Hi,
I drove the "cycling route" provided by Google, just to test how the commute is like, and how safe the Google way is. Google wanted to send me on national speed limit roads, so I thought "Nope. Turn around to the start"
In my car, I then put the TomTom on, and chose the bicycle route, and I only got 30-40Mph roads, with a few cycling lanes. That's great and everything, however with both these options via the phone, it seems like it would seriously kill my battery which is a bit of an issue. (TomTom do have an app) I'd also need to mount my phone on some waterproof mount. If said mount also allows it to be charged via a power bank, then that's good..
If not, I'd look into a cycling GPS. I had a look at the Garmin ones. They don't seem very intuitive. The touchscreen on the TomTom also helps tbf. What I really like about TomTom is how clean the UI is. They don't appear to sell any more GPS watches anymore..
I drove the "cycling route" provided by Google, just to test how the commute is like, and how safe the Google way is. Google wanted to send me on national speed limit roads, so I thought "Nope. Turn around to the start"
In my car, I then put the TomTom on, and chose the bicycle route, and I only got 30-40Mph roads, with a few cycling lanes. That's great and everything, however with both these options via the phone, it seems like it would seriously kill my battery which is a bit of an issue. (TomTom do have an app) I'd also need to mount my phone on some waterproof mount. If said mount also allows it to be charged via a power bank, then that's good..
If not, I'd look into a cycling GPS. I had a look at the Garmin ones. They don't seem very intuitive. The touchscreen on the TomTom also helps tbf. What I really like about TomTom is how clean the UI is. They don't appear to sell any more GPS watches anymore..
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