Thanks TH. What you wrote makes a lot of sense. A philosophical conundrum really as you describe it as well as an earlier poster. Go mega screen with bad eyes...or....correct eyes to see more conventional screen many can see just fine. Because I don't have awful distance vision for riding my bike, I have always opted away from correcting my near vision and sought a computer I could blow up the font.
My current and very basic cycling computer today is the Cateye Padrone which is about the same size as a Garmin Edge 500 but narrower and doesn't require USB recharging because it offers little functionality:

https://www.amazon.com/CatEye-Padron...drone+wireless

I have it on a couple of bikes and works just fine, can read it no problem when out on the road.

I believe given a choice of wanting to view 3 metrics of speed, heart rate and power out on the road, the Wahoo Element Bolt gets the nod as the more readable screen with distinct font. I may pick one up and get back into riding with heart rate and power. I have taken a break from training with both but may go back to the well at some point.

And yes, for eye correction, options of contacts versus a sunglass corrective lenses is often discussed on this forum.
Pro/con to each.
Thanks again..

With Campag's last comment I have to mention as a longtime Garmin user, I am THRILLED Wahoo is finally emerging as a competitor. Garmin has been way too lax on firmware updates and taking care of customers in the past. Wahoo has them actually on the move to make things better and more competitive. FINALLY.

Heh, very accurate. Why, Garmin, why? They do this all the time. My 705 never worked correctly with Routes, only the Courses worked--so no countdown to the next turn, just a purple line to follow.

The 520+ was postponed from it's announced ship date after dcrainmaker found it stalled when navigating on map areas with dense roads. And it (along with some other Garmin models) takes many minutes to load and process a route.

Feeling the competition, I suppose they rushed out the 520+.

Stick on bifocals

If you can't see the small details on your bike computer, stick on bifocals work great, just like reading glasses.
I trimmed mine way down, so that just the area between the handlebars is in close focus. They stay on even when rinsing the glasses under the tap.

I have distance prescription inserts with the stick-ons. From another thread:

I'm just hoping the 520+ is out by the 20th of next month so I'm still within the return period of my current 520...

Also, I've been doing a bunch of research and just want to clarify with some longtime users of the 520, is there no way to open the Garmin Connect app on mobile, enter and address, and send a route it creates to the device? If there isn't, are there any workarounds through the various connect iq apps and such to get around this?

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/b...3-474e97f376ac

Firebird - does the Micro C have to use a paired phone to do turn by turn? I'm looking for a GPS for longer rides only...I really just want route info, and it would be nice to have the ability to load from/to ridewithGPS or Strava before and after the ride.

I want something that I can use on century + rides, with the notion that I'm going to give a double century (or two) a go this year. I don't care for any of the training data.

There are GPS units out there with
Larger screens.
I’ve had one for 20 years
Used for hiking , boating , driving , mapping....
“ just navigation”
Mine is about the size of a cell phone

You need to pair the phone in order to give it the route. Essentially, there is a very nice Lezyne website and phone app, on either place you could load up an entire route, or simply enter an address or POI and it will take you there. For the rerouting functionality, you must remain paired as I believe it does use your phone to do that, it also only seems to reroute if you are using a Lezyne built course.

For turn by turn directions, either loaded through the phone app or website, once loaded, you will not need to keep your phone with or paired. Also, you can easily load TCX, GPX, etc. routes to it through either the website or phone app.

Hey, if you want one on the cheap, I am selling that Micro C Enhanced color GPS.

Navigation favors faster CPUs (computers).

It appears that the CPUs in the 820 and the 520+ are slower than the larger units.

That would be expected since their small size doesn't allow for a very big battery.