Edge 305

thedaffodilfish
thedaffodilfish Posts: 106
edited September 2008 in Workshop
Spent the weekend playing with my new Edge 305 - man that's a fun peice of equipment! All the data I'll ever need (for now, anyway, until I get like, rilly rilly obsessive and move onto power meters...) and it tracks where I've been. Viewing a ride in Training Cenre via 360* in Google Earth is esp sweet.

But functionally:
1. It take at least 5mins to find satelites. Is this normal, or is Embra just a GPS black hole? I had huge problems using Nokia Sportstracker too. Feel a bit stupid just sitting on my bike outside the house for 5 mins while the edge gets a fix.

2. What programs do you guys prefer for plotting routes/courses etc?
Marengo? BikeRouteToaster? Mapmyride etc?
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  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    I've been getting really long fix times lately as well and I feel your pain on the "looking like a tit outside your house for five minutes" scenario. I've taken to putting it out on the windowsill while I haul myself into the lycra and fill up the water bottles.

    For route websites, I quite like GPSies but everyone else seems to prefer the ones you mention, particularly BikeRouteToaster.
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  • Matt-B
    Matt-B Posts: 112
    I am adding my name to the list of those who stand outside on the pavement looking like lemons while the Garmin tries to find the satellites!

    I love my Edge 705 though - even if the cadence sensor seems to have packed in and the unit kept crashing. Thankfully it has stopped doing the latter now after a firmware update!
  • thedaffodilfish
    thedaffodilfish Posts: 106
    Matt-B wrote:
    I am adding my name to the list of those who stand outside on the pavement looking like lemons while the Garmin tries to find the satellites!

    It wouldn't be so bad if I was one of those SS poseurs with their trendy fixed gear threads and courier bags, but I live near a playpark and it looks a bit dodgy loitering around the swings in lycra...
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  • Jamey
    Jamey Posts: 2,152
    It's worse on the way home for me. My work has an underground bike park so I can't even turn the 305 on until I'm already riding the bike.

    So I either have to stop once I come out above ground and wait for five minutes or let it get a fix while I ride, which takes even longer and means I never time my ride from exactly the same spot twice.

    Bloody nuisance.
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  • verloren
    verloren Posts: 337
    Mine works fine - tends to take about 30-45 seconds to get a fix, even if I'm in the 'canyon' between my house and next door. Perhaps you could try holding it up in the air - I doubt it would make you look any more dodgy than you already do :)
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  • richa
    richa Posts: 1,632
    Jamey wrote:
    I've been getting really long fix times lately as well and I feel your pain on the "looking like a tit outside your house for five minutes" scenario.
    From memory, if you leave it on the satelite's screen it seems to take a while before it acknowledges a lock, however, if you scroll to your desired screen and press start it seems to be working straight away.
    Rich

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