Originally Posted by
d-klumpp
Thanks, Iride01! I will look into that.
Call me a luddite, but my strong preference is to have a head unit that shows me total mileage accrued on the bike at the moment. For example, when reaching a particular milestone of 5,000 or 10,000, I immediately stop the bike to snap a selfie that includes the bike and scenery and snap a pic of the odometer at say, 40,000.0 mi. So although I could approximate this tradition with an app on my phone, it would seem to lack the drama that I strangely appreciate as I watch the odometer click from XXX99.7, XXX99.8, XXX99.9...
Take care,
Dave
You can take a screenshot of your phone.
The type of in device odometer you're describing is something Garmin hasn't done in a lot of years. The 800 worked the way you want, there have been three subsequent generations and a fourth about to be released, without this functionality. The good news is an 800 should be very very cheap if you can find one. The bad news is its mapping and navigation are very old, so are a lot of its other features, and it's likely to disappoint you after being used to an 830.
I don't know if any competing companies make computers with odometers that function as you describe. A guy named [MENTION=355648]Troul[/MENTION] is actually working on a list of bike computers and what does what, so he may come along and shed light on this.