Garmin Edge 305 users...

[CarbonCandy]

I know this thread is about the 305, but does anyone have a 705? I'm personally curious about it. And yes, I know its excessive

[dachshund]

I know this thread is about the 305, but does anyone have a 705? I'm personally curious about it. And yes, I know its excessive

I have to admit I'm curious about it also. It seems like a GPS-enabled device should have street maps, but if I really think I'm going to get lost, I'd bring a paper map. So it seems like the map would be useful once in a while, at best.

[CarbonCandy]

I have to admit I'm curious about it also. It seems like a GPS-enabled device should have street maps, but if I really think I'm going to get lost, I'd bring a paper map. So it seems like the map would be useful once in a while, at best.

Yeah, but a paper map on my bike? Not a huge fan of packing stuff. I liike to keep it down to my seat pack, and if I have to, a small camelbak. Plus the garmin would go right on my handle bars

[OakLeaf]

I just got a 705 about a month ago. I'm still learning to use it (have a lot of experience with my Forerunner 301), but what I love about the 705 most so far is being able to upload routes from Mapmyride.com. Then I tell it to navigate the route, and it beeps every time there's a turn upcoming, shows me a direction arrow and also the name of the road I'm supposed to turn on.

For a totally unfamiliar area, and especially for route planning without a computer, yeah, I'd want paper maps. But just for getting around - navigating bikeable streets in town while staying off the main roads; making sure I'm on track, and getting back on track if I get off - I LOVE my 705.

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

Okay. You guys are REEEEEAAALLLY making it hard to decide.
<banging palm of my hand on my head> Ugh ugh.....

[OakLeaf]

Oh, and I'm on a Mac too. The only problem I've had is uploading routes from the 705 to mapmyride.com. Can't get it to work.

I haven't even tried uploading a route from the 705 to MotionBased. Works fine with the Forerunner 301, though.

And, if you're using Windows software under Parallels, at least with my old Parallels 2.x, getting the 705 to talk to the computer is a two-step process. The 605/705 is a USB mass storage device, so it communicates with the computer differently than the earlier models. I have to connect the 705, tell Parallels 2.x to recognize it, then disconnect it and re-connect it again. Never had to do that with the Forerunner 301. And since that's the only USB device I've used with Parallels, I don't know if that's a common problem.

Edit: Just uploaded today's ride from the 705 to MotionBased, no problem.

[Possegal]

I treated myself to the 305 edge with my work bonus. Usually I pay bills, but it is 'found money' as my mum used to say, so I played with it.

Still figuring things out, of course. And although it is new, I'm guessing that I need a new battery for the cadence sensor as it says zero, and I distinctly remember pedaling.

My brother in law has decided to ride the livestrong challenge in philly with us, even though he hasn't been on his bike since he was hit by a car a year or two ago. So he's now been taking his bike out to a local park and riding, where he feels safer. So I came to visit this weekend and we went out together. I wish I could train a bit more here in my hometown of Pittsburgh, as we have a few more hills here and there are many on the ride, so the hills would really help me.

He really loved it when I showed him the elevation graph. I'm a scientist, I would graph everything if it were possible.