I'm in the market for an HR monitor as mine just died, replaced the battery not too long ago, probably see if that's it first. I would also like a bike computer with cadence, particularly as now I'm doing a lot more indoor training than out and it's based on HR and cadence.

I already have a GPS so not sure I would want to plunk down the cash for a Garmin 705. It's all very tempting but I feel that I need to do a bit more riding to justify it all.

I looked into Polar bike computers but if by chance I take this training and racing thing serious then I would probably want a power meter, most likely the i-bike aero. So back to the Garmin which will display the power data from the i-bike.

I really don't mind bringing cue sheets and not so interested in the navigation feature. When I first started riding back in NJ about twelve years ago the biggest thrill was just getting lost and then when I eventually got home I would pull out the county map and go "wow" I was all the way over there?

On Ocean City-I would have to swing something like meeting my family out there. Sounds like an epic ride that I would like to do, without the potential Death Race 2000 with the truck and the Jersey rail.