Garmin edge 501 ... To buy ... Or not to buy ... Advice please

[Joey Shabadoo]

Well yes, in that you link it to Strava and analyse your ride on there. http://www.strava.com/activities/98804116

 

[HB2210]

Well yes, in that you link it to Strava and analyse your ride on there. http://www.strava.com/activities/98804116

Does it not display as you are riding?

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Don't know, I can't see through the pain.



Yes it does - time elapsed, speed, distance etc

 

[Nick Stone]

510 connects with smart phone, hook up the ANT+ sensors and you've got HR, cadence and speed, temperature and oodles of good stuff for progress, if you use garmin connect to upload to Stava etc you can map, train, record.

On my connect page it got targets, weight loss, mile stones cadence charts, compare my local quick blast etc, then bang on strava to see about the segments and move up those places, if your after a bit less the 200 is well worth it. Both have the bread crumb if you upload a route and are pretty good IMHO

I think I'm a garmin person now though

 

[Kies]

Garmin 200 - basic gps computer for logging your ride,ave speed,top speed, no provision for cadence or hrm sensors.crumb trail gps routing
Garmin 500/510 - everything the 200 does, and has +ant capability (cadence & hrm)
Garmin 800/810 - everything the 500 does, but with gps routing, so a tomtom for cycling
Garmin touring and touring plus models are a variation on the 800 series, but give and take some features away depending on the model.

This is a rough (not exhaustive) guide of the models and there features.

The reason i bought the 200 when first starting out was to log my rides and see them on a map once i plugged it into a PC. I can also see my rides have got longer and ave speed is up. Never really been bothered about cadence or hrm. Prefer to keep my shiny expensive phone in my saddle bag for emergencies or maps if i get lost.

 

[HB2210]

Garmin 200 - basic gps computer for logging your ride,ave speed,top speed, no provision for cadence or hrm sensors.crumb trail gps routing
Garmin 500/510 - everything the 200 does, and has +ant capability (cadence & hrm)
Garmin 800/810 - everything the 500 does, but with gps routing, so a tomtom for cycling
Garmin touring and touring plus models are a variation on the 800 series, but give and take some features away depending on the model.

This is a rough (not exhaustive) guide of the models and there features.

The reason i bought the 200 when first starting out was to log my rides and see them on a map once i plugged it into a PC. I can also see my rides have got longer and ave speed is up. Never really been bothered about cadence or hrm. Prefer to keep my shiny expensive phone in my saddle bag for emergencies or maps if i get lost.

Ah ha ..... I will keep my phone with me too, as a female I rely on having it with me

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Just checked mine and it even gives you a count of the calories you're burning as you're riding.
I wonder if it takes into account the Mars bars and cakes I'm eating while I'm riding?

 

[Nigelnaturist]

You forget the Bryton range, in my opinion they track better than garmins and the web page gives tons more info, the base model is Ant+ so has sp/cad/hr capabilities £50 from Fawkes the 40 can be had for about the £130 mark much the same as the 500, the rider 50 and 60 both do much the same as the 800 series, the 60 is touch screen and bluetooth compatible so you get turn by turn through a headset if you want, can be had from about £230.
I had a 500 nicked from my bedroom (family thing) so I got a rider 20 for £45 last week to tide me over till I get a 40 or something else.
This was Sundays ride.
http://www.brytonsport.com/mapTrackView/2?id=4862059
The draw back with the 20 is on screen info is lacking.
You can down load from endomondo as a tcx file and upload this to strava, which by the way isn't the best for training, and really is only any good for a bit of fun.

 

[HB2210]

Just checked mine and it even gives you a count of the calories you're burning as you're riding.
I wonder if it takes into account the Mars bars and cakes I'm eating while I'm riding?

You think I've been too hasty cancelling the tour?

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

I dunno. All I can say is I like mine. I'm a casual cyclist so I don't particularly need HRM or cadence or the more advanced training aids, though I understand why they would be useful for those taking things more seriously.

 

[uclown2002]

All roads lead to Garmin! You won't regret it.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

All roads lead to Garmin! You won't regret it.

Not entirely sure had both, I would have kept the Ride 35 last year if the routing was a little better, it really is the only thing that let it down over the 500, I did find the 500 easier to use as a plugin device on the computer, but then I do lots of stuff others wouldn't even dream about.
My data work flow was a little easier after a ride as well, but I did find errors in the conversion of the fit file to tcx's and gave anomalous elevation readings, the other draw back to Bryton is, it is slight more difficult to upload to other sites, but once you download the tcx from the unit you just upload that, which is just as easy if not quicker in some cases, as the unit doesn't need to sync to web site you are uploading (this can take some time)

 

[Winnershsaint]

LBS is doing me an Edge 500 with speed and cadence and HRM for £190. Merry Xmas to me, from me!

 

[ianrauk]

LBS is doing me an Edge 500 with speed and cadence and HRM for £190. Merry Xmas to me, from me!

Bargain

 

[uclown2002]

Bargain

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