Garmin cycling best GPS units

Garmin Edge 705 GPS Cycling Computer

Top Pick!*Best Cycling GPS* Features Heart rate monitor Bike speed/ cadence sensor Full color maps Micro SD card slot for further storage Share courses and workouts wirelessly Includes Bike mount USB cable

The Garmin Edge 705 GPS is the best and most advanced cycling GPS system available today. It easily clips on the bike and features full colored maps as well as everything you expect a GPS unit to give you information on. This includes speed, distance, time, calories burned plus altitude, climb and descent. The last 3 are thanks to the advanced barometric sensor. Full color maps are included so you can track and plan your location. You can download all the ride data and compare rides with each other on your PC or mac. You can also share your riding data wirelessly, all with this feature packed, fantastic cycling GPS unit.

Garmin Edge 500 GPS Cycling Computer

2nd Place!*Excellent Cycling GPS* Features Very popular GPS unit Bike speed/ cadence sensor Display up to 8 data fields at once Storage for 180 hours of riding Receiver is highly sensitive Includes Bike mount USB cable

The Garmin Edge 500 is an incredibly popular GPS unit made for cyclists. It may not feature maps but it has just about everything else you need being able to track numerous pieces of data all about your rides. These can be displayed on screen of up to 8 data fields at once although people have found 5 is the best. You'll enjoy choosing which ones to show whether racing or training. You're able to download all the riding data onto your PC or mac to get detailed information to compare your rides. If you don't need maps which many don't then this is the best cycling GPS around at a great price too. 


Garmin Edge 605 GPS Cycling Computer

3rd Place!*Good Cycling GPS* Features Race a virtual partner Good 2.2" (diagonal) screen Full color maps Micro SD card slot for storage Online training community Includes Bike mount USB cable

The Garmin Edge 605 is a good cycling GPS but has been superceded by newer models like those above. It is still sold and is quite popular. It features maps and a clear screen for you to see all the data you need before, during and after your ride. It measures speed, distance, calories burned and more but will not measure climb or descent if this is something you may want. Reviews on the web are relatively mixed for this GPS unit with some raving about it's features and performance while others are less than pleased. You get this with reviews so your own research is needed. We thing it's ok so it gets third place. 


Garmin Edge 305 GPS Cycling Computer

4th Place!*Average Cycling GPS* Features Race a virtual partner Several training options Easy to install Measure your heart rate and cadence High sensitivity receiver Includes Bike mount USB cable

The Garmin Edge 305 GPS cycling system was one of the first cycling GPS units to be sold. For this reason it's been improved upon by nearly every model we've featured above. We've called it an average cycling GPS unit because some people are happy with it's performance and it does everything you need to measure the performance of your rides both during and after. It doesn't have maps but has a locating system which you would find useful especially for remembering interesting locations to visit both on and of road. It's reliability has been in question with some users advising it can't take vibrations too well. Others though are more than happy with it. 


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GPS unit

A GPS tracking unit is a device that uses the Global Positioning System to determine the precise location of a vehicle, person, or other asset to which it is attached and to record the position of the asset at regular intervals. The recorded location data can be stored within the tracking unit, or it may be transmitted to a central location data base, or internet-connected computer, using a cellular (GPRS or SMS), radio, or satellite modem embedded in the unit. This allows the asset's location to be displayed against a map backdrop either in real time or when analysing the track later, using GPS tracking software.

A GPS logger simply logs the position of the device at regular intervals in its internal memory. Modern GPS loggers have either a memory card slot, or internal flash memory and a USB port. Some act as a USB flash drive. This allows downloading of the track log data for further analyzing in a computer. The tracklist or point of interest list may be in GPX, KML, NMEA or other format.
Most digital cameras save the time a photo was taken. Provided the camera clock was reasonably accurate, or the GPS was used as a time source, this time can be correlated with GPS log data, to provide an accurate location. This can be added to the Exif metadata in the picture file, thus geotagging it.
In some Private Investigation cases, these data loggers are used to keep track of the vehicle or the fleet vehicle. The reason for using this device is so that a PI will not have to follow the target so closely and always has a backup source of data.