Good entry level cycling watch.

Kerrmit1992

My girlfriend has a garmin cycling watch that we use when we go out on the bikes together. I think it is a fantastic piece of kit but unfortunatly I cannot afford its £300 price tag at the moment due to investing in my new bike.

Can anyone tell me if there are good cycling watches at a reasonable price? The main tasks I am interested in it being able to do is distance, speed, time and an accurate calculation of calories burned.

All information much appreciated!

Cheers
Craig

cooldad

No such thing as an accurate calculation of calories burnt, but for everything else a basic cycle computer - under £20

stubs

You can get a Garmin 10 forerunner gps watch at Halfords for iirc £80. They have them at my local branch on sale but they arent in the cycling dept they are in the leisure dept as its more a runners thing.

step83

Ive a Forerunner 110 pretty much the same as the 10 Stubs has, cant really fault it, Apps like Strava will upload directly from the device which saves faffing if you want to log you rides. Just remember to charge it!

Kerrmit1992

That sounds good. Beats the £300 price tags on some of them. I saw some on eBay for around £30 but I don't know what reliability would be like.

And yes I know it's hard to get an exact amount of calories burned but it gives a rough idea and would like it to be as accurate as possible.

mcnultycop

I've got a Forerunner 410, about £130 off Amazon with a heart rate monitor (unused by me to date, but some people like this kind of thing). I like it a lot.