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Bicycle Travel => Gear Talk => Topic started by: Daveymac on December 23, 2016, 10:30:35 am

 

Title: Best bike computer for bike tour on the Pacific Coast?
Post by: Daveymac on December 23, 2016, 10:30:35 am

Hi! I hope you are all well.
I am planning a bike trip along the Pacific Coast next summer.
I plan to navigate using offline maps on my smartphone and as a backup, and to store all my trip stats, to use a bike computer.

Ideally I would like to download the route onto this bike computer device and just follow it..

Could any of you recommend the best device for this?

Thanks so much!

Dublin Dave.

Title: Re: Best bike computer for bike tour on the Pacific Coast?
Post by: adventurepdx on December 23, 2016, 11:49:35 am

I don't have an answer for you, but since this question isn't really specific to the Pacific Northwest, you'd probably get a better response (or a response at all!) if you posted this in Gear Talk or even General Discussion.

EDIT: Thanks, moderators for moving this!

I'd also advise doing a search first, since this is the type of question that comes up a bit.

Title: Re: Best bike computer for bike tour on the Pacific Coast?
Post by: JHamelman on December 23, 2016, 01:08:18 pm

I'd suggest reading this thread in the GPS Discussion:

http://forums.adventurecycling.org/index.php?topic=14011.0

And this information from our Digital Data for Devices section of our website:

GPS Devices: https://www.adventurecycling.org/routes-and-maps/adventure-cycling-route-network/digital-data-for-devices/tracks/gps-devices/
Mobile Devices/Apps: https://www.adventurecycling.org/routes-and-maps/adventure-cycling-route-network/digital-data-for-devices/tracks/mobile-devices/

You can purchase digital data for use in both devices for the Pacific Coast route either by section or the entire route:

https://www.adventurecycling.org/cyclosource-store/route-maps/digital-route-data/pacific-coast-route-digital-data/

I hope this helps!

Jennifer

Title: Re: Best bike computer for bike tour on the Pacific Coast?
Post by: Daveymac on December 23, 2016, 03:34:30 pm

Good evening Jennifer!

Thank you for your reply...
I will look at the threads and links which you posted!

Dublin Dave.