Have been looking for a GPS computer for a while and came across Giant Neos GPS. https://www.giant-bicycles.com/au/neos-gps-2019
Can't find any reviews of the device. Anyone have any experience with them? Looks like a decent priced entry level computer.
Have found them available at various online shops.
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Postby jarwil80 » Sat Aug 11, 2018 3:11 pm
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Re: Giant Neos GPS
Postby MattyK » Sat Aug 11, 2018 9:29 pm
Hard I judge it with limited info and no reviews. Honestly I would just save up for a Garmin 130.
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Re: Giant Neos GPS
Postby jarwil80 » Sun Sep 02, 2018 5:42 pm
Update.
Got one of these for Father’s Day.
Didn’t take much to setup. Been on a test ride with it and worked well. Synced to Strava from neostrack app.
Think it will do all I need it to for a first gps computer.
Got one of these for Father’s Day.
Didn’t take much to setup. Been on a test ride with it and worked well. Synced to Strava from neostrack app.
Think it will do all I need it to for a first gps computer.
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Re: Giant Neos GPS
Postby Meto500 » Wed Nov 14, 2018 9:19 am
How have you doins this device mow. Looking at one also.
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Re: Giant Neos GPS
Postby Mububban » Wed Nov 14, 2018 11:51 am
What is the advantage to this over a basic bike computer + using my phone for Strava? I needed to replace my basic speed/distance/time computer after my accident, my LBS quoted me for the Giant NEOs GPS but I just bought another $15 cheapie.
Does it offer turn by turn navigation? Or sync with a power meter (that I don't have)? Seeing as I never ride without my phone in case of breakdown or accident, I run the Strava app.
Does it offer turn by turn navigation? Or sync with a power meter (that I don't have)? Seeing as I never ride without my phone in case of breakdown or accident, I run the Strava app.
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Re: Giant Neos GPS
Postby jarwil80 » Fri Nov 16, 2018 8:59 pm
I like the device. Has worked every time I have used it and is accurate for recording. The upload to Strava is simple. I just wanted a simple device that offered GPS recording and didn't want to spend much for my first one. Very happy with itMeto500 wrote:How have you doins this device mow. Looking at one also.
It does not offer turn by navigation. Where I ride I don't need navigation. The device syncs with Bluetooth peripheral sensors.I also never ride without my phone in my pocket but wanted something on the handlebars that I could see for speed and distance.Mububban wrote:What is the advantage to this over a basic bike computer + using my phone for Strava? I needed to replace my basic speed/distance/time computer after my accident, my LBS quoted me for the Giant NEOs GPS but I just bought another $15 cheapie. Does it offer turn by turn navigation? Or sync with a power meter (that I don't have)? Seeing as I never ride without my phone in case of breakdown or accident, I run the Strava app.
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Re: Giant Neos GPS
Postby Duck! » Fri Nov 16, 2018 11:44 pm
Strava is only as good as the device feeding it the information. A dedicated GPS unit has much higher sensitivity and better processing power than a phone, which has all sorts of other guff packed into it as well, affecting the quality of the data it's collecting; there can be considerable variation between different rides on the same route, and between what the phone and separate computer have recorded on the same ride.Mububban wrote:What is the advantage to this over a basic bike computer + using my phone for Strava?
Dedicated GPS receivers are still not immune to tracking errors, as satellite signals can suffer interference from tall buildings or heavy tree cover, but this can almost totally be overcome by using on-board sensors to supplement the GPS data.
Basic computers record just as well, on the proviso that they're properly calibrated to the bike's wheel size, their shortcoming is the inability to store ride histories for future reference.
I had a thought, but it got run over as it crossed my mind.
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