Which GPS (sorry!)

[cd365]

I am thinking of buying a GPS device to track my cycling, I don't want to spend a fortune.

I am thinking of the Garmin Forerunner 410 with HRM currently £135 on Amazon or the Garmin Edge 200 £89 on Amazon. Not sure if I will use the HRM, I have one and rarely used it.

Any other cheap suggestions?

 

[MattHB]

The garmin 200 is brilliant. You can buy a 500 for about 150 (it's even more brilliant), but you'd have to get the HRM separately (about £20)

 

[ianrauk]

If you just want to track rides then the Garmin 200 would be perfect.
No point paying for HRM again if you already have but don't use.
May be worth looking at the Bryton's also. They have a new range of gps computers.

 

[david k]

i have a garmin 800 which is great but tbh theres a lot of features i rarely use
i also have a forunner 110x which is a watch

both work well

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Just got a Edge 200 (from halfords - car headlight had blown and they are 2 for 1 at the moment) (£89.99 they will price match their own website if you are checky enough to ask). Nicely they have considered the option that people may want to use it on more than 1 bike, so it comes with 2 bike mounts by default!
Does enough for what I want which is to track what I cycle. You can put a course in and it will tell you when you need to turn off, but not with a map in the background - but that is not what I purchased it for, so I am happy with it.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I use a Satmap. You can't use a cadence or HR monitor with it, but the ordnance survey mapping is brilliant and is stupidly easy to follow routes on it.

You can lift the data in a gpx file so can upload to strava and can import routes created on sites like ridemygps.

Is expensive, but if you aren't bothered about the cadence and hr monitor then definitely worth a look.

Just saw the cheap comment. D'oh!

 

[bobones]

Garmin Edge 500 . If you ever get serious about training, e.g. using a turbo trainer indoors, using a HR strap or power meter, doing cadence based workouts, then the 500 will support ANT+ accessories for these purposes, whereas the 200 won't. You can buy a 500 with ANT+ speed/cadence and HR sensors bundled or buy them separately, e.g. Decathlon do an ANT+ HR strap for £24.99 and a speed/cadence sensor for £16.49.

If you have an smart phone with GPS, you can use just use an app to track your rides, e.g. Cyclemeter (iPhone) or Strava (various). I used Cyclemeter for months before I got a Garmin and it's pretty great. Best to switch off the display and place it in your pocket to prolong the battery charge, but I had no problem recording 5+ hour rides with it.

 

[david k]

I am thinking of buying a GPS device to track my cycling, I don't want to spend a fortune.

I am thinking of the Garmin Forerunner 410 with HRM currently £135 on Amazon or the Garmin Edge 200 £89 on Amazon. Not sure if I will use the HRM, I have one and rarely used it.

Any other cheap suggestions?

in addition to the 2 garmins i have i also use my blackberry sometimes with the endomondo app
even when i use my garmin it will upload to endomondo so i can keep track of all my rides in one place

 

[Kestevan]

I got a Bryton 50 for Xmas. Cracking piece of kit with full mapping. The basic model (no HRM or Cadence - these can be added later) was about £150 - considerably cheaper than the equivalent Garmin.

Bryton seem to have sorted the earlier problems with their website/interface and TBH it's now nice and simple to use - with direct links to Strava etc and easy upload of tracks.

 

[smokeysmoo]

Another vote for the Garmin Edge 200, great piece of tech.

I love mine to bits and find there is no need for anything 'fancier' for me.

I've had the all singing and dancing jobbies, and TBH the novelty far outweighed the function for me.

The Edge 200 does what you want and does it brilliantly.