Cheap(er) introduction to GPS on a bike...(updated)...

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Came across this entry on GPS Warehouse and thought I'd share.

Garmin StreetPilot III for around £150.

You get a ruggidised, waterproof, colour GPS with voice output, all the accessories, a bike power lead and a mount for the bike .
Ok, the SPIII may be not the latest but it does work and is ideal for a bike. With the setup supplied it's also easy to transfer over to a car as and when required. The cheapest alternative I could see would be a Garmin Streetpilot i3 for around £120 but I gather that isn't ruggidised, isn't waterproof and would be hard to get a mount for a bike! (no doubt people will now chip in with the GPS bargains they've acquired and all the home made mounting possibilities ). Obviously I'd have liked a Garmin Quest 2 or Streetpilot 2xxx series unit, but they're 4x to 6x the price of this one.

Anyhow, I've ordered mine. They're expecting a final shipment in a few weeks so these are back ordered. If you're interested I suggest you get in touch with GPS Warehouse (telephone 020 8893 9393). BTW, no, I don't work for them, I just thought it looked a good price.

https://www.gpsw.co.uk/ProdImg/prod3167h.jpg

HTH

P.S. As always sorry if posted before, I'm sure the post police will let me know
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[extreme3d]

Nice find

[veeeffarr]

Holy crap, that is awesome.

Thanks for the link.

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[feef]

they are a nice bit of kit. The problem with them is memory.. the Garmin mapsets are getting bigger, for the same area, with more detail. My mate's got one of those, and he could EITHER fit on the south of england, OR the north of france where we were going, but not both. the Quest and Quest2 have much more memory, and can fit all of the UK and mainland Europe on (iirc)

but your'e right... as an introduction to GPS, it's a cracking unit and a good price/

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its got a 128mb data card, can you not buy a bigger one?
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[Method]

I believe thats the same one that NB on here has...

Definately a good peice of kit if its the same one!

One problem we found though, out on the road with it was that the screen can become hard to see ecause of sunlight affecting the display... it is adjustable, ut to adjust it - you need to be able to see it first
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[danzai66]

can you go far enough/ fast enough on a CG to get lost??


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[veeeffarr]

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[Method]

Ooooh now that looks like it could have been usefull

Anyway see how you go with it, it could simply be that it just wasnt set up right, i dont know, it wasnt my unit
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[Suzuki]

Sounds like one of you might be able to help me then...

I'm looking for some sort of GPS system that I can use not only for navigation but for recording.

I'd like to ride an unplanned route (like a bimble round wales) and have it all stored to download at the end of the day and view.

Would also like to be able to capture information like current speed at each point of the trip, etc.

That possible?
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[impaler]

I admit this is only a half answer - but my Garmin eTrex (which was really bought for cycling/walking purposes) records location, speed, altitude for your journey and, in conjunction with MemoryMap software, you can superimpose that info on a map. So presumably these all-singing all-dancing navigation units will do a similar thing...?
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[Itchy]

I have a cheaper alternative its called an A to Z and a sense of direction ,
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[palmer]

We have a garmin.

Very good, and well made.

[alex_t]

very cool, might think of getting one
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[Nb]

I got one after kickstart made a similar thread a few weeks ago. Like feef says the memory isnt great, you can only get most of the uk on the supplied card. But you can get other memory cards for not much if you want to go abroad etc. The screen is pretty good in sunlight but you have to adjust it, i forgot to read how to adjust it last time i went out
It does record your route supposedly but i'll be damned if i can find how to download it to my pc. It does record average/max speed and mileage etc. For the money i think its great, especially as it comes with all you need to fit it to your bike and in your car.
Who cares if it hasnt got 3d maps.
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[alex_t]

now, do we know what type of memory card it is or is a garmins pecific one, plus is there a headphone socket so u can add it to the autocom, vox, etc units??
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[Nb]

It uses garmins own memory cards. And there is a headphone jack 3.5mm so you can plug some in to hear the guidance.
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Resurecting an old thread it appears GPS just got affordable again...

Garmin Streetpilot 2610
From BlokesStuff.com £179 (+ p&p)
From GPS Warehouse £190 or with m'bike mount kit £240 (+ p&p).

https://www.gpsw.co.uk/ProdImg/prod3320d.gif

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[feef]

[sickpup]

TomTom rider is down to £240 here.