#2677

Not sure at what point I picked it up - It was definitely inflated when I left home, but did think at one point that it seemed hard work on the way in.

Seeing as I’ve got to walk past the bike shop on my way from the train station, I might just get em to repair it for me tbh…

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#2678

Seemed a bit busy in there for lazy idiots wanting puncture repairs done, so grabbed a couple of tubes and will deal with it at the weekend.

Back on the hybrid tomorrow! At least that has puncture-proof tyres on it.

#2679

Well you’d think…

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#2680

these exist???

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#2681

RODE A BIKE.

Fun that. Might do again.

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#2682

Well, they’re a step up from ‘puncture resistant’, got a layer of kevlar in them or something.

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#2683

you’ll do yself a mischief

#2684

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#2685

Where’d you go m9?

#2686

Beaulieu Heath circuit

#2687

Yeah so did the ones I replaced at the weekend. The ones that punctured three times in the last month.

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#2688

how many laps you reppin pal

#2689

Fair old whack out to the forest

#2690

Bike computers (sorry I’m sure this has come up loads before but I doubt anyone will have asked a question as naive as this): are there any just for navigation (ie for someone that isn’t interested in performance stats etc). And is the idea with all of them that you upload your route and then it basically tells you where to go, which kind of permits the map function to be a bit rudimentary looking. When I first googled them I was expecting them to look like google maps, which was pretty wrong.

#2691

Not really.

The Garmin Edge Touring devices are probably the closest to what you’re looking for (or maybe the Hammerhead devices which are all Android based but super buggy), think it has a colour screen and you can get decent Open Streetmaps for them, but it won’t be like using your phone. You’d make a route using the gamin software (dogshit) or a third party website like RidewithGPS, transfer it to the computer and then follow it. All GPS computers will allow you to track speed / distance / and will interact with things like heart rate monitors, and you can configure what stats get shown on your screen. The more advanced Garmin decides do allow you to zoom in on the map, and will show places of interest if they are on the base map you’ve downloaded to the device.

I use a Wahoo Elemnt Bolt for navigation. It just shows roads, no places of interest at all. I plan rides using RideWithGPS and add custom cues if there is a cafe or place of interest I’d like to stop at (so I’ll be riding along and it will beep and say “cafe on left” or whatever I’ve put as the cue).

You could get a mount for your phone on the bars (Quadlock?) but I appreciate there’s loads of reasons you maybe don’t want to do that (for starters it looks awful :wink:). There are loads of apps which will do what you want.

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#2692

Yeah like niki says Garmin Edges would probably do what you’re asking. My Edge 25 does have pretty rudimentary mapping, but it does give you decent directions most of the time. It can be a bit tough to find tricky turns without an actual map on the screen, and sometimes trial and error is required to get yourself back on track. Multi exit roundabouts can be a bit challenging.

#2693

I think that’s been replaced with the Edge 130, which seems a bit better, but yeah, a route would involve just following a line, and I don’t think there’s actually any map on the device as such, so no context for complex traffic situations which can be v confusing.

#2694

Yup no map at all, just the black line of truth.

I’m very happy with mine.

#2695

Actually, I forgot about the Garmin Etrex devices. But they are nerdy as fuck and all take AA batteries, and they’re designed to be handheld devices so aren’t bike-specific.

#2696

Looking at a review I really can’t see how the 130 is any improvement on the 25. It doesn’t seem to do anything my little square can’t do.