Bike nav

[Mr Gear]

I am starting to consider getting some sort of bike sat nav. I live in London and want to take a really complicated route to work to avoid traffic. It is almost impossible to remember. In addition, I want to be able to ride out to places like Hampshire and Brighton on that back roads without having to stop at every junction to get a map out.

Things I want:
- Ability to plot complex routes with hundreds of waypoints
- Long battery life of about 8 hours
- Detailed maps
- Water resistant

Anyone got a Garmin Edge 800? They look like they will do the job. http://gbr.garmin.com/edge800/edge800.html

Any good alternatives you can suggest?

[Mr Gear]

OneDs said:

For that level of detail and requirements the current apps on GPS phones don't quite cut it

OS has just launched this service that is meant to work with Garmin, and would work well with OS explorer at 1:25000 already on the hand held.

http://www.getamap.ordnancesurveyleisure.co.uk/

Edited by OneDs on Thursday 31st March 15:15

I agree, I have yet to see a smartphone that is as capable at Nav as I'd like it to be. In addition, they are rarely waterproof. I can't get the website you linked to to work at the moment, but I will look at home. Thanks.

[Mr Gear]

son of a vette said:

Garmin Dakota 20

Thanks, I'll take a look.

[Mr Gear]

Cheers guys