cheaper.

 

[outlash]

If it works then great but you can get a Garmin etrex 30 with all that for £160, the etrex 20 without ANT+ is £120.


tony.

 

[Moda]

If it works then great but you can get a Garmin etrex 30 with all that for £160, the etrex 20 without ANT+ is £120.

It's the maps wot cost the money!

 

[outlash]

It's the maps wot cost the money!

Velomaps are free. See here: http://www.velomap.org/


Tony.

 

[Damaged Hero]

I have one of those,impressive bit of kit,But be very careful taking it off the mount.
Mine has been replaced once already,as the locking wings on the device had snapped and within 3 weeks of getting it back it has broken again,I am going to bond it to the mount and then use reusable cable ties when i need to take it off my bike to upload my ride data and charge it.

Great idea with the bracket,I might have to pinch that idea

 

[Moda]

Velomaps are free. See here: http://www.velomap.org/


Tony.

Thanks info passed on!

 

[outlash]

No worries , I've had the 20 for a couple of months now and I'm very happy with it. Uses standard AA batteries too...


Tony..

 

[jasonmccullum]

the maps are good and the turn by turn is excellent.. you get off road maps (Open Street Maps) and road Maps (Teleatlas which is owned by TOM TOM)

i was planning to buy a wahoo hrm and monitor but at this price is amazing value and almost half the price of the garmin 800

 

[Garz]

May just be me but I hope the unit is not heavy. Looks like on the typical UK pothole ridden roads a bad section could flip/drop/snap.

 

[jasonmccullum]

just weighted it and it comes in at 150grams if that helps

 

[Ben M]

My mum has one of these. They seem okay. The only issues are that it takes more faffing to import into mapmyride or Strava than a garmin and even then the ant+ data doesn't import.