Originally Posted by
cafzali
What you're describing can easily be done with a bike GPS. I have one of the higher-end Garmin Edge units that will allow you to not only ride a pre-designed course or track, but will allow you to enter a point of interest or address into the device and have it navigate for you, providing "beeps" and on-screen turn indicators. Personally, I'd go with one of those. Any Edge with the model number 705 or higher will do what you want. The 705 and 800 are both discontinued models, but are often available online from auction sites, etc.
Devices like the 810, 900, etc. add functionality that allows the devices to communicate with a Bluetooth device to seamlessly upload to Strava or Garmin Connect so that friends can follow you and family, etc. can know where you are on a long ride. Personally, I don't care about that, but I do want full GPS capability. That's why I'm happy with my 705. Starting with the 800, the interface was improved to allow you to enter data via screen instead of using the little joystick that some find arduous.
Hope this helps!
Thanks. The documentation that I have read indicates that such things are doable. But this usage seemed (from all that I read in various places) so 'out of the norm' that I wondered if it was really workable. Sounds like yes.
It has also occurred to me that a backup, given that this particular usage is strictly training rides, is to just stuff my TomTom into the back of my jersey. It weighs a tad less than a pound - cheap insurance.
dave