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Old 11-10-19, 10:23 PM
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Originally Posted by biketampa
I don’t think you can go wrong with the wahoo element bolt. I have a Garmin edge 520 plus and it works fine for me and I’m used to the garmin ecosystem.
The ELEMNT and Bolt assume you'll use your phone for navigation and don't work well for it.

They don't display street names, scroll while zoomed in so you can see where roads go (roads suitable for cycling disappear when you zoom out), or switch to the map screen showing which of several options you should turn on.

In an emergency they can't route you to the nearest water source or bike store.

I returned mine for a Gramin Edge 810, which I returned for a refurbished 800 because the 810 software crashed on roundabouts.

I installed the openfietsmap.nl maps, which start with the Open Street Map cycling maps and adjust road weights for better routing.

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