The Garmin Edge series 305, 705 and 500

This is not meant to be a thorough review of the Garmin Edge series, if you want specific reviews there are plenty of them out there and you can compare the specifications directly on the Garmin website. What you will find here is images of all three units side by side so you can see the size difference and get my valuable insights into the...
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Garmin 305 with altitude problems

If your Garmin 305 has become faulty and the altitude reading no longer works here is a good work-around I have found. Firstly let me say by faulty I mean the elevation shows up as something like 5,000 or 20,000m. The work-around is really simple, instead of using the Training Centre software supplied by Garmin head over to Zone Five and grab a copy of...
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Garmin Support

Here’s a surprise. I’ve been having problems with my Garmin Training Centre software crashing continually, as I don’t use TC as my authoritative cycling dairy I wasn’t too worried so I lived with the application crashes. Every time the application crashed it would present the usual application error and ask that you send it to Garmin Tech support, being conditioned to ignoring these types of...
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Garmin 305 Edge: Essential training tool or just a neat gadget?

Here is the ultimate gadget for all the geeks out there who love to cycle. While the 305 Edge may not be the latest offering from Garmin but it is still a great tool for optimising your training. With the introduction of the 705 Edge the price of these devices has really come down, I’ve found them on GeoManGear for under $US275. My biggest gripe...
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