Doing my longest ride to date in a couple of weeks, a 200k audax, and I was planning on using my Edge 500 as a back up to the route sheet.
Given that I may well be looking at the wrong side of 10 hours, and it may be getting dark at the end, will the battery last?
I’ve done 200km audaxes using the 500 as a navigation aid, and it had plenty of life left. With “turn bu turn” enabled and running a HRM, I get about 12 hours out of it. Incidentally, I find the navigation is good enough to use it as my main aid, with the printed route sheet as back up. Bikeroutetoaster is my preferred software as it allows you to set a warning beep in advance of the junction.