Questions about bike hire abroad and everything light bike related. No off-topic chat please
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CBJ
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by CBJ on Tue Dec 11, 2012 6:51 pm
xrs2 wrote:Garmin 800 is fine, but I wonder whose dumb idea it was to not have easily swappable batteries. Makes the thing next to useless for >14 hour rides.
As said not many people ride more than 14 hours per day. If you really need more battery power you can bring a battery pack and charge the unit when you take a breaks.
I really like my Edge 800 not that I do not think some of the suggestions in this thread sounds interesting. I more would wish the bike directions and trails that show up on Google would transfer better to the Garmin maps and that it in the first place would have bike friendly routes when if you type in a destination.
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xrs2
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by xrs2 on Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:30 pm
djm wrote:Not an awful lot of people have 14 hour rides. Maybe that is why
Well, everyone involved in randonneuring and other long-distance enthusiasts...it would be nice to have a hot-swappable battery pack but you're probably right, the audience is rather limited.
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xrs2
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by xrs2 on Tue Dec 11, 2012 7:35 pm
CBJ wrote:xrs2 wrote: I more would wish the bike directions and trails that show up on Google would transfer better to the Garmin maps and that it in the first place would have bike friendly routes when if you type in a destination.
I use Ride With GPS, and the TCX files that the site exports work great with Garmin...
And if you're in Brooklyn, you should come up to the Catskills and enjoy some great roads...only 1.5 hours by Metro North to Poughkeepsie.
Some routes in Ulster and Dutchess for you if you're interested:
http://ridewithgps.com/users/47181And some more description on a blog I'm just getting started (link below)
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by markyboy on Thu Dec 13, 2012 6:40 am
tonytourist wrote:I want to see them incorporate some kind of wifi sync so I would never have to plug my Garmin into my computer
+1 on that wifi will be so good,as i have said before i think we will see maor upgrades i hope.
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by djconnel on Tue Jan 01, 2013 2:25 pm
I'm not sure you can rely on the Edge 800 lasting 14 hours. I lost GPS during a double (during an Edge 500 upload snafu, with earlier, buggier firmware) and it didn't make me happy at all. I really wanted that Strava activity to see how I'd done on the climbs relative to other riders, or how much time I'd lost in a wrong turn (why I took a wrong turn when using and Edge 500 is a good question: I'd not at the time known how to use the navigation feature).
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by sethjs on Wed Jan 02, 2013 11:35 pm
LVGH wrote:This is already possible with numerous phone apps such as Endomondo and Run.GPS. Don't tell your wife/gf.
Being able to rely on the garmin gps chip rather than your phone 's would save a bunch of battery
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by djconnel on Thu Jan 03, 2013 12:29 am
sethjs wrote:LVGH wrote:This is already possible with numerous phone apps such as Endomondo and Run.GPS. Don't tell your wife/gf.
Being able to rely on the garmin gps chip rather than your phone 's would save a bunch of battery
Good points. Real issue is keeping my phone on all the time will suck the battery, but then it's an old HTC Incredible and battery life is much better on, for example, iPhone 5.
In any case, I look forward to seeing how much it weighs. Edge 500 is around 56 grams.
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LVGH
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by LVGH on Thu Jan 03, 2013 12:35 am
Putting the phone in flight mode makes a difference. Logging for up to 10 hours is possible with most devices. Of course you'll have to keep the screen off.
These 510 and 810 do not seem to provide any substantial improvements over the old models. But Garmin dominates the market anyway so I guess they don't have to.