Garmin 520 Edge

[RoubaixCube]

You can do turn by turn. It's just a little bit of a faff.

I never said you couldnt.

 

[Hacienda71]

I got one, I love it.... though I probably dont use even half the features on it. I dont care about strava. but I am interested in my overall progress over time to see if i am getting faster/fitter, Sadly it doesnt have a MicroSD card slot and the space on it is very limited so you cant have a big map on it. It will however point you in the direction youre supposed to go but not turn by turn navigation. This feature proved helpful when i was on the DD ride with no map and too lazy to stop every 30mins to get my phone out to check google maps.

I never said you couldnt.

He must have misunderstood what you meant when you said in the first post"but not turn by turn navigation."

 

[Stinboy]

Fantastic cheers mate, I really hope I am able to leave work early tomorrow to get a decent ride in.

I can't comment specifically on the 520 as I have a 510, but for me it allows you much more freedom to ride roads you probably wouldn't know existed otherwise, without the faff of maps. I map a ride on the laptop using Ride With GPS (easypeasy to do - uses google maps as it's base and for me is less 'fussy' than strava), upload to the Garmin and you're away. I am generally crap with tech so sometimes it will tell me when to turn, sometimes not. But that's unnecessary anyway as you just follow a breadcrumb trail with a very basic map. I think I have taken about two wrong turns in 10000 miles. You can also race a virtual partner as well as yourself.

It also chucks out more data than you could wish for, especially when paired with HR/cadence/power meters. I have the HR and cadence but generally only use the HR meter which is handy to give you a sense of your training zones. After a while I found though that you can pretty much tell what your approximate HR is depending upon how you feel .