Garmin Edge Touring
Had my first 200k audax due at the beginning of march. The main thing I was worried about wasn’t the distance but more getting lost. This led me to treat myself to this new toy. I am not one for technology so this is a big change. Not very good with instruction manuals I learnt the basics by just hitting buttons. ( my usual tactic ).
So its quite a simple device compared to most. It doesn’t include heart rate, cadence, power, sandwich toaster and all the other fan dangled stuff that the higher models have. But it does give you GPS routes to destinations, POIs and guides you on preset courses. The GPS function took a bit of tweaking as kept putting me on different routes to what I wanted. The course ( pre set ) route function worked well. It popped up near junctions just like a car GPS and you have a couple view options map, speed, compass and some other stuff. But I just used the map. At night it lights up at junctions or turns. But not if you are to carry on straight on at anything which was a bit annoying. But I suppose if it did it would never dim effecting battery use. I only had one mishap. I was charging my GPS through my dynamo hub. As I left the bike at the checkpoint the unit lost external power and turned off. When I turned it back on reselected the map it tried to guide me to the start to restart my route. Luckily I followed the group I was riding with. I later discovered how to restart half way through my selecting my location first. So more my technophobe abilities than the units fault. So overall I would recommend this unit if you are after the mapping and a basic unit. This unit comes loaded with full EU maps as well which I heard can be extra on other units.
Also comes with two mounts
pedal powered travels 