GPS for wife's bicycle

[ponyfool]

My wife has come to really like the Zumo 550 when we put it in the car. She is looking for something similar for her bicycle. I did a quick Google search on bike gps units, but that's not what she wants. She wants a screen similar to the Zumo 550, but on a device that has at least a 5 hour battery and isn't that expensive.

She doesn't ride her bike in the rain, so waterproof isn't a necessity.

Any ideas?

 

[Tenchi]

My wife has come to really like the Zumo 550 when we put it in the car. She is looking for something similar for her bicycle. I did a quick Google search on bike gps units, but that's not what she wants. She wants a screen similar to the Zumo 550, but on a device that has at least a 5 hour battery and isn't that expensive.
She doesn't ride her bike in the rain, so waterproof isn't a necessity.

Any ideas?

Have you tried popping down to your local specialist store and asking them? I was eyeing off some stuff at REI and found a GPS suited to me. I then jumped on PriceGrabber (www.pricegrabber.com) and found the same model for $150 cheaper online. Still contemplating whether I'm willing to hand over so much money so soon, but the general idea should work.

Good luck with the 5 hours of battery life and not being that expensive, I didn't find anything like that when I first had a glance. But maybe that sort of action plan will get you not only something affordable but what your wife wants (and some major brownie points!)

 

[rickysnickers]

My wife has come to really like the Zumo 550 when we put it in the car. She is looking for something similar for her bicycle. I did a quick Google search on bike gps units, but that's not what she wants. She wants a screen similar to the Zumo 550, but on a device that has at least a 5 hour battery and isn't that expensive.
She doesn't ride her bike in the rain, so waterproof isn't a necessity.

Any ideas?

Here you go, check these out. I've ordered from these folks and have never had a problem. https://www.coloradocyclist.com/product/display/55100/

Rick

 

[FJRMGM]

go to www.performancebike.com - I have used them and Colorado Cyclist for years with good service.

 

[pawtracks]

I would try two options for a bike:

Option 1

Awesome deal this week (If price is more of a concern)

$99.99 out the door since you're in the land of no tax

Bestbuy has the Garmin Nuvi 200 on sale for $149.99

1. Sign up for a free rewards card if you don't have one

2. $50 coupon

YMMV/Things to note

*These may sell out if they have not already

*The sale price ends this Saturday

*Some Best Buy's may try to tell you, you can't use a coupon on a sale item (BS)

Option 2

I prefer my etrex series Garmin over the nuvi (I'm on my 4th etrex now, only owned the nuvi for a few days)

-Not 4th as it is a worthless POS and keeps breaking, I keep upgrading to newer/better models-

My latest etrex is the Vista Hcx from ebay $205 shipped (using a 10% off paypal coupon which expired 6/30 -sorry)

Since you're in OR (I would use Amazon) sales tax in WA killed the Amazon option for me

The Amazon search I linked to above should show you many etrex models and bike mounts.

I use it as a backup in the car, geocaching, hiking, camping, biking, traveling to unfamiliar cities (US / Europe / etc...)

Battery life on my etrex is 12-15 hours on average

I've even used the etrex on my FJR for over a year (completely waterproof GPS) before I upgraded to a Garmin 2730 with XM

I used this mount from cyclegadgets which would also work great on a bike.

Hope that helps