Gps I am impressed!

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The only draw back with it is you could have accident looking at the

screen and not the road.

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Follow honourable Mr-Cateye-san's advice and "duly consider to road safety"
🙂

I got a GPS unit long before I started cycling again (for other reasons which will be apparent to
anyone who knows my past 😉 - they are handy for moinitoring routes but I tend to keep mine in the
bag and check it at stops for safety (plus I can't find a handle bar mount in the local Maplins at
the moment)

BTW which model was it? May be worth posting model number as there are loads of them!

Alex

"Ivor Cave" wrote

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The only draw back with it is you could have accident looking at the

screen and not the road.

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Ivor Cave

A German motorist did just that a few years back. Engrossed in the GPS navigating system on his cars
dashboard, he drove straight off an open drawbridge.
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mark

Ivor Cave said:

Got a hand held garmin gps with handle bar mount last week. Tested it going to work a couple of
days but today I gave it a real world test.

Took it away on a four week tour?

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Using an OS Explorer map and a ruler to get coordinates for waypoints a route was picked. Some I
had some cycled before but most of it was new. Waypoints were set at road junctions and looking at
the map display you can see how far to a junction and what way to turn when you get there. It also
is an odometer altimeter and speedometer. Shows average speed as well so not only did it allow me
to cycle a new route with getting lost or stopping to read a map. It also told me speed and
average speed as well.

If you are after a cycle computer consider a gps unit it has most cycle computer functions
and more.

Just curious, but my cycle computer lasts around 18months on one battery. What sort of batteries
does the gps use and how long do they last?

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Can't wait till next month when I have to find my mums new house in plymouth before heading for a
weeks cycling on the isle of wight.

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The only draw back with it is you could have accident looking at the screen and not the road.

That's not an accident, that's a collision.

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Ivor Cave

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BTW which model was it? May be worth posting model number as there are loads of them!

Alex

Ended up getting the GPS2 plus. Because its an older model its quite cheap it has an antenna so gets
better reception than some of the smaller models. The screen also has two orientations for handheld
or mounted.

Ivor Cave

Mr R@t \(2.3 zulu-alpha\) comms room 2 said:

Quoted message said:

The only draw back with it is you could have accident looking at the

screen and not the road.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I got a GPS unit long before I started cycling again (for other reasons which will be apparent to
anyone who knows my past 😉 - they are handy for moinitoring routes but I tend to keep mine in the
bag and check it at stops for safety (plus I can't find a handle bar mount in the local Maplins at
the moment)

I got one for hill walking, but have found it unexpectedly useful in urban cycling. If I want to
visit a new address for example, I enter the post code into Streetmap, enter the OS co-ords into the
GPS as a waypoint, and head off. Having a pointer on the handlebars which shows direction and
distance to destination is usually all that is needed to navigate through unfamiliar streets with
fair efficiency, although sometimes you need to note things like which bridge to take when a route
can't be direct.

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BTW which model was it? May be worth posting model number as there are loads of them!

Mine is a Garmin eTrex Summit..

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Ivor Cave said:

Got a hand held garmin gps with handle bar mount last week. Tested it going to work a couple of
days but today I gave it a real world test.

I have been using one for about 2 months and it is excellent for mapping and finding your way out of
places like Bracknell Forest and Cannock Chase! Mine is a Garmin geko 201 and weighs just 3 ounces,
the size of a small Nokia phone, got the handlebar mount and lanyard from a place on the net.

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If you are after a cycle computer consider a gps unit it has most cycle computer functions
and more.

Absolutely, and lets not forget the accuracy. It gives bearings, elevation info, and is extremely
useful.It also recognises the OS map datum.

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Just curious, but my cycle computer lasts around 18months on one battery. What sort of batteries
does the gps use and how long do they last?

It takes 2 AAA alkaline duracells which last about 10 -12 hours with normal usage and some use of
the backlight. The geko however will also run on rechargeable Ni-MH which from fully charged give
about 3 hours performance. These batteries are about 8 quid for four and can be recharged up to a
1000 times. This is what I currently use, as a very cost effective solution.

HTH

Gibbo.

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Quoted message said:

Ivor Cave said:

Got a hand held garmin gps with handle bar mount last week. Tested it going to work a couple of
days but today I gave it a real world test.

I have been using one for about 2 months and it is excellent for mapping and finding your way
out of places like Bracknell Forest and Cannock Chase! Mine is a Garmin geko 201 and weighs just
3 ounces, the size of a small Nokia phone, got the handlebar mount and lanyard from a place on
the net.

It's even better if you also use some mapping software - like Fugawi UK www.fugawi.com (which I use)
or Anquet (www.anquet.co.uk). They both use the OS 1:50 000 map data and let you plot a route, print
a map with the route on, and send the route to a GPS unit. Then the GPS then tells you which way go.
I find it means I don't have to stop and look at the map nearly so often, meaning I can just keep
going without having to stop. Also it helps you to be more certain of which trail to use when they
aren't signed properly.

