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Garmin GPS Cycling Maps

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I bought a Garmin eTrex Vista Cx (snappy huh?) as a device to track and plan road rides on my bike. What I didn’t realise was that the £200 only buys you the device, not the maps. Well, you get a map with about four roads in London. Useful.

To be fair, the built in altimeter, speedo, tacho etc functions are fine for stats geeking (when combined with the slow, painful, but useful MotionBased), but I really wanted to be able to explore, confident that I’d always have a map home. I’ve been unable to find simple advice on maps on the internets so I hope my costly mistakes will be of use to someone…

Don’t Do This…

Don’t do what I did I buy the Memory Map of Great Britain. Even though its amazingly detailed, you can’t transfer the maps off the CD. So all you can do is plan routes and look at pretty maps. It’s an expensive, off-line, Google maps. To add insult to injury it’s locked to your PC, you can’t even sell it on to another schmuck.

In fact, don’t buy any of the official CDs from Garmin. They are horrible to use, very expensive, require a PC to work (which invariably crashes when using Parallels on a Mac) and the DRM is horrid.

Don’t bother with opensource/free/cheap mapping. I tried Smelly Biker’s maps. They aren’t nearly detailed enough for road cycling in the...

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Larrys Garmin nuvi 660 demo. The best GPS, First on YouTube

My new Garmin GPS is so cool I just had to show someone but I live in the woods and my girl friend isn't interested in geeky cool things - well until I told her it plays audio books and chick music.

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Electronics > GPS
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Garmin > Other Garmin Models
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Electronics > GPS
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Electronics > GPS
2008 AUSTRALIAN MAPS (V8) 4.3" WIDE SLEEK, ULTRA SLIM
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Garmin > Other Garmin Models
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Garmin > Other Garmin Models
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NewGarmin Geko™ 301 Handheld GPS Receiver
Garmin > Other Garmin Models
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$89.00
Bids: 1
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Garmin > Other Garmin Models
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Windshield GPS Car Mount for Garmin Nuvi 310/350/360
Holders, Mounts > Garmin
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Garmin > Other Garmin Models
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Garmin > Other Garmin Models
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Electronics & Navigation > GPS & Chartplotters
$25.00
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Garmin eTrex Legend® Handheld GPS Receiver
Garmin > Garmin eTrex Legend
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Garmin > Garmin StreetPilot
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Antennas > Garmin
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Adapters > Garmin
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Chargers & Cables > Garmin
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Antennas > Garmin
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Antennas > Garmin
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Garmin > Other Garmin Models
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Garmin GPS 12 personal navigator
Garmin > Other Garmin Models
$4.00
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Accessories > Range Finders
$9.99
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Garmin > Other Garmin Models
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GPS Devices > Marine GPS Devices
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GARMIN GPS NUVI 200
Garmin > Other Garmin Models
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Electronics > GPS
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Holders, Mounts > Garmin
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Electronics > GPS
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Electronics > GPS
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NewGarmin GPS Street Pilot 550
Garmin > Garmin StreetPilot
$315.00
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GARMIN NUVI 360 GPS CAR RECEIVER BLUETOOTH MP3 2008 MAP
Garmin > Other Garmin Models
2008 MAPS PRELOADED V9 1 YEAR WARRANTY BLUETOOTH MP3
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Garmin Emap GPS w/ PFRANK Parts
Garmin > Other Garmin Models
$0.99
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End time: 18-May-08 13:41:01 PDT

GaRmiN nUVi 205 205w 255 255w 260 260w GPS Car charger
Chargers & Cables > Garmin
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Powered Car GPS Mount for Garmin Nuvi 770
Holders, Mounts > Garmin
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NewPowered Car GPS Mount for Garmin Nuvi 660/680/750/760
Holders, Mounts > Garmin
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NewVent GPS Car Mount for Garmin Nuvi 760/770
Holders, Mounts > Garmin
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NEW Garmin StreetPilot 7200 - GPS Receiver w/Live Tr...
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5M GPS External Antenna MMCX For HP Navman Holux Garmin
Electronics > GPS
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Electronics > GPS
$3.76 Buy It Now
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GARMIN STREETPILOT C330 CAR GPS V8 MAP TALK NAVIGATION
Garmin > Garmin StreetPilot
FAST SHIPPING- 1 Yr Warranty IN FACTORY SEALED BOX
$9.75
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End time: 09-May-08 15:02:35 PDT

Garmin STREETPILOT GPS 2610 2620 2650 2660 USB CABLE~FS
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A Garmin GPS and CDs were stolen. Burglary. A business in the 300 block of W. Main Street was broken into and a computer, battery charger and a set of keys

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