Garmin PC

Advantages Many many functions, training centre info
Disadvantages Info overload, price, rubbish standard map

...My other half is what you'd call a keen cyclist - he cycles about 25 miles a day commuting to work, and frequently goes on weekend training rides too. He's got a couple of cycle computers that show things like the time, distance, speed, and similar, but had been hankering after a Garmin cycle computer to replace them ever since he found out about them! Finally, he took the plunge and shelled out £250 on the Garmin Edge 305 with cadence and heart rate monitor (cadence is RPM for your feet while pedalling, by the way). It arrived a couple of weeks ago and after playing with it for a short while was promptly installed on one of his bikes. The 305 does absolutely tons of different stuff, and to be honest to me seemed to measure more things than you could possibly ever want to know about your riding speed and style. Heart rate monitor... Read review

Advantages Small and very good value
Disadvantages Not for the sales rep

....pocketgpsworld.com they have recently produced a ZIP file exclusively for the Garmin GPS devices. --------------------------Webupdater-------------------------- Since I have had my i3 there have been at least four firmware updates to the device these have been bug fixes and a few feature enhancements. When I first got my i3 the updates had to be downloaded manually from Garmin's site and then run on your PC to flash the code to the i3. Garmin have got wise to the fact that these devices are for all sorts of consumers some who aren't really computer literate. So to make things easier for these users they have developed a utility called WebUpdater, this is basically a utility that uses a GUI to update the i3. The utility starts by looking for the i3 through your serial or USB ports once it has been found it reads out your current firmware version. It checks... Read review

Advantages Relatively cheap, robust, European basemap, small
Disadvantages EGNOS not really available yet, serial not USB PC connectivity

..., A roads and some B roads) and major lakes as well as towns and cities for the whole of Europe, or a North American version can be bought. This information on the maps can be made more detailed by purchasing Garmins Mapsource CDs or other software. This information will then be stored on the legends 8MB built in memory. The legend has more than 100 map datums, including Ordinance Survey which will accurately give ur position in a format that will match up to an ordinance survey map. There are also various position formats, including Lat/Lon and British grid. The legend can also store up to 1000 waypoints with names, 20 reversible routes, with up to 50 waypoints per route, and ten tracks which show where you have been and can then be uploaded to a pc. The batteries, Garmin states that the batteries should last up to 18 hours. Im not sure... Read review