I’m a fairly casual cyclist doing mostly road/gravel cycling with random spurts of MTB trown in the mix. I’ve been using Garmin forerunner watch as my stats gatherer, but recently I’ve been toying with the idea of buying a dedicated cycling computer.
So my question to you, the gurus of the cycling world is, what would be the best option for me? My budget is around 300€ and I’d like it to have navigation capabilities. The two main candidates I’ve been looking at are Garmin edge 530 and Wahoo Elemnt Bolt v2.
I really like the look of the Wahoo, but I’m pretty deep into the Garmin ecosystem due to my previous watches being Garmin’s.
So what cycling computers do you guys use and what are your recommendations?
Just sprung for a bolt v2 since it’s on sale today and I’m still using an old edge 500 that has seen better days. My wife has a bolt v1 and I think it’s great, the app integration is nice, the screen is really easy to see etc. From what I can tell the v2 ad 530 are pretty similar, there are many videos about it. I tried a hammerhead karoo 2 and returned it, the screen is just too hard to read in sunlight.
I use strava and non of the garmin stuff for stats, so go that route if you switch to the bolt.