Garmin Edge 305 Question

[DrBadger]

Well, I broke down and bought one too..... at this price I just couldn't say no!

Helped that my extended family had another graduation party for me yesterday, so I was able to justify using some of my haul from that to buy myself another toy that I TOTALLY didn't need

Looking forward to using it on my first century in 2 weeks!

[Pedal Wench]

My birthday is next week, and I was just visiting my BF -- and noticed the Garmin rebate form on his desktop... maybe I can join in this conversation in a week!

[jobob]

My birthday isn't for another month but I just ordered one.
I found a great deal on Amazon, and with the $75 PowerBar rebate it comes in around $175. Sweeeet.

[SouthernBelle]

Before you buy the 305, check out the newer models!

[li10up]

The REI price is $399.00! I like ordering from REI because of their replacement policy...they just gave me a brand new replacement tent on a 2 year old tent! with NO hassle! But the price on Amazon is soooo much better.... If you get a lemon from Amazon would you have to deal with someone there or would you just go through Garmin, anyone know?

[SadieKate]

I've dealt directly with Garmin but you should read the Garmin site for the best source of info. Register the product on their warranty page.

[easterbird]

I can get it to display while I ride? perverse,yes? AND I can get it to show up as a graph that is barely readable vs elevation in GTC. Is there any way to get the data in tablular form. I know there's a lot of data in there but it doesn't seem all that easy to find istructions(Ha) on how to retrieve it.

Suggestions(other than that I am braindead in retirement )are welcome!

[SouthernBelle]

Are you using Garmin Training Center or MotionBased? I find the info easier to find and understand on MotionBased.

[Mr. Bloom]

I can get it to display while I ride? perverse,yes?

Yes, you can display it and NO, it's not perverse (Silver says "obsessive, but not perverse")

I think this is what you're trying to do:

Hit MODE until you come to Main Menu

Hit SETTINGS /enter

Hit DATA FIELDS/enter

Choose the number of BIKE COMPUTER you want to program

Hit enter...I choose 8 fields here, but this makes all 8 smaller to read

Choose your fields...GRADE is one of the fields you can choose.

Motionbased is awfully cool. I didn't see the value at first, but now I'm hooked.

[jobob]

Before you buy the 305, check out the newer models!

Eh, I looked at the 605 & the 705, but it'll be a few weeks before they come out & then there are bound to be software quirks to work out. And I hate paying top dollar for electronics.