garmin Archive

  • The best cure for travel lethargy: spinning and a big bump

    The best cure for travel lethargy: spinning and a big bump

    Went out for a pootle on the bike today to get over the fact that I’ve been on flights and sat in meeting rooms for the past week or so. It’s all @jimphelps fault, as he’s been going out pretty much the whole time that...

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  • Gmap Pedometer Route Tracing

    Gmap Pedometer Route Tracing

    A tweet from Jim Phelps put me on to the Gmap Pedometer, which I’ve been having a quick play with this evening. The service provides a means of being able to pre-record a route that can be exported to a gpx route in the same...

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  • With Rims Like These, Who Needs Enemas?

    With Rims Like These, Who Needs Enemas?

    523.18 miles in to the Kona PhD now and all is well. That’s 40+ hours in the saddle and 36652 calories burnt Average speed is up by probably more than 4 mph now over the old MTB wheels – but that’s not surprising given the...

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  • Using Google Maps Route Data on Garmin EDGE

    Using Google Maps Route Data on Garmin EDGE

    As you may recall, I’ve been using a Garmin EDGE 205 since Christmas to keep track of the miles I’ve been covering on the bikes. The unit itself is pretty impressive for the cost (well, at least the cost from EBay), but for Mac users...

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  • Openstreetmap

    Openstreetmap

    I could ramble on about the Ordnance Survey, but others have been there before me. Instead, I’ll just point you at: “OpenStreetMap is a project aimed squarely at creating and providing free geographic data such as street maps to anyone who wants them. The project...

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