Hi Everybody: Because I'm not very good at reading cue sheets or Google-map directions while riding, you-all now have me considering a navigation device for the first time ever. So, some questions for the group:
Please name a device (whether it's the Garmin Edge 20 or Cateye Urban or something similar) that is so simple that a Luddite / technical moron can use it for route directions. - Does this device give audible audio instructions such as "turn right in 20 meters," or does it only show "right" or "left" or whatever on its tiny screen? If the latter, is the word or symbol on the screen easy to see and to follow? - Can this device easily upload and use cue-sheets / route directions from a computer? - Does this device not require the use of a smartphone? - Can this device hold a charge for at least eight hours, and preferably ten? I'd love to hear of a super-simple-to-use and relatively inexpensive device that can give me accurate and timely instructions on when to turn. Any other feature (speed, distance, time, heart rate, map of route traveled for boasting purposes) is a bonus. Your advice, please? Specific product names especially appreciated! And if you've outgrown a device because it's too basic for you, you may have a buyer in me. Thanks, Evan E. in S.F. On Wednesday, July 27, 2016 at 6:32:39 AM UTC-7, RJM wrote: > > Whatever lowest level Garmin (Edge 20 or 25?)has will do everything you > want it to and it will do it without having to add sensors or wires....plus > you will get gps. They are super simple to use. > > I use the Garmin 1000 Explore and find it to be great except I've come > across a bug when out mountain biking. When sweat hits the touchscreen it > will think I'm trying to change that data field and go to a menu of > choices. I'm always sweating while mountainbiking and I'm always moving > around on the bike so sweat is flying exactly where the garmin sits, so it > has been bumming me out. Garmin customer service can't solve the issue. > I've been thinking about picking up an Edge 20 or 25 just so I don't need > to take the 1000 with me and those have push buttons instead of > touchscreens. Plus, they are smaller. > > I dig data on the road bike, even have a power meter but on the mountain > bike not so much. I do like to look at a gps map of where I went though, > and garmin saves all that in one convenient place. > > On Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 10:18:51 AM UTC-5, bluebirdonabicycle wrote: > >> Maybe its my age but its a confusing world looking at the many different >> cyclometers (or whatever they are called) >> Im looking for something wireless, simple that has the basic (important) >> features like....How fast? Distance? Total miles? >> But well built. >> Most I look at seem cluttered with endless features. >> Any opinions from those who have traveled this road? >> >> BBOB >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
