Garmin Edge 200 bike computer offers cut price GPS tracking for cyclists

If your budget won’t stretch to their snazzy, high-end bike computers like the Garmin Edge 800, the company are offering a new cut-down GPS unit, the Garmin Edge 200.

If your budget won’t stretch to their snazzy, high-end bike computers like the Garmin Edge 800, the company are offering a new cut-down GPS unit, the Garmin Edge 200.

What do you get when you cross one of our fave Android transport apps – Cycle Hire Widget – with Sony Ericsson’s intriguing second screen gadget, the LiveView?
By the looks of it, a nifty and fast way to find and park bikes on the London Barclays Cycle Hire scheme. Huzzah!

Sir Clive Sinclair’s first stab at cheap, clean personal transport, the Sinclair C5 which was released 25 years ago, was so far ahead of its time that it was met with ridicule and proved a huge commercial flop .

Keen to catch up with the Pope protest on Saturday, I had my first go on the Barclays/TFL bike hire scheme, hopping on a free bike and dashing across town to get snapping.

Back in the day, cyclists keen to keep a record of their travels had to employ a map for directions and listen to the relentless click of a metal wheel clip nudging against a mechanical device for recording the miles travelled, but Garmin’s touchscreen Edge 800 cycling GPS unit cuts a far more modern dash.

We love cycling and we love gadgets, so Nokia looks to be pedalling into a world of win with their new bicycle charging kit.
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