Here's another cool way to customise your Edge 800. This time, it's your own personal background image. … [Read more...]
How to backup and transfer your Garmin edge 800 settings
It can take a while to personalise your Garmin exactly the way you want it. Here's the easy way to back up and restore all those settings. … [Read more...]
How to set your Home location on a Garmin Edge 800
Remember when you got your first car sat nav, and you could set your Home location, so that no matter where you were, you could always get it to navigate you back home? Read on to find out how your Garmin Edge 800 can do the same thing. … [Read more...]
Garmin Edge 800 review: still the best bike GPS you can get
Sure, there are newer models of bike GPS out there, but the Garmin Edge 800 Touchscreen GPS Bike Computer is still the best. Here's why. … [Read more...]
Train With Power….Without A Power Meter
I'm pulling faces that would make a bulldog chewing a wasp look attractive as I power through the second lap of my 10 mile TT test. This year has by far been my most active in terms of cycling mileage and before I start my winter training programme I need to find a measure, a benchmark, I need to stick a stake in the ground where my fitness/cycling ability level currently is. … [Read more...]
Strava: Will you record faster segment times with the Android app?
Once again I've been reading about the inconsistencies of Strava data - this time from an article claiming that users of the Android app were more likely to record faster times. This was based on the writer's observation that many of the KOM's on his local segments were recorded using the Strava android app, and some experimental data that he collected. One of the segments gave … [Read more...]
Foolproof course navigation on the Garmin Edge 800.
Your Garmin Edge 800 bike GPS can provide true turn by turn navigation. Here's a great tutorial guide on how to plan and follow a route on your edge 800. Route planning has never been easier. … [Read more...]
Best prices on Garmin Edge 800 in the UK?
The Garmin Edge 800 bike computer has had quite a long reign as the champion of cycling GPS units. Prices go up and down a lot, so do check here first. … [Read more...]
Maps comparison – free OSM and OS Discoverer.
After installing the TalkyToaster OpenStreetmap onto my Garmin Edge 800 (see tutorial here) I think it will come in quite useful after all. I do prefer the look of the classic OS discoverer map when in the middle zoom levels, but I think the OSM map will excel in the fine details of the close up. The screenshots below attempt to show this, with the Velomap thrown in for … [Read more...]
Tutorial: how to install free OSM maps on your Garmin edge 800
Following my last post regarding mapping options, I've discovered another source for free Open Streetmap maps, thanks to a suggestion from someone on the bikeradar forum. It's called talkytoaster. The bikeradar contributor had suggested that there were easier ways to start using OSM mapping than the methods I'd blogged about, and I'd have to agree. Such a shame I hadn't found … [Read more...]