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Plus you can’t move he map around. And if you zoom out the roads all disappear. So you cannot workout where the road you’re going ends up.
I tried to link a few old roads together the other day, I haven’t ridden them in a while and also wanted to do a shorter version, I know most of them but couldn’t remember how to link up. When I tried with the wahoo it was useless, I ended up having to ride a road I hate as I came out in the wrong place. I do t ride with my phone a lot, as I’m cycling not instagramming. This is the event that made me decide its not for me.
Plus if you push the buttons on the side, the unit rotates unless you put conter force, which them becomes cackhanded.
Oh then sometimes when I turn it on it doesn’t detect my power meter. So I have to turn it off and back on. It says ‘warming up’ when you turn it on, I’ve know I’ve ages to warm up faster. Very slow to turn on, for such a simple device.
You can’t change icons on screen on the fly, have to have phone. Found the annoying a few times when just wanting to see X for some reason.
The batter life is good that’s for sure. Plus screen is clear.
Not sure how so many people can use it for long distance stuff, perhaps some of them got given it and say it’s good. And some just have different needs.
The garmins not perfect but offers the features I needed.
I asked Garmin to give me a 1030 but they said no. I’m not paying for one (madness price).