On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Stephen Hope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/9/11 Peter Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> I currently have a etrex legend, which lacks the high sensitivity >> receiver but does have a screen. A plus is that you can upload the OSM >> maps to it, which means you can see what is missing from an area when >> you are tracing it. I use it mainly from my mountain bike to trace >> mtb paths and for that I generally get a good enough trace, even under >> trees. I think that is because having it mounted on the handle bars >> gives better reception than when I'm just walking around and its on >> one of my backpack straps. >> >> So for me, my ideal would be to upgrade to a Etrex Legend HCX, which >> has high sensitivity and plus it can also route using the uploaded OSM >> maps. Which are both advantages over the etrex legend. >> >> Interested to hear others opinions on what they use, and what they >> like about it and what they don't. > > How well does it mount on your bike? Do you ever feel like it will come off?
I use it moutain biking on some really rough trails and including some cracking stacks and it has never come off. That includes hitting the actual gps unit so hard that I can see that it actually bent the rails which hold the unit in place on the mount, so now I can slide it a couple of mills, where previously it didn't move at all. It has fallen off once on the road, and it was right at the start of the trip so I don't think I fully pushed the unit in until it locks, otherwise it certainly would've bounced out of place on a mtb ride. I use the garmin bike mount, which I bought from expansys I believe for around 20 bucks. _______________________________________________ Talk-au mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-au
