McCann Family
David
Turn off the auto pause when mountain bike riding or change the low speed to .5 miles an hour on the auto pause. I have used the Garmin 305 at the Ski Bowl and never lost any function.
> From: ibis23@comcast.net> To: paul.formiller@maxtek.com; obra@list.obra.org> Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 17:12:58 -0800> Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] Garmin 305 questions> > In response to the question about reception when mountain biking: It> depends. I have raced with it at Ski Bowl and I would hear the constant> chirping the unit auto-pausing and auto-resuming as I was going through the> tree cover. It would seem that if the forest is dense enough, you will lose> the signal every now and then. That being said, my data was only off by a> bit as the results were shortened due to the loss of signal.> > However, I have ridden with it at Brown's camp and it worked fine. > > The cadence sensor is supposed to take care of when you lose the signal. Due> to the fact that it is continually tracking your speed, cadence, etc, there> is supposed to be minimal loss of data. (Of course I have yet to install my> cadence sensor because I was having problems getting it to work right...)> > In response to the other questions:> 2) Never taken it out longer than a 4 hour ride and it worked fine. > 3) Not sure about that. It was accurate right out of the box.> 4) Works fine in the rain, snow, and sunny weather. No complaints here.> > Dave> > -----Original Message-----> From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On> Behalf Of Paul Formiller> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 1:17 PM> To: obra@list.obra.org> Subject: [OBRA Chat] Garmin 305 questions> > Thanks for all the responses on the Garmin 305. I'm specifically interested> in the following questions. I'm an elevation tracking junky. I current use> a Polar 710 with a barometric altimeter.> > 1) How's the signal reception for the Garmin? Any experience mountain> biking (trees, hills, etc). I'm concerned about losing the signal - (losing> speed, miles, elevation, etc).> > 2) I've heard issues about battery life. Can it last 10 hours + (sorry I'm> a tourist on the RAMROD)?> > 3) I hear for accurate elevation, you need to upload to the Motion Based> software. Is this true?> > 4) Any opinions on GPS versus barometric elevation accuracy. Seems like GPS> should be better (not weather dependent).> > > Thanks for the input!!! It's helpful when you didn't get one for Christmas> and you have to buy it (hoping for a tax refund).> > > Paul> _______________________________________________> OBRA mailing list> obra@list.obra.org> http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra> Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org> > > _______________________________________________> OBRA mailing list> obra@list.obra.org> http://list.obra.org/mailman/listinfo/obra> Unsubscribe: obra-unsubscribe@list.obra.org
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