Bike computer with cadence and altimeter?

[Catrin]

I've tried to look online for a bike computer with cadence and altimeter as an alternative to a full GPS computer. I've read mention in one of the threads that there are affordable versions of this, but danged if I can find one. I found some from 2001...one assumes technology has changed since then

Any suggestions? I may just throw a Cateye Strata with Cadence on my LHT and upgrade to a full GPS unit later - but if I can find something appropriate with an altimeter now then I will go that route.

[SadieKate]

What does "affordable" mean to you?

http://www.amazon.com/Sigma-22-Funct.../dp/B003BCCAR0

[Catrin]

What does "affordable" mean to you?

This isn't bad, I wouldn't want to pay much more than this...

[Veronica]

I have a Polar 720 that I'm selling with cadence and an altimeter...It's in the For Sale section.

Veronica

[SadieKate]

I have a Polar 720 that I'm selling with cadence and an altimeter...It's in the For Sale section.

Veronica

Yeah, me too. Sorta. I've just been too lazy to pull the bits and pieces out of the drawer.

[Catrin]

I have a Polar 720 that I'm selling with cadence and an altimeter...It's in the For Sale section.

Veronica

I will meander over there and look at it

Personally I would save up for a decent GPS unit if you want to explore with it. Cadence can be measured just fine in your head. Have someone count for 15 secs. Or have a metronome going in your head so you know what a 60 sec/min beat is. Cadence can be done without a high tech device. True mapping GPS functionality cannot.

And there are some decent prices on various Garmin devices right now. Just don't get the fitness/recording units (like the Forerunner or the Edge 305) mixed up with a true mapping GPS.

I keep eyeing them but I just can't take the leap . . . yet.

I hear you, I would have to do some saving before I could afford to make this leap. I do want it for exploring, but I need to master the bar-end shifters and build some miles before I can start exploring.

[SadieKate]

Personally I would save up for a decent GPS unit if you want to explore with it. Cadence can be measured just fine in your head. Have someone count for 15 secs. Or have a metronome going in your head so you know what a 60 sec/min beat is. Cadence can be done without a high tech device. True mapping GPS functionality cannot.

And there are some decent prices on various Garmin devices right now. Just don't get the fitness/recording units (like the Forerunner or the Edge 305) mixed up with a true mapping GPS.

I keep eyeing them but I just can't take the leap . . . yet.