Sat Nav for Bike

[jimboalee]

You can get a Garmin Nuvi 250 sat nav for under £100 e.g;
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-Satellite-Navigation-System-Mapping/dp/B000OV16MQ

It has the option of using it for bicycle or pedestrian and they also do a bicycle mount for it;
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-Hand...?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1248114497&sr=1-14

Of course it won't record any of your cycling information such but if you can get hold of a cheap Aldi computer that does HR as well as odo, mph etc you can use it in conjunction with that.

Could be useful on an Audax. You will need to sus all the controls and INFOs before you go.

Second thoughts, if there is a cycle path or footbridge that cuts a mile off the road distance, this Nuvi won't tell you about it.

Third thoughts, using an Autorouting SATNAV to get from one control to another MIGHT take you a different route than the organiser has on the routesheet.

I always build a route for my Edge which follows the routesheet. When I get the Brevet card at the start, I check for the dreaded box entitled "SECRET CONTROL" If there isn't a 'secret', its a free route between controls and the auto routing on Topo GB guides me.

So no, not a good piece of kit for Audax. OK if you're a delivery boy.

 

[nebapneb]

I'm also using http://www.sportypal.com on my HTC TytnII. Worked ok, picked up GPS is a reasonable time and gave good results. One issue I had was that the first time the GPS connecting time was long but after that its prity much instant.

The application seems good. Great first impression and is easy to use. Uploaded quite quickly from the phone and didn't take too much battery power.

I did take a photo though, but can't see it anywhere

i'm using sportypal on my htc diamond/mda compact iv
also got a trial copy of memory map on for checking maps at OS level

 

[blazed]

Im going to get an Edge 605 or 705, does anyone know any shops which stock them in the hertfordshire area? So far all i can find is websites, even halfords dont have them in store anymore.

 

[jimboalee]

Im going to get an Edge 605 or 705, does anyone know any shops which stock them in the hertfordshire area? So far all i can find is websites, even halfords dont have them in store anymore.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000X477X6/rugged14-21?gclid=CIrurYDZ65sCFZgU4wodaUsh4Q

Bloody hell!!

When I bought mine it was £183.

And £1.60 for the 2 gbte card,,,, !

 

[Fantus]

Bloody hell!!

Yeah, been looking at getting a 605 but the price is rather high.

Does anyone have any experience with the GPSMap 60Cx? Some review sites rate them above the 605 for use as a Navigator and Turn-by-Turn directions. They're cheaper too, about £180.

 

[jimboalee]

Could be useful on an Audax. You will need to sus all the controls and INFOs before you go.

Second thoughts, if there is a cycle path or footbridge that cuts a mile off the road distance, this Nuvi won't tell you about it.

Third thoughts, using an Autorouting SATNAV to get from one control to another MIGHT take you a different route than the organiser has on the routesheet.

I always build a route for my Edge which follows the routesheet. When I get the Brevet card at the start, I check for the dreaded box entitled "SECRET CONTROL" If there isn't a 'secret', its a free route between controls and the auto routing on Topo GB guides me.

So no, not a good piece of kit for Audax. OK if you're a delivery boy.

An option that might work would be the Garmin suggested by Plax with a PowerChimp and some spare batteries.

An OS map as a reference when Cyclepath or footbridge is an option because it will re-calc at the other end of the shortcut.

It talks to you too

 

[georgetr]

I'm using Sportypal on my htc G1 (dream), taking GPS signal is like 10-15sec.

Sportypal is not made for navigation but sometimes when I don,t know where to go I check the google maps (zoom in/out), it is working for me. The log of sportypal is really good and accurate, you can see it, on my morning workout:

http://www.sportypal.com/Workouts/Details/20821

Cheers

 

[nigelnorris]

wrt using TomTom Navigator on a mobile, I just today discovered that you can create routes on google maps or google earth or by the looks of it pretty much any mapping software that will export them as .kml or .gpx, convert to .itn, copy into your itinerary folder and bobs your uncle, really straightforward TomTom itineraries without having to use the built in sloooooow method.

I'll be using that a lot I think.

Bad news it doesn't work for a lot of premade .gpx files since there is a cap of 48 waypoints in TomTom and all the ones I downloaded to try are made up of considerably more. The conversion software I got hold of does allow you to just break the .gpx into as many stage by stage itineraries/maps as necessary to counter this limitation. I'm thinking that there's a way round that too though, just needs playing with a bit more.