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 jree
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After something for around the £100-£150 Mark for uploading routes from magazines and following some new routes and trying to explore the peaks/Wales and lakes a bit more.

I like Strava live segments when riding locally to keep me motivated trying to beat my own times.

Garmin edge do a couple and also lezyne. Can anyone recommend me anything?


 
Posted : 21/08/2020 4:33 pm
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Wahoo


 
Posted : 21/08/2020 6:34 pm
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A Xoss sprint might be worth a look. Their basic G+ GPS is brilliant for the price.


 
Posted : 21/08/2020 6:46 pm
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At £100-150 could be challenging - prices are pretty punchy from what I've seen.
But Halfords has the Garmin 130 on special at £100 at the moment (from £180 or so). It doesn't do proper navigation, more 'breadcrumb' trail of an arrow saying turn right here


 
Posted : 21/08/2020 7:13 pm
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I've got an Edge 130, for breadcrumb track following it's fine. The problem you'll have is when you come to a fork in the trail: you'll have to go 100m on one leg before learning if it's the correct one... But at that price point I don't think you have much choice.


 
Posted : 21/08/2020 10:51 pm
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There's probably a few Lezyne that fit your budget.

Are there any deals on the Wahoo Elemnt Bolt at the mo? I think I paid £160 for mine. It's a great device.


 
Posted : 21/08/2020 10:58 pm
 jree
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Brilliant I'll check those out.

How easy is it to load a route onto the device from, say one of the magazines or a route online?


 
Posted : 22/08/2020 8:24 am
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https://www.probikekit.co.uk/bicycle-computers-gps-hrm/lezyne-mega-xl-gps-cycle-computer/11777347.html would be on my shortlist, massive battery life and offline mapping among its features.


 
Posted : 22/08/2020 2:05 pm
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+1 for the Mega XL. Not as intuitive to use as the Wahoo ( I had a Elemnt but broke it in a crash) but I plotted a 95 mile gravel ride on a route I’d never ridden and I didn’t go wrong once. Plotted on RidewithGps, was in Wales this week and plotted 2 rides on my phone using Lezyne app and same again. Battery life is really good too.


 
Posted : 22/08/2020 4:34 pm
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+1 Wahoo. Dumped Garmin due to its flakey software. Not cheap but works well. eBay might have some bargains from disillusioned cyclists.


 
Posted : 22/08/2020 10:25 pm
 jree
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Belting. Thanks so much.


 
Posted : 22/08/2020 11:33 pm

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