When you get back you can upload the 'breadcrumb trail' that some GPS units make back to the
software and see where you really went, together with speed info.

John

Adrian Tritschler said:

Took it away on a four week tour?

No just a 20 mile circuit on unfamiliar roads.

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Just curious, but my cycle computer lasts around 18months on one battery. What sort of batteries
does the gps use and how long do they last?

It takes four AA batteries that last 24 hours. Probably only use it for two hours on a sunday
morning. So they should last long enough ifs it becomes a problem will switch to rechargables.

Ivor Cave

Ivor Cave said:

Got a hand held garmin gps with handle bar mount last week. Tested it going to work a couple of
days but today I gave it a real world test. Using an OS Explorer map and a ruler to get coordinates
for waypoints a route was picked. Some I had some cycled before but most of it was new. Waypoints
were set at road junctions and looking at the map display you can see how far to a junction and
what way to turn when you get there. It also is an odometer altimeter and speedometer. Shows
average speed as well so not only did it allow me to cycle a new route with getting lost or
stopping to read a map. It also told me speed and average speed as well.

If you are after a cycle computer consider a gps unit it has most cycle computer functions and
more. Can't wait till next month when I have to find my mums new house in plymouth before heading
for a weeks cycling on the isle of wight. The only draw back with it is you could have accident
looking at the screen and not the road.

Ivor Cave

I use mine all of the time on the mountain bike and road bike. Training for the Etape I have been
loading 100mile routes into the unit and riding non-stop without any map checks.

I rode the E2E with it in my saddlebag .. boy do I feel silly now. With the GPS you know within 20
metres that you are going the wrong way.

Get a Garmin Etrex or higher and a handlebar mount and buy the mapping, mount and unit from
Tracklogs (tracklogs.co.uktracklogs.co.ukOpen ↗) who also sell MTB routes.

Finally, if you're really sad like our family you can go Geocahing (geocaching.comgeocaching.comOpen ↗)

Bye Bye Dave

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Just curious, but my cycle computer lasts around 18months on one battery. What sort of batteries
does the gps use and how long do they

last?

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My "eMap" batteries last for about 12 hours if I'm lucky. Rechargeable NiMH that have been cycled
about 20 times so far. (From "Powacenter" on ebay, good price). But the eMap is very good
otherwise. Niv.

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Hmm, my wife said "oh, that looks fun". Can you tell which caches you can cycle to?

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mark said:

"Ivor Cave" wrote

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The only draw back with it is you could have accident looking at the

screen and not the road.

Quoted message said:

Ivor Cave

A German motorist did just that a few years back. Engrossed in the GPS navigating system on his
cars dashboard, he drove straight off an open drawbridge.

Is this an urban legend developing?

The original incident was on the river Havel in Germany. No Drawbridge, in fact no bridge at all
though the BMW driver expected one because the car navigation system showed the road crossing the
river. Instead there was a ferry crossing,but the ferry was not there. Which is probably just as
well considering he was going too fast to stop before the road ran out. He did survive the incident
despite plunging into 3m of water.

G.Harman

J said:

J

When you get back you can upload the 'breadcrumb trail' that some GPS units make back to the
software and see where you really went, together with speed info.

John

When I bought mine and got to examine it ,I found a breadcrumb trail. Did some research and back to
the vendor. Which one of you lot lives at *** so and so street in turktown. Oh and you do know that
the NSL is supposed to be 70mph not 105.

One assistant " how do you know I live there?".

I replied ,well if you are going to borrow stock to test it out you should be more carefull. As this
unit was supposed to be new and you used it how about a free set of rechargeable batteries and I'll
call it quits. The Shop manager agreed.

Wonder how long before we hear of some wife obtaining evidence of hubby playing away because he has
forgotten the capabilities of GPS units.

G.harman

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Wonder how long before we hear of some wife obtaining evidence of hubby playing away because he has
forgotten the capabilities of GPS units.

... Or some hubby obtaining evidence of wife playing away because she has forgotten the
capabilities of GPS units. ;-)
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Michael MacClancy

(g.harman) said:

When I bought mine and got to examine it ,I found a breadcrumb trail. Did some research and back to
the vendor. Which one of you lot lives at *** so and so street in turktown. Oh and you do know that
the NSL is supposed to be 70mph not 105.

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One assistant " how do you know I live there?".

Quoted message said:

I replied ,well if you are going to borrow stock to test it out you should be more carefull. As
this unit was supposed to be new and you used it how about a free set of rechargeable batteries and
I'll call it quits. The Shop manager agreed.

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Wonder how long before we hear of some wife obtaining evidence of hubby playing away because he has
forgotten the capabilities of GPS units.

I once left my GPS swiched on in a train. I realised immediately, and the station manger phoned
ahead to the next station, where someone picked it up. When I got it back I checked the trail, and
discovered that it had been returned from that station by car back to the first. I thanked the
station manager for such excellent service as having it driven back. He was very startled.

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