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I was looking at the Oregon 450 also, talked with the sales person at the Garmin store in Chicago. I was looking for one based on my cycling needs and since I own many bikes I wanted a gps so I could use it on any of my bikes instead of getting a bike computer for each bike. For touring I wanted something that could use disposable batteries. You can purchase rechargable batterys for this unit. The Oregon can also do heart rate and cadenance. It also has a touch screen. I would get an Oregon unit, I am not sure if I want the topo data but it may help in the planning stages, the topo information only has 50 ft contours, I am not sure if there are better contour data available.
If I were going to buy a gps for cycling today it would be the Oregon 450.