Take your bike riding over the edge with the Garmin Edge 305 GPS-enabled personal trainer and cycle computer. With a wireless heart rate monitor and speed/cadence sensor, Edge 305 will help you achieve your personal best and track all kinds of stats.

The device attaches easily to the handlebars of your bike with the included bike mount. Just turn it on, acquire GPS satellites and go. Edge 305 automatically measures your speed, distance, time, calories burned, altitude, climb and descent, and records this data for your review. Edge 305 also comes packaged with a heart rate monitor, speed/cadence sensor, or both. These wireless sensors use ANT technology to send valuable workout data to the Edge.

Other Edge features:

• Easy to install; no calibration required. Just snap it into the bike mount and go.
• High-sensitivity GPS receiver tracks your position even in tree cover and canyons, making it extremely reliable for distance and speed information.
• Virtual Partner lets you race a virtual competitor over a specified distance and speed.
• Courses let you race against a previously recorded workout, so you can compare your current and past performances over the same ride.
• Auto Pause pauses the timer when you slow down or stop and resumes when you speed up again, so you can focus on your ride.
• Auto Lap automatically starts a new lap each time you pass a specified location or travel a preset distance.
• Edge 305 + heart rate – measure your heart rate and track your heart rate zone with the lightweight, comfortable heart rate strap. Don’t worry about cross-talk; ANT technology eliminates interference from other heart rate monitors.
• Edge 305 + cadence – monitor your pedaling cadence and wheel speed as you ride with the self-calibrating, wireless speed/cadence sensor that attaches securely to your bike. You can even use it to train indoors because the sensor attaches to your rear wheel.

Oh wait… there’s more…

As an added benefit, you can plan, analyze and store data from your workouts using free Garmin Training Center software, which lets you analyze data with interactive graphs that chart your speed, time, heart rate and elevation. I’m only touching the surface here. You can map out so many different things, it will make your head spin.

If you’re an avid bike rider, this is a definite buy. I’m thinking of getting one just to push me out the door and ride again. At great motivator gadget that looks kewl and stores more data then you can slice and dice…

$276.75 (free s/h – no tax)
Garmin Edge 305HR+ Bicycle Monitor and GPS (Heart Rate Monitor and Cadence)

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