Garminitis

[Ubarrow]

Had a lovely ride yesterday on the Tour De Furness, along the Coast Road from Barrow then up round Coniston and back. It was one of those rare days when the lake was still and everything was perfect.
Looking back, I spent far too much time looking at my Garmin, rather than the stunning scenery...........

Is this a common affliction, and is there a cure - other than binning it?

 

[PeteXXX]

Yes! Get a Wahoo and stare at that instead

 

[Globalti]

Bin the Garmin and go back to a proper map; at least you can only view that when stopped and it shows you the whole area instead of the route as seen through a cardboard tube!

 

[vickster]

Just use your phone for Strava or whatever and stick it in your rack pack. Then you won’t be bugged by calls or texts either

 

[Specialeyes]

Push the Garmin mount round your bars so it's upside-down - you'll know it's there, your ride will be on Strava so it did happen, but you'll have no idea about your speed/distance/average speed etc until afterwards and can enjoy the ride in the meantime!

 

[Globalti]

Put the Garmin on your car dashboard and drive all the local segments, then you'll be KOM everywhere and you can stop worrying about it for ever and go back to enjoyable pootling?

 

[Drago]

Just use your phone for Strava or whatever and stick it in your rack pack. Then you won’t be bugged by...

...hillbillies?

Oh, you said bugged. Silly me.

 

[HLaB]

If you are wanting to do scenery and can't ignore a computer on your bars either put it in your pocket or use your phone (in your pocket of course) instead

 

[Crackle]

Look up occasionally

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Ride without any electronics? Have a list of villages to pass through and look at the signposts?

 

[fossyant]

Just stop looking at it. Its there to record stuff whilst you enjoy the ride.

 

[bladesman73]

I sold my garmin to get back to why i started cycling which was to enjoy the outdoors

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Just stop looking at it. Its there to record stuff whilst you enjoy the ride.

This really - I only look at mine now and again to see how far I've ridden.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Had a lovely ride yesterday on the Tour De Furness, along the Coast Road from Barrow then up round Coniston and back. It was one of those rare days when the lake was still and everything was perfect.
Looking back, I spent far too much time looking at my Garmin, rather than the stunning scenery...........

Is this a common affliction, and is there a cure - other than binning it?

Nice route!

 

[Shut Up Legs]

When I saw the thread title, I thought it was about the Garmin not working properly, i.e. it had Garminitis. In any case: you don't need to bin the Garmin to enjoy yourself, just learn to use it like any other tool, but don't let it spoil your enjoyment of the ride.