Anyone use phone GPS for biking?

[chicago]

I haven't heard about Curve specific GPS application stuff like for the iPhone (MapMyRide has an iphone app that i hear works okay). But..maybe it does have something like that for free like iPhone does. ???


I picked up my 705 from CompUPlus for a little under $400 last year (the HR monitor version)...and then later got the street maps for $100 from Garmin.

Those puppies don't have to cost you an arm and a leg.. (though $500's bad enough, I guess! just not as bad as it could have been)

hey BabyBlue... do you have cadence?

So are you telling me I can get the GPS with only the heart rate option and add the SD city card later??

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

hey BabyBlue... do you have cadence?

So are you telling me I can get the GPS with only the heart rate option and add the SD city card later??

Yup! That's what I did! I don't have the cadence monitor, but after using a Powertap before this, I figured I could do without. :-)

[Mr. Bloom]

I have an iPhone with iMapMyRide...but battery life is the issue. Both Silver and I are sticking with our Garmins

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

You gals looking for a 705 on the "cheap".. My tip is to vary the way you search for prices on the thing.

I remember that when I found my 705, I tried getting back to it from different search engines. Doggone if I didn't get different prices. Makes sense, I guess.. they probably have different "sponsored result" deals with different search engines.

Be patient and keep at it. The super-duper price I found seemed too good to be true ($390-something like that)... for a 705 w/HR ?? It was nuts. I checked out the website to make sure it was a real place and then snagged that puppy up.

I've checked the site where I got mine and it says they're out of stock/backordered right now. Its not giving a price at the moment. I get "deal" emails from them every week though and maybe there'd be an extra discount linking through that when the things get back in stock. If anyone wants... send me a PM with your email and I'll send you my next "deal" flyer so you can have a backdoor-style "in".

They CAN be had for less than $600, ladies. No reason to settle for less than what you really want - if the 705 is what you really want.

[Aggie_Ama]

I still think I am going to try it because once I get a Garmin it is NEVER going mountain biking and this would also work for running. I have seen now 4 Garmins meet unfortunate demises because people use them on the trail and I am not Ama Moneybags.

Plus I probably won't be getting a Garmin until at least Christmas because no point buying the basic one when I want all the bells and whistles on it and then if I get one DH gets jealous and wants one for himself, we are like kids about stuff like that.

Thanks for the tip Baby Blue. I now know to start watching because the Garmin is already on my radar as Christmas present.