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Originally Posted by shlammed
(Post 1142863)
Easy to do updates.
I'm not one who usually cares to update things until they stop working. So it's not a concern to get an additional feature.
Originally Posted by shlammed
(Post 1142914)
What are your thoughts on having headphones on while riding (solo)?
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Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 1143074)
How old are you?
Originally Posted by Savington
(Post 1143147)
Have fun with that. It will need constant updates, and not to add features. The 510 has been out for ~18 months now and Garmin is still doing major firmware update to fix massive bugs (the kind of bugs that will randomly wipe the device and all of your ride/profile data with it). Buying a Garmin that can't be updated is a bad, bad idea, even at a $100 discount. I'm honestly not a big fan of mine, despite the featureset. If there were an alternative, I'd already own it.
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Having to fiddle with electronics got pretty old with me (though I never had anything as complex as a Garmin, or even a PWR meter). Batteries needed all the time. Every device with different, non-intuitive programming. DST adjustment 2X per year. Now I have only a basic cyclocomputer with (2) wheel sizes that I move between bikes.
I admit that I ask those with fancy stuff, "what is this grade," and, "How much climbing did we do?" But in reality, knowing that does not get me up the climb any faster. I just found that riding was reality, not the data sets. As I said before, if I were training for a specific goal / event, I would at least get a HRM. Oh, and when my riding partner's Garmin loses the satelite connection and shows "0" MPH, and no distance riden, my Cateye Mity 8 is still telling me what I want to know. |
I'm getting serious about a gravel bike. Options are
CAADx, son: Epic sex panther CAAD, son cheap 105 pov for $1700 Warbird: Poverty Ugly Steel expensive 105 pov for $2300 Rock Lobster: Epic Sex panther Mint green Custom $1400 for a frame and fork |
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I like how your poverty option is the most expensive.
Mostly unrelated, I really like this Ti framed carbon wheel mukluk, all 31lbs of it. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1403713902 |
Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 1143236)
I'm getting serious about a gravel bike. Options are
CAADx, son: Epic sex panther CAAD, son cheap 105 pov for $1700 Warbird: Poverty Ugly Steel expensive 105 pov for $2300 Rock Lobster: Epic Sex panther Mint green Custom $1400 for a frame and fork .Curtlo Cycles - Handmade bicycles. Custom Mountain Bike, Road, Cyclocross, Tandem bikes |
Originally Posted by Leafy
(Post 1143237)
I like how your poverty option is the most expensive.
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Originally Posted by kotomile
(Post 1143199)
Thanks for that, Andrew. I'd been considering getting one, I'll just stick with my phone.
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Originally Posted by Savington
(Post 1143341)
Unless you're hopelessly addicted to tracking HRM/power data over time like I am now, I think a Cateye V3 Wireless with HRM + phone GPS is the way to go. At some point the 510 will be good like the 500 is, but only time will tell. I pity the fools who are early-adopting Edge 1000s right now.
Sorry saw something shiny. https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...ine=1403732504 That's the more preaux version of my frame (TWO carbon toobss!!) polished and re-stickered. |
I approve of that polished frame.
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Ok so it's pretty and all, but why is it such a big deal that there's a CAAD track bike? It's a one-trick pony - no brakes, no gears. So pretty much unrideable in the real world. Am I missing something?
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I'm pretty sure I race the track in the real world.
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Originally Posted by kotomile
(Post 1143653)
Ok so it's pretty and all, but why is it such a big deal that there's a CAAD track bike? It's a one-trick pony - no brakes, no gears. So pretty much unrideable in the real world. Am I missing something?
Also, because you never know: https://www.miataturbo.net/attachmen...1&d=1403805341 |
Originally Posted by kotomile
(Post 1143653)
Ok so it's pretty and all, but why is it such a big deal that there's a CAAD track bike? It's a one-trick pony - no brakes, no gears. So pretty much unrideable in the real world. Am I missing something?
I'm still pining over this CAADx. |
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Originally Posted by 3rdCarMX5
(Post 1143668)
I'm pretty sure I race the track in the real world.
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I'm now strongly considering buying a CAADx (lightly considering a Trek Crocket) and going to New Mexico for a few days and pedaling in the southern NM forest area. I ahve 34 days of "use or lose leave" and this sounds like a damn good idea.
Any thoughts on a CX vs a gravel bike? I hear the gravel style bikes are way more cush and more relaxing to ride with a lower BB. CAADx is sexy, Trek is poverty and ugly, like a Hyundai. |
Come pedal Pebble Beach and Laguna Seca instead.
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Originally Posted by kotomile
(Post 1143653)
Ok so it's pretty and all, but why is it such a big deal that there's a CAAD track bike? It's a one-trick pony - no brakes, no gears. So pretty much unrideable in the real world. Am I missing something?
If you're in the south bay, I'll let you try mine. You will understand then :party: |
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