[Closed] Garmin Edge Touring

That link says "no longer available"...

Yeah, I think that's just because its new, they're not offering a pre-order & don't have a release date.

I've certainly never seen it before, but just saw an advert for it whilst looking up some other GPS devices!

Wiggle on facebook say it's brand new and available for pre-order.

Exactly what I've been waiting for. Dont need or want to pay for HRM and cadence type stuff.

[i]•On-road or off-road navigation with preloaded Garmin Cycle Map[/i]

I wonder how good the map will be, and if you can load other maps.

Garmin's routable mapping is the single best and worst thing on the edge 800.

Best - easy to navigate on road rides, just enter the postcode of a cafe ~30miles away and pedal. Shortest distance algorythm means it's generaly using smaller roads.

Worst - rather than re-calculate if you go wrong, get diverted, pick another route, etc, it seems to try and put you back on track. But will never U-turn. So you can add 20mile loops to a ride just by missing a junction. A recent example was riding from Reading to a cafe near didcot (north west), the suggested route was tot ake themain road west out of reading which is horrible, so I headed north expecting it to recalculate and send me cross country/west once I was out of town. It's solution (repeated through about 6 recalculations each time i ignored it) was to turn east, and try and do a full circle of Reading coming back in from the East.

It's Ok for navigating to places in fairly straight lines, but if you want to ignore it it's best to re-set the route once your past whatever it is you're riding round rather than through.

It doesn't mention battery life. Edge 800 units can have 11 hours teased out of them but for a long tour (e.g. Highland Trail 400) without access to powerpoints some sort of external power supply is needed.

I can see the appeal if this has much better battery life / takes AA or AAA cells that can be replaced as needed.

It will be sealed unit with an integrated battery, like the other Edges.

That looks awesome, for those of us who are not perpetually "training" and don't care about HR or cadence.

A mate was looking at the 800/810 just for the better experience following a planned or downloaded route - this looks ideal for him.

Looks amazingly like a rebadged Edge 800 to me, maybe doing it without the OS maps is making it a lot cheaper. Might find the firmware is limited in its features in some way. So they can keep selling the old 800 but under different guise. No bad thing if it is, great little computer (I have an 800 w/OS) for a good price.

http://www.bikerumor.com/2013/06/14/garmin-edge-touring-gps-bicycle-computer-spotted/

http://garmin.blogs.com/my_weblog/2013/08/garmin-edge-touring-and-edge-touring-plus-new-gps-devices-designed-for-navigating-by-bike.html#.Uh5twBt958E

Almost definitely want - this looks like exactly what I'm after and a much more palatable price than the 8XX. Presumably different/better maps will be uploadable, anyone know if you can put Open Source maps on the Edges?

Reckon Santa will be pressed into action for one of these, anyway!

[quote=theflatboy ]Almost definitely want - this looks like exactly what I'm after and a much more palatable price than the 8XX. Presumably different/better maps will be uploadable,
I was hoping that the OS(Ordnance Survey) mapping I have for my Dakota might work.

anyone know if you can put Open Source maps on the Edges?

Yes, and are preferable for some uses

http://www.velomap.org/download/odbl/

Fantastic. Definitely on the Xmas list, then. Looking forward to it already!

Bit off topic, the ad says

'following a ride that they have planned or downloaded Edge Touring will guide them on their ride with clear turn-by-turn visual instructions'.

I've just bought a Garmin 800, I can get the turn instructions if I tell it to work out a route but if I load a route there is a line to follow but it only tells me that I am off course, no instructions.

Am I doing something wrong or do I need to get the Edge Touring. It's the turn instructions that I really want a GPS for.

That might be because you are following a track and not a route?

geoffj - Member
anyone know if you can put Open Source maps on the Edges?
Yes, and are preferable for some uses

http://www.velomap.org/download/odbl/

thanks that's useful - we are in Oz for a few years and I see that is covered and Mrs antigee missed a turn on an audax style gran fondo last weekend and came back asking for a "garmin type thing"

at 17hrs the battery life is good for a big day out without panic and not quite "touring" for some I know

any idea if Memory map downloads will work? just started using these just to print but if could load that would be good

you need to upload a TCX not a GPX to get the turn by turn

FWIW on long routes it usually told me well after the turn , 300 k route slowed the garmin down something chronic.

Anyone got one of these yet ?

Just had a play on the display one in Halfords and they do look good - seems to have openstreetmap installed.

Just put a postcode in and away you go just like a car Sat Nav. I couldn't work out all the features so guess there are loads more but without instructions it's impossible to work out.

I haven't, but I've put the word in to [s]the wife[/s] Santa for Xmas. [url= http://www.wiggle.co.uk/garmin-edge-touring-gps-cycle-computer/ ]£180 from Wiggle[/url], sounds like a bargain at that price!

Edge Touring and Touring + details here:-
[url= https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/into-sports/cycling/cIntoSports-cCycling-p1.html ]https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/into-sports/cycling/cIntoSports-cCycling-p1.html[/url]

http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/08/garmin-touring-computer.html