Well yes - I am officially Mr Techno, Shopper suspect no 1, Mr Consumer - whatever.
I went shopping again pre Commuting for a device that could both help me navigate the Route into Manchester as well capture all the Bio data, speed, heart rate etc.
After a quick chat with a cycling Buddy Paul - he recommended the Edge 705 as he'd been using a previous model and it's a hit.
After using a cycle computer forever, the Garmin is a significant upgrade - and not a cheap one at circa £200. But the extra facilities and clear display plus the ability to download rides and performance to a pc and then onto Google Earth is great.
I've not stretched it to the limit yet but the ability to download GPX data from websites such as Bikely allowed me an error free trip into a Major City following in another cyclists footprints. Data is simply downloaded onto a Micro SD card and you set the unit to follow a previous route.
Not sure about the mapping other than following routes but I'll see as I am in the early stages of planning a dash round Ireland later this year.
So far though, very robust, good Battery life and great tracking. Save up.
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