frontpagephoinix | Staff posted Nov 19, 2025 10:58 AM
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frontpagephoinix | Staff posted Nov 19, 2025 10:58 AM
Garmin Edge 540 Solar GPS Bike Computer
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For people who are interested in the device, note it's the same cost direct from Garmin and shipping is free, so if you can afford to wait a few extra days, that's a good way to support the company directly!
I don't want my giant ass phone in the sun on the handlebars where it's going to get smashed the moment I take a tumble. The battery dies way too fast leaving the screen on, it overheats, it's fragile...etc.
250 for a dedicated bike computer was an easy buy for me. It compartmentalizes my electronic needs for the bike to this one device instead of making my phone do something else it doesn't need to do.
I have a dashcam in my car too. Why have that when my phone has a camera and an app?
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I don't want my giant ass phone in the sun on the handlebars where it's going to get smashed the moment I take a tumble. The battery dies way too fast leaving the screen on, it overheats, it's fragile...etc.
250 for a dedicated bike computer was an easy buy for me. It compartmentalizes my electronic needs for the bike to this one device instead of making my phone do something else it doesn't need to do.
I have a dashcam in my car too. Why have that when my phone has a camera and an app?
For people who are interested in the device, note it's the same cost direct from Garmin and shipping is free, so if you can afford to wait a few extra days, that's a good way to support the company directly!
If you area to monitor additional information, this is just the head-unit with the GPS trackers and storage etc. You will need additional sensors, like a Power meter (this includes cadence almost always built-into it), or a heart-rate-sensor, or cadence sensor etc. The head unit is part of an ecosystem, typicaly with decent cross-compatibility (ANT+ or Bluetooth) between sensors and bike computers of different manufacturers).
Why is this better than your phone?
Eh, debatable depending on how often and long you are riding with it on, type of terrain and how rough you ride, but objectively battery life is in a different league, the display is easier to read under the sun, they are far less prone to over-heating under the sun, more robust (it is not a good idea to mount high-end phones though a rigid mount on bike handlebars, even on bikes with suspension forks, as vibrations tend to f-up image stabilasation and/or focus mechanisms on flaship phones that have these. Happens on iPhones a lot, did happen to me personally on a Galaxy Note 20).
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If you area to monitor additional information, this is just the head-unit with the GPS trackers and storage etc. You will need additional sensors, like a Power meter (this includes cadence almost always built-into it), or a heart-rate-sensor, or cadence sensor etc. The head unit is part of an ecosystem, typicaly with decent cross-compatibility (ANT+ or Bluetooth) between sensors and bike computers of different manufacturers).
Why is this better than your phone?
Eh, debatable depending on how often and long you are riding with it on, type of terrain and how rough you ride, but objectively battery life is in a different league, the display is easier to read under the sun, they are far less prone to over-heating under the sun, more robust (it is not a good idea to mount high-end phones though a rigid mount on bike handlebars, even on bikes with suspension forks, as vibrations tend to f-up image stabilasation and/or focus mechanisms on flaship phones that have these. Happens on iPhones a lot, did happen to me personally on a Galaxy Note 20).
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