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Posts tagged Garmin Edge 800

Use your Garmin virtual partner to help get Strava KOM’s

Oct10
2012
7 Comments Written by Alan
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Garmin Edge 800 users can take advantage of this trick to help win KOM’s on fitness site Strava, using the very useful Virtual Partner feature. Here’s how.

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Posted in Cycling, Strava - Tagged garmin, Global Positioning System, Strava, virtual partner

9 tips for getting a KOM on Strava

Jun03
2012
5 Comments Written by Alan
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Strava can be very addictive in the way it “gamifies” your riding and encourages competition. It’s satisfying to work hard and see your name at the top of the leaderboard. However, even if you manage to get a top position and earn the coveted KOM/QOM achievement (King/Queen of the Mountain), chances are you won’t stay there [...]

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Posted in Cycling, Strava - Tagged garmin, Global Positioning System, gps, gpx, group riding, king of the mountain, KOM, Strava, tailwind, tcx, virtual partner

Garmin Edge 800: why you shouldn’t bother with custom OSM maps.

Jan19
2012
14 Comments Written by Alan
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So you’re thinking of getting a Garmin Edge 800, probably the best bike computer on the market in 2011/12? There are many different bundles to choose from, and when I was deciding which to go for, I knew I wanted the performance monitoring kit, with the heart rate and cadence sensors. Since I’d read that [...]

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Posted in Cycling, Freeware, Mapping - Tagged discoverer, edge 800, garmin, global mapper, Global Positioning System, gps, MapInfo, maps, mapsource, mobac, Open source, open streetmap, OpenStreetMap, ordnance survey, OSM, velomap

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