It can be as smart as they claim and it still won't do anything I wasn't already doing with a Garmin Edge 305 six years ago. The creation of better quality pace notes is all down to stuff that has happened off-board in the intervening half decade, but once you have a good route description loaded in the Garmin it guides you with beeps and pictograms of the junctions, turns on the screen light only when needed, can put up the virtual training partner if you want a race and the battery lasts 8-12h without the need to carry a smart phone. A cheap accessory for smart phone owners who occasionally ride, but I think hardcore Stravanauts will be keeping their dedicated cycling GPS/PM head units.
It can be as smart as they claim and it still won't do anything I wasn't already doing with a Garmin Edge 305 six years ago. The creation of better quality pace notes is all down to stuff that has happened off-board in the intervening half decade, but once you have a good route description loaded in the Garmin it guides you with beeps and pictograms of the junctions, turns on the screen light only when needed, can put up the virtual training partner if you want a race and the battery lasts 8-12h without the need to carry a smart phone. A cheap accessory for smart phone owners who occasionally ride, but I think hardcore Stravanauts will be keeping their dedicated cycling GPS/PM head units.