GPS for bikes

RedexRobB · Post by **RedexRobB** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:01 pm

Can anyone reccomend one thats good for bikes. Price, usability, reliable etc...

Also, does anyone know if anywhere rents them out to save me buying one?

cheers

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:14 pm

dunno bout for bikes but the tom tom is excellent.Gem has a good one too garmin i think it is.Would imagine you can get a bracket to fit the bikes off ebay?

Post by **Bozzie** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:18 am

i got a zumo through work its the garmin one. Very nice. but not cheap Â£500 off the shelf

RedexRobB · Post by **RedexRobB** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:42 am

fookin ell Â£500! ummm, might be sticking with the map instead at that price

Post by **Bozzie** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:27 am

all bike ones are expensive. i managed to get VAT off through work, but i use it a fair bit MP3 player etc

Caz · Post by **Caz** » Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:22 pm

I bought myself a Garmin i3, the only problem is that it isnt waterproof. It sits under my screen and if I get caught out in *really* heavy rain, I stop and put it in my bag/under my pillion seat.
I bought a mount which comprises an M8 bolt with a ball on the end to mount the GPS on to. I then made a bracket to attach the mounting bolt under my screen.
it's not the most advanced GPS, but for the price you cant complain! you can get them for Â£130 with maps for all of the UK

re tomtom vs Garmin: A friend of mine has both, and says that the Garmin is *much* more accurate when it comes to predicting your ETA,

if you want a cheap waterproof GPS, my other half has the Garmin eTrex legend. It comes with a base map of the entire of Europe with is good enough to get you home

it depends what you want from a GPS really, you can pick up very basic ones for not much money, but they are not much more use than a compass!

if you want cheap, and arent bothered about it being waterproof - the i3 is a great little GPS

wonderpupp · Post by **wonderpupp** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:05 pm

map under seat, routeplanner printout on the tank. Away we go.

Whatever happened to the great adventure? Eh? Eh?

Am I sounding old yet?

Sat nav indeed, what next, fuel injection ??

Post by **deviant** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:07 pm

lol pupps. agree entirely.

Post by **masterofinsanity** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:58 pm

yeah we never had a sat nav for the charity run.

Post by **Xphyral** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 2:53 pm

I still dont believe sat nav. Think we had this discussion before, see previous comments

Post by **deviant** » Wed Apr 04, 2007 3:06 pm

yeah, we've been around this one before. generally degenerates into piss taking about peoples navigational skills.