Originally Posted by
IamNed
This falls under the "any comments" of your post. I recently purchased a Polar M450 and love it, but don't need directions while riding, and have no interest (I think) in downloading other's maps.
Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
How important is it that your GPS can show you maps while you ride?
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In the past we've done group rides that have a route planned out and have seen others with a GPS with the route already loaded in. We end up having the paper copy of the route. It seems more simple and safe to have the GPS to look at occasionally than having the sheet of paper to hold onto and read and try to figure out where we're at. And, if we find a route on RWGPS or Strava that looks interesting we can ride it using the other riders upload.
Just seems like a good idea.