Best bike computer on Reddit

358 reviews from r/cycling, r/bicycling, r/gravelcycling and 15 more subreddits
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#1

Garmin

4.2
(148)
"Garmin or Wahoo is both great choices and a massive upgrade over the AW."
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"Garmin Edge Explore 2 — really affordable, has usb-c, great battery life, big screen and quite good navigation!"
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"Garmin edge 530 is also really good and in your price range."
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"Garmin 840 for $350 right now is an amazing price."
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"If you want a "power user" experience... get Garmin."
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"Garmin edge 540"
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"Navigation and just simple ride tracking? garmin explore 2."
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"ALL THE STATS!!!!!!! garmin 1050."
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"I recently bought the garmin edge 540 and I am very happy with it."
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"I have the 830 (now 840). Color and touchscreen, and great battery life."
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#2

Wahoo

4.4
(110)
"The Bolt V2 is a great little computer, full stop."
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"The Bolt v2 is great for navigation - even with the smallish screen, it is very readable."
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"The Wahoo you’re looking at will be fine."
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"I have a Wahoo Roam. It is terrific."
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"I've had the older non-color Wahoo Bolt for several years now. It's fantastic."
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"Elemnt Bolt V2 is absolutely rock solid."
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"Bolt V2 or Garmin 530. Both button operated."
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"The Bolt v2 is a great device, I’d definitely get it."
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"Wahoo Bolt! The pros use it in world tour races!"
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"I have the Element Bolt V2 and love it."
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#3

Hammerhead

4.6
(19)
"I love the nav on my hammerhead Karoo!"
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"I have a Karoo 3 and love it."
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"I’ve been using for about two weeks/350 miles."
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"Hammerhead Karoo 2 is a great option."
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"It navigates flawlessly, copies perfectly if you go off course."
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"The Karoo 2 is, hands down, the best computer on the market."
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"Hammerhead Karoo 2 by far."
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"Ended up with Karoo Hammerhead 2 as there were two most important points for me available in it."
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"Hammerhead Karoo 2. Love mine."
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"Check out the Hammerhead Karoo 2, I really love mine."
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#4

Bryton

3.9
(15)
"I quite like my Bryson 750."
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"I love my bryton 750se, everything is great."
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"The Brytons are under appreciated."
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"Bryton 320. Basic info and more. No navigation."
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"Check out Bryton. I've had my Bryton 750 for a few years now."
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"I really like my bryton rider 750 for navigation."
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"Happily using a rider 420, but not relying on the (point to point) navigation."
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"Bryton 420, all you need, cheap and huuuuge battery life."
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"If you dont need turn by turn navigation, it does everything else well."
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"I recommend you check out the UI of the mobile app for the various GPS cyclocomputers."
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#5

Cateye

3.9
(11)
"Anything from Cateye & yes go cordless."
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"Cateye Padron, have been using mine for 6 years."
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"Cheap, durable, reliable"
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"Cateye and Sigma are established brands that carry a wide range of bike computers."
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"It's simple to use and it's not wired."
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"I always had good luck