How important is a GPS for your drives?
Some people prefer maps and atlases, we would not drive anywhere new without our GPS.
The same applies to our bike. They are so much better than the map and cue sheets.
All the rallies we have been to lately have TCX files that you can download to your GPS for turn by turn direction.
We tried the handlebar mounted phone route. But the Garmin is so much more convenient, has longer battery life, and is much easier to read outdoor than the phone. I like the Edge 1000. Initially I thought it was a little pricey, but the big screen is great for my aging eyes and I am enjoying the new functionality that Garmin has continually added.

As my wife keeps reminding me, I am a little too OCD about my bikes. I like the cockpit clean and uncluttered. I worked hard to to hide all the wires and junction boxes, I could not justify adding an XTR display. Besides the D-Fly unit is less expensive, is hidden away from the elements and have less chance of failure. And, the E1000 screen has plenty of real estate for the gear indicator, even on multiple screens if needed.



If that was not geeky enough, check out my new toy:



It is a radar sensor that wirelessly connect to my Garmin display. It warns me of the number of cars behind me and how fast they are approaching before I can even hear their engine. They have the small LEDs that brighten and blink faster as the car approaches, but I found those to be insufficiently bright to do any good. So I added my own random blinkers.