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frontpage Posted by phoinix | Staff • 5d ago
May 16, 2025 7:19 AM
Garmin Edge GPS Cycling Computers: Edge 1050 Color Touchscreen
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Dedicated GPS units beat a phone app in a lot of ways -- sure, a phone app may work for you if you're not a serious user, but a dedicated GPS unit wins once you get past that.
But even then, these things don't have to cost $600 -- there are off-brands that cost a whole lot less that do really well, and if you are willing to give up features like maps (your phone can do that in the cases where you need it), you can get good units for under $100. Bryton is a good brand to check out.
But Garmin does have the best stuff, though you can easily find yourself paying double for 10% more features.
For a cyclist on a budget, keep your eye open for older Garmin units -- you can often find a unit that's fairly new and has most of the new features for a whole lot less money.
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Anything that came out in the last 10 years or so will talk to your phone via Bluetooth (or will just use WiFi) and will have an app that can get an update to Strava (perhaps going through some intermediary like Garmin Connect), and even before that you'd plug the device into your PC, download the .gpx file and could upload that to Strava.
I got my Garmin Edge 205 back in 2008 -- before Strava even existed -- and even then I was able to upload my historical data to Strava when I discovered it sometime later. But modern units typically make it all automatic.
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