Opinions on GPS units

Hello all. I am intrigued by some of the GPS-bike units that are starting to appear, especially the Garmin Forerunner series. I was unconvinced of the 201, as I would still have to lug around a HRM. But I just stumbled across the 301, which includes an HRM, and it's gotten me thinking... it is pricey (around USD 300, Euro 400), but is it time to go shopping?

Any opinions, thoughts, experiences?

BTW, the product info page is:

http://www.garmin.com/products/forerunner301/

Thanks for any feedback and happy riding!

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I'm quite content using seperate gps (garmin gecko, nice & small but still more navigation functionality than the forerunner from what i can tell there) and hrm.

Stay on the trails, and ya wont really need a GPS. I take a topo map and compass on epic rides or backpacking. But if ya follow the trails, they take you where ya wanna go.

Fair enough, LOL. Thanks for the advice!

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De Rosa Planet
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a buddy uses gps on his road bike.... it has a black and white display... after about only a year, the display is starting to fail. for work, he has lots of other gps units that have not had a display problem.

he thinks the gps display problem is due to fatigue related to vibrations... he has it mounted to his handle bars.

i'm waiting till i hear that the units hold up better. .. otherwise its to rich a toy for me.

cu,
larryb

I have a GPS receiver, but I don't use it so much for cycling. I have the Garmin Venture....its downfall is no built in maps, and no mapping capability. But I'm using it for geocaching mostly, so mapping isn't such a problem.

Robbie

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