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Post by Radchenister on May 22, 2014 11:04:31 GMT
As Steph says, don't discount the touring - depends entirely what you intend to use the thing for though and if you'll actually manage to use it to its full potential is up to the individual ... it's just nice to have it sometimes though, not knocking that, when I was younger with no family etc. I'd have had the one with all the bells and whistles.
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 11:10:20 GMT
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Post by robertsims on May 22, 2014 13:12:07 GMT
If not getting sensors then nope me neither...unless you feel you'll want them in future. As Rad said cadence is fairly easy to tell by feel after a while (or if want to know I just count number of times my right foot goes round in 15 secs and then multiply by 4 - simples!). I did buy a HR monitor and used it a few times but now v rarely use it - generally as Rad said either going easy, pushing it a bit or flat out is fine for most people
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 17:30:18 GMT
I've a 510 and use both cadence and HR. HR can be quite useful to judge your efforts but I can take it or leave it. Wouldn't be without cadence though.
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Post by ChrisD on May 22, 2014 19:14:30 GMT
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Post by Jonnie W on May 22, 2014 21:53:37 GMT
I have an Edge 500, upon Radchenister's suggestion - I really love it, partly due to the colour matching the bike ! I find it useful as I have no real experience with max heart rate's and other things that come with experience (hence why Rad suggested the 500 in the first place ), so it's great for helping me personally to understand my training / cycling in general. I think a lot of the data that it throws out isn't particularly relevant unless training seriously, but it's definitely interesting to see! I find the Gradient feature pretty cool - it shows the gradient of whatever you're riding which can be a momentary distraction from the pain of a hill The cadence feature is also useful to me as towards the end of rides my cadence tends to drop off, so it's helpful to have that reminder to keep it up. I'm sure you'll be happy with whatever you go for, they all seem like decent bits of kit
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Post by Deleted on May 22, 2014 23:02:09 GMT
Not sure if the courses and rides against virtual self are different on the 500 but that feature has some one big flaw for me on the 200, it does not overwrite or update the data, I.e if you ride the course faster than your previous attempt I'd expect it to overwrite the data. To keep the course personal record times up to date you'd need to create and save a new duplicate course and delete the old course. Not a massive effort but I'd rather spend my time doing other things. Pretty much the only data I'm interested in now is average speed. The auto- pause and auto- lap are great features on the 200 but expect they are on other GPS devices as well. I use my 200 unit to record my runs as well.
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Post by Radchenister on May 23, 2014 8:54:12 GMT
I've never raced myself, as rarely repeat a ride but 'courses' is fine for navigation - had plotted a route to use to go to a site visit today, unfortunately rain stops play and I'll take the car instead but I do use it this way regularly.
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Post by captslog on May 23, 2014 11:39:37 GMT
Uses air pressure to measure altitude. I used to have a Suunto one for use in the mountains it needed calibration to a fixed point to be accurate - weather fluctuations can effect it but fairly reliable. Weather makes a quite a difference I'm afraid. You need only need around 1% change in pressure to make a vertical difference of 100m.
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Post by echo7 on May 23, 2014 13:01:59 GMT
I've been using a forerunner 405 but have now out grown it (my rides are longer than the battery life). I have the HRM from the watch and use it on occasion as I do have a tendency to think I'm working harder than I actually am so I only need the head unit.
I thought I had come to the conclusion that the 500 is worth the extra £50 over the 200 but the 510 is not worth the £65 over the 500.
But now I have to look into Bryton Riders as well.
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Post by Whitestar1 on May 29, 2014 20:30:31 GMT
Unlike the rest of the Edge cycling computers, the Edge 200 uses a GPS based altimeter instead of a barometric based altimeter. answered own question via the power of google Didn't know that, very informative. Thanks
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Post by Whitestar1 on May 29, 2014 20:37:47 GMT
I have a 510 and I have to agree with the general thought here - unless you need the truck load of data that the 510/500 throws at you, the 200 will do just as well. I don't consider myself a serious cyclist like some people here, but I do enjoy going through the data after a ride, hence I love my 510 and all the data it can throw at me.
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Post by r0b1et on May 30, 2014 10:48:01 GMT
I have the Bryton Rider 20 with cadence and HRM from deca. Mostly love them - but just occasionally when I pause a ride and restart the last/first point after have messed up speeds... which messes up the total distance. As a bit of a computer nerd, I can easily fix the files, but the standard user might not.
Still for the money, I think the Rider 20 was perfect - no navigation... but getting lost is part of the fun.
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Post by ChrisD on May 30, 2014 13:35:24 GMT
Here's what looks like an interesting deal if you don't mind your gps/computer on the wrist. If you want the ANT+ HR monitor thrown in it's only an extra £6 (though earlier in the week both packages were a bit more expensive but the one with the HR monitor was cheaper than without). If you don't like to wear your gps when on the bike you could always add this. Shame it's not available in red trim though!
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Post by panda on May 30, 2014 14:34:00 GMT
I bought a Bryton 50 with cadence and heart rate monitor (used on eBay for (£96) and I have been absolutely delighted with it. Full colour, great dashboard with 5 different measurements (you can select what you see from a big list). Full European navigation with maps, which is great on a new route or if you get lost. Easy to use and Bryton Bridge online software seems fine to me with all the metrics you could ask for. To be honest, I don't usually like to own what everyone else has, so I avoided Garmin and I couldn't be happier.
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