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Sorry if this a dumb question. What GPS navigation device for mapping rides and guiding me round unknown areas and trails?
I've the direction sense of a dead homing pigeon, I know exploring is part of the fun, but when I ride round a forest all day and miss all of the good bits it's rather frustrating. Don't really need heart rate and calories, etc. Just a off road "sat nav" with the ability to record where I've been for future reference.
Thanks.
I've got a SatMap, but these days for shorter stuff I use my iPhone with the OSGetamap App (chews batteries and a bit flaky)
Garmin Extrex 30 £145 from Burows. Opensource mapping free. I can read a map, but given the cost of a good cycle computer it was a no brainer for me. Only issue is I bought a cheap bar mount so tend to hold it in place with a little tape on rough rides.
Does the etrex cover the same bases as the edge computers?
Speed, distance, ascent/descent, HRM?
Also what's the open source mapping like?