Customer Reviews:
 nice addition to the cycling computer world October 31, 2008
I have a review on the forerunner 305, so this will be brief. the 305 for the bike does everything the fr 305 does except work with a foot pod.
the 305 for the bike is excellent at distance and HR measurements. you can take the unit off the bike and use it as a distance calculator for other activities, but you have to ensure the unit can see the sky at all time, which isn't easy unless it is strapped to your backpack (on the outside) however, since it is designed to be for the bike, I gave it 4 full stars for it.
the only thing really missing on this GPS unit is power meter aggregation.
that being said, the speed and cadence sensor is flimsy and breaks very easily. I have had 5, and evidently haven't learned my lesson on how to take care of it. I have had 3 on my road bike, and 2 on my tri bike. it is seemingly impossible to get both speed and cadence working simultaneously, and have broken the swing arm off 4 of 5 times. without having crashed.
all in all the unit gets 5 stars, it does anything you need except power for a biker in training. the speed/cadence sensor gets 1 star.
 Gizmophobia October 28, 2008
I searched and researched all the bike computers with hrm and cadence, there aren't that many. I reasoned there must be something out there that costs less than a Garmin Edge 305GARMIN 010-00447-30 Edge 305 GPS Bundle and provides the necessary data without the gadgets and gizmos, i.e, GPS, mapping, yada yada yada.
NOT!! I couldn't find anything.
Here's the kicker. This thing is so cool it inspires me to ride more,130 miles up the Blue Ridge Parkway and back, just so I can scope the cool graphics on the Training Center PC program.
Customer service is surreal. I asked one question and got my own personal Garmin dude. He inquires regularly about my situation and status. Sweet as...
Oh, I am an Electronics Technician, I work with electronics all day and don't care to troubleshoot my consumer electronics, so far the Edge 305 rocks and when not, Garmin dude is there.
And, Christian VandeVelde is, "DA MAN!"
Garmin 305 edge October 24, 2008
Easy setup, interesting tools, want to find database tools to get more info from device. Great price and received 2 days after I ordered it!
 Bike Somewhere ELSE! October 9, 2008
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
These guys are not honest. Ordered another this item. Did not arrive. (For over a MONTH!) Several phone calls to full VM box. Did not reply to emails. Submitted claim to Amazon then, BikeSomeShere canceled my order so that I could not leave well deserved negative feedback. These guys cannot be trusted. Go to their storefront and see how many similar complaints. Buy this from someone else.
Very good! October 2, 2008
Really nice product! It is a complete training device that will help you improve your performance! Easy navigation, lots of different data to check for your physical conditioning and training. The only problem is that we can not add maps, but the software included is good to edit and visualize your recorded tracks.
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