tinkerbell Posted October 5, 2010 Share I want to buy a decent computer for my MTB. What should I buy?What should I look out for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubeless Posted October 5, 2010 Share Are you a mac or pc type of person. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gman1834 Posted October 5, 2010 Share It depend on how much you want to spend. If you have the $$$ i would get a Garmin. my sence of direction suck so this helps me when i want to do a route that we dit as a group.It also gives me confidence to try new routes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry Posted October 5, 2010 Share I think the garmin range is fantastic, You can map routes out with it which is cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikemonster Posted October 5, 2010 Share I want to buy a decent computer for my MTB. What should I buy?What should I look out for? Lots of people are saying "Ooooohhh!!! Buy a Garmin!!". No prizes for guessing what they bought then. But tell us a bit more about what you want know Tinkerbell. Speed, ride distance, ave speed and total distance are given, but do you want to see cadence too? Do you want GPS info? Do you want to download and analyse the data? (Look at pretty graphs!) Do you want to know about your heart rate while you ride? How important is device memory? Battery life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Brunsdon Posted October 5, 2010 Share Are you a mac or pc type of person. I prefer my netbook - easier to fit into the Camelbak and looks "cute" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkerbell Posted October 5, 2010 Share Definately a MAC person! As far as features, I want it all!I have a very basic heart rate monitor at the moment, would be great to know how much climbing still to be done in a race and to monitor my training, etc, etc, etc. I am looking at the Garmin 705? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gman1834 Posted October 6, 2010 Share Definately a MAC person! As far as features, I want it all!I have a very basic heart rate monitor at the moment, would be great to know how much climbing still to be done in a race and to monitor my training, etc, etc, etc. I am looking at the Garmin 705? wow go big or go home. Common File for all Structural runs Now my personal opinion. The 705 looks like the perfect gps training devise. If you have the $$$. I don’t think you will use all the added features when doing mountain biking like using the maps, if you were on the road it is a completely different story. I think the 305 or the 500 series will be better suited for MTB, but i stand to be corrected. When you get a Garmin, be sure to get the sporttracks (zone five) software. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerus Posted October 6, 2010 Share Gotta be the iPad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankman Posted October 6, 2010 Share I am looking at the Garmin 705? Why not the Edge 800? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerus Posted October 6, 2010 Share Is there a bike "computer" that does it all yet - Like a Garmin, that does heart rate, etc etc. An all in one? Thats what I want to add to my list for Santa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minion Posted October 6, 2010 Share Is there a bike "computer" that does it all yet - Like a Garmin, that does heart rate, etc etc. An all in one? Thats what I want to add to my list for Santa Edge 500 and 705 (and maybe 800?) come close. They have all the basic features and the areas they lack mainly concern high end features e.g. they don't display TSS or NP for power training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinkerbell Posted October 6, 2010 Share Edge 500 and 705 (and maybe 800?) come close. They have all the basic features and the areas they lack mainly concern high end features e.g. they don't display TSS or NP for power training. ok... please explain to blondie what TSS and NP stands for... what about Suunto? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted October 6, 2010 Share If its mainly for MTB then the 500 is ideal, i would not reccomend the 305 as they have a habit of cutting out and require open heart unit surgery to fix the battery connectors. The bike mount for the 305 is also suspect but i hear they have improved this now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noneking Posted October 6, 2010 Share Wouldn't touch a 305 again - had 3 that packed up. Got a 705 under warranty and not one problem since. I hear 500 better if you don't need GPS function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minion Posted October 6, 2010 Share ok... please explain to blondie what TSS and NP stands for... Training Stress Score and Normalised Power.http://home.trainingpeaks.com/articles/cycling/normalized-power,-intensity-factor,-training-stress-score.aspx They're ways of quantifying effort and training load based on power output. They're only really of any concern if you train with a power meter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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