I've been using paper maps exclusively for a long time. But I confess I have wondered about the Garmin Edges. The biggest reason I've been resisting one of these units is the worry over battery life. I like multi day tours and I don't like carrying along lots of batteries and bulky chargers. I mean what if you camp? How do you recharge the unit?
While I'm asking, how resistant are these units to bad weather? Still skeptical in Kentucky, --Tony On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 3:55 AM, Piaw Na(蓝俊彪) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There's been a few discussions about using GPS units on tour on these > lists, and on my recent Tour Across France, I found a little-mentioned > setting on the Garmin MapSource software which turned the GPS unit > from being a nice toy/substitute computer to an almost-essential > touring tool: > > http://piaw.blogspot.com/2008/09/introducing-piaw-routing.html > > It's obviously most useful for people who do dynamic routing on their > GPS units (as described in: > http://piaw.blogspot.com/2008/05/tips-on-using-garmin-76csx.html), and > do self-support multi-day tours. It does have interesting quirks (as > described in the article), but with this tool, I found roads that I > never would have found otherwise, so I'm publishing how to use it in > the hopes of seeing others use it (and refine it). > > -- > Piaw Na > http://piaw.blogspot.com > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
