I’m
reluctant to buy the Garmin GPS bike computer because I already have a GPS on
my fancy Windows 8 smart phone. However,
there are two problems with using a smart phone as a bike computer: one phones
are not weatherproof so you can’t mount them in a visible location (i.e. to
your handlebars) and two the phone (at least my phone) goes into sleep mode
when inactive for sixty seconds – so I’d have to touch my phone every minute to
keep my stats visible - not possible while wearing gloves. It seems that these smart dudes at WahooFitness have come up with a solution.
This appears to be a
sweet set-up. You get your HR data from
a chest strap, you get the cadence from a bike mounted sensor and you get all
the other GPS type stuff from your smart phone.
What a great solution for TMCS (Too Much Crap Syndrome). Only problem is that it isn’t available for
the Windows Phone. Screwed again
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