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How Do You Track Trail Miles: GPS, Smartphone, or Cyclometer?

66% of mountain bikers use a smartphone app to track trail distances, and 42% use a GPS device.

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Garmin Announces New Top-of-the-Line Cycling GPS: The Edge 1030

The new Garmin Edge 1030 packs a ton of new software features like popular bike route navigation, plus a couple hardware updates including a more aerodynamic mounting system.

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Review: K-Edge Garmin Mounts

Most trail bikes today feature wide handlebars paired with short stems, which somewhat limits your mounting options for things like a GPS unit. I personally ran into this problem on my Kona Process 153. With a 50mm long, square-shaped stem, there wasn’t enough room to use a stock Garmin mount up top. Mounting it to the …

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800 Lumen Bike Light From Garmin Gets Brighter When You Speed Up, Dims When You Slow Down

In yet another move beyond GPS units, Garmin just announced the Varia UT800, an 800-lumen light designed for both urban and trail use. While lights in this brightness range are widely available from countless brands (and even non-brands), the Varia UT800 is unique in that it can be paired with a Garmin Edge GPS to help conserve …

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“Do GPS Units Always Overestimate Trail Distances?” No.

In the course of conducting various GPS accuracy tests over the years, several folks have made the claim in online comments and over email that GPS units always overestimate distances. One of the main references used to back up this claim is this article from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers titled “Why Every GPS Overestimates …

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