ATech bicycle GPS receiver
Jun 15, 2007 fitness, on bikes
ATech bicycle GPS receiver can mount to a standard 1″ bicycle handlebar, and with its integral antenna and a speedometer, it can accurately display your location within 10 meters and your speed on an easy to read LCD. The GPS has 16 channels all-in-view tracking and can save up to 110 waypoints and 20 trips, and provides latitude, longitude, and altitude.
The altitude profile setting allows you to plot the cross-section of a mountain you climbed. The speedometer displays the time, current, maximum, and average speeds, speed comparison with your average speed, and has a trip odometer; a compass ring provides your bearing while riding. The GPS comes in a splashproof casing that is also shatter-resistant. It measures 4.25″ x 2.75″ x 1.25″ and can be purchased from this site that resembles in flight shopping magazinesfor $150 .
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June 15th, 2007 at 9:04 pm
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October 23rd, 2007 at 1:37 pm
Give me an old cool bicycle, and I’ll ride around the city for days.
November 30th, 2007 at 7:59 pm
My daughter gave me one of these. I am still learning to navigate its features. Still, as soon as it is “on” and acquires satellites, all functions work. I am a little puzzled, though. I used it to plot the distance on my usual ride. The Atech came up with 13.45 miles. Other cyclometers and the map at Bikely.com give me a figure of 14.4 miles for the same route. I want to do some checking to see if temperature is a factor.
December 17th, 2007 at 4:19 pm
I wrote to Atech about the discrepancy between odometer mileage and actual mileage. A representative wrote back right away to ask what software version is on my unit. I responded, but have heard nothing from them yet. I wrote again and heard nothing. That has been more than a week.
The unit works as a GPS unit and will get you to any point you enter within a couple of hundred feet. I can use it on a bike or in a car, or on foot. You cannot download maps from the Internet, nor update the unit software. You must locate the point on a map that gives latitude and longitude, and then convert the figures from decimal to degrees, minutes, and seconds before entering them manually one figure at a time into the unit.
My unit was a gift. Someone wanting to buy one of these for himself might want to compare other options. There is nothing in the manual or on Atech’s web site about a warranty.
March 1st, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Hello Philip,
The Atech unit provides at least altitude readings as well which is good. I use a HGE-100 GPS receiver for my Sony Ericsson phone for the same purpose like you: biking and sometimes speed skating and skiing.
In case of cycling I found a discrepancy of distance too: However, the SE-unit states a longer distance unlike your case. I think that a GPS reading should always be absolutely accurate except the software has a programming error. Usually the error is a misadjusted wheel radius of the bike and the like. But who knows…
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January 30th, 2010 at 4:42 pm
Where can i go to find this A tech gps cycling receiver?