I am waiting on my new bike to arrive and have started looking at bike computers. Would like to be able to see the grade of the climb and my cadence along with the time, speed, distance. Thoughts on the Garmin 500 or any other computer that you like?
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02-07-2012, 02:59 PM #1
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02-07-2012, 03:22 PM #2
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I have the Garmin Forerunner 310XT and love it. It's easy to use, gives you the info you want & lets you track it online. To get cadence, you'll need to get a duotrap (I'm assuming your new bike has this option) to sync it to your Garmin.
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02-07-2012, 03:38 PM #3
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The Garmin 500 has all of that and works great. I love mine. I was going to get the 800, I'm glad I stuck with the simpler option.
I also use mine out walking my dogs (my cadence is always zero when walking for some reason, LOL).My photoblog
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02-07-2012, 04:48 PM #4
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Slight thread jack: Does your 310xt take a long time to acquire satellites? I have to put mine outside about 20 minutes before an activity for it to have time to think....I wonder if I have a bad unit, but would love your impression!
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If I were buying new: I would look at the 910xt. But - I also swim and want to run. If I just wanted to bike, I would probably go with the 500 (assuming no maps required).Most days in life don't stand out, But life's about those days that will...
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02-07-2012, 04:51 PM #5
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I got the 500 right after it came out and I'm still very happy with it (wasn't so happy with the 305). Highly recommended!
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02-07-2012, 04:51 PM #6
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My 310XT acquires satellites very quickly. IIRC there have been some issues with that - take a look at the Garmin forums. I want to say there's some kind of reset you can do that fixes it, but I don't remember for sure.
Also, all you need is a footpod to get walking/running cadence with the wrist computers.
ETA - not familiar with the Duotrap, but Garmin's own cadence/wheel sensor works fine too.Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler
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02-07-2012, 05:05 PM #7
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Another happy Edge 500 user here. I don't have the speed/cadence sensor though, so I sometimes get inaccurate readings due to satellite interference.
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02-07-2012, 05:36 PM #8
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The Duotrap snaps into the chainstay of certain Trek frames.
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