Good lord, if only someone would!
Just start you unit a 100ft from home. I guess I am lucky I live down a bit of a track so start and end it there where there are other houses.Remind me to bore you to death with Strava next time I see you !!
Interesting - those were the first to do navigation as well, weren't they? Does it do route calculation, or just following a GPX course? (sorry for the thread hijack, op - some mounts for my phone cost £40, so this is interesting stuff)depends how cheap is, you can pick up garmin edge 705's for less than £100, mine was 45+pp did need a little sorting like an adaptor for the mount (already got some quarter turn mounts) a new battery, maps can be got free and are easy to install, ok the screen is smaller, but does everything I need, including hr sp/cad, if I tweak it enough I am sure it will ride the bike for me as well.
If I take pictures I want a camera, phones just don't have the quality..But I can get a ruggedised phone for £60 or so, which if/when I ever get to go on a tour can also be used as an ereader and camera and - well anything else I get the apps for. A bike computer and a phone are basically just computers - but the one labelled as a 'phone' can be used to run all sorts of programs. And of course I'd have a spare phone
You can load either tcx or gpx course/route files, tcx for training with a virtual partner, the gpx route will give you turn advise notice at about 1/5 of a mile and at the turn, it will calculate a route for you (various settings) I have tried the get home feature and whilst it works my local knowledge is sometimes better, but it could be settings or the map, I have a few different ones and currently using one with elevation lines, though it must be quite old as a by pass I came down today gave an error. I tend to use tcx course files but I will be trying out the gpx route file option a little more. The new battery as with all lithium batteries took a few charges to get to its optimum capcity it did a 7-8 hr ride using tcx course and about 1/2 of backlit (on low) with at least a third battery charge left
My camera is almost as tough as my gps unit, and seriously if I don't take an image with my camera I won't be taking one. My tools are in a tool box my computer on a desk, gets a bit much carrying three 20" screens around, I don't need a mobile phone have no use for one. i think the last one I owned was 2010.I have a camera too - my point was that a 'phone' can do many things, but a GPS unit cannot. And a spare camera can't hurt
That's not quite right. It's more like someone writing up and saying what kind of bread should I use to knock this nail into a bit of wood and people then recommending which hammer to buy. Current phones tend to be designed with two things in mind: photos and Facebook. As an add on they can also make calls but way down the list is navigation.
The best camera is the one you have with youMy camera is almost as tough as my gps unit, and seriously if I don't take an image with my camera I won't be taking one. My tools are in a tool box my computer on a desk, gets a bit much carrying three 20" screens around, I don't need a mobile phone have no use for one. i think the last one I owned was 2010.
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