Can you recommend a good cycle computer?

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I use Strava to map my rides via my iPhone and have never been bothered about knowing how I'm doing in real time, but having done my first Sportive at the weekend I found it frustrating not knowing my actual speed and distance travelled.

Can someone recommend a durable, simple, reliable cycle computer? It doesn't need to have any flashy functions.

Thanks

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donfisher said:

If you want something wireless and end up going higer in price just bite the bullet and buy a Garmin, especially for this:

Why? What will it do that the iPhone won't? It's a genuine question, as I don't see the point, so perhaps I'm missing something. I'll just be paying another £100 for a function I already have.

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Usget said:

It will:

- Last more than 2 hours battery life (in fact it'll last more than 12 hours. I've never managed to run mine out of battery)
- Give you GPS navigation.

Definitely worth £70 for a Garmin 200. And if you'd use the data, I'd say it's worth splashing out on something with ANT+ so you can attach a HRM and cadence sensor too.

Was out on Sunday for circa 7 hrs and used less than 50% of the battery on the iPhone, which also has GPS navigation.

Ultimately, I have my phone on me all the time and it's always charged. Something worth £00's attached to my bike is just another thing to leave at work, leave at home, forget to charge, get stolen, break. I'll happily leave a £10 computer attached to the bike at work, not so much a GPS Garmin.

I can also just envisage the budget creep on something like a Garmin - I'd need more than 1 charger, more than one holder as I use more than 1 bike for my commute to work, then start spending on cadence sensors, etc and I'd hazard a guess it's going to cost a lot more than £70 for something with the same functionality of something I already own and use.

As I say if I am missing something let me know, but battery life and navigation are already fine.

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Black can man said:

I have the basic 200 i think it's called , i really wished i had bought the dearer one tbh.

. . and there's my problem, I get the idea in my head I want a £10 cycle computer and before I know it I'm spending £200 on a Garmin 800. New shiny things are sooo appealing.