Does a 'TomTom' exist for bikes?

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

It's really not hard.

There's even a sticky in Know-How

 

[vickster]

The cheap ones on eBay aren't boxed or anything - and I can't see anything under £155 with 3h to go

the Bryton looks much nicer too

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

The cheap ones on eBay aren't boxed or anything - and I can't see anything under £155 with 3h to go

the Bryton looks much nicer too

Your money of course. FWIW I think you're buying an inferior product

 

[vickster]

Why - bearing in mind I want it for the mapping and to run Strava, nothing much else?

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

These It's undeniably a horrible thing also let down by it's substandard screen resolution,contrast and brightness - 3 things which effect the quality of mapping and navigation. You may also notice that any input makes the unit freeze for a year before loading it's next screen.

Maps are OSM - which evidently means that many roads don't exist.

I may need to be corrected but the Bryton is also tied to their own site for planning and downloading routes.

IIRC: To share with strava you have to upload to bryton - download the GPX and upload it manually.

Edge800 will happily upload and download directly to/from anywhere, inc to the unit itself or the SD card. ie: You can tell strava that your log files are on /sd or Garmin Unit:###343#3 blah blah

By most accounts the edge800 is an unfair comparison. The Rider50 if at all, is a rival to the 705.

 

[vickster]

So would the 705 suit? I just don't want to pay for a flagship model where the functionality will be wasted on me!

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Yes

 

[vickster]

OK, thanks

How much do they go for on eBay if you know?

And what's the difference between the 705 and 605? Bearing in mind, I have no need for cadence or HR monitor?

http://www.handtec.co.uk/garmin-edge-605.html

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Cheapest buy it now: £187.99 but there are plenty of boxed unit auctions too, hold out and you may get one

605 is discontinued. Couldn't find anywhere to buy one

 

[vickster]

Is it an old model? There is one under £100 but no maps or anything, which I am guessing are costly

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Garmin-Ed...ds_Activity_Monitoring_MJ&hash=item3380b7ef04

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Yes very old! Maps are only costly if you buy them

 

[vickster]

So when was it discontinued?

I just had a bid on the one I linked to and am winning!

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Absolutely no idea. Probably a while back, the 705 is at least 5yrs old

 

[vickster]

Was it replaced by the 800 then?

So can get free maps?

 

[vickster]

And it went for £132 at the last minute, hey ho!