Garmin

Garmin Tech to Track Your Ride

US-based firm Garmin has been at the forefront of developing GPS technology to track and enhance training and racing. The company produces a huge range of GPS-enabled watches and bike computers, as well as heart rate monitors to give you the most complete picture of your workout. With Garmin’s technology on your bike, you can ensure that you’re maximising the efficacy of your training and perform your best on race day.

Why Use GPS Technology?

GPS technology has a huge number of applications for cycling:

Navigation

One of the most basic uses of Garmin’s GPS technology for your ride is to make sure that you stay on route. You can preprogramme your intended ride into your bike computer, then get turn-by-turn directions as you ride. By using a Garmin bike computer or watch for navigation, you can make stopping to check the map or ask for directions a problem of the past. Better yet, you can see how far you’ve gone and how far you have left to go so you know how to most effectively meter your effort.

Speed Tracking

The reason that many riders use Garmin’s GPS-enabled computers and watches is to track your speed along a course. You can check your current and average speeds at any point during your ride, so you always know how your effort is stacking up against past rides and the competition. More important, you can keep a log of your speed throughout the ride to analyse your performance later, or to directly compare efforts across days or years.

Compare Against Friends

Another thing that Garmin’s technology enables is friendly competition between you and other local cyclists. You can easily upload your ride data to Strava or Garmin’s Connect app, then compare individual segments or entire rides with other riders.

The Garmin Ecosystem

One of the most important things that Garmin offers is an integrated ecosystem across its products. You can easily connect your GPS watch to your bike computer, or connect a Garmin heart rate monitor to either of those. By integrating your Garmin watch, computer, and heart rate monitor, you get the most compete view of your riding effort. For example, you can easily see how your speed and heart rate correlate. If you add a Garmin power meter to your bike setup, you can also monitor and track power output during your ride. Garmin products aren’t limited to cyclists, either. Most Garmin GPS watches include features for running and swimming, which makes them perfect for triathletes. While you probably won’t take advantage of many of the GPS features when walking around town, Garmin’s watches are compact and stylish enough to wear anywhere.

Garmin Cycling Tech at bikester.co.uk

The best way to get any Garmin product you need to monitor your workouts is to shop our wide selection at bikester.co.uk. We carry Garmin GPS watches, cycling computers, and heart rate monitors, so you can track every aspect of your ride in the integrated Garmin ecosystem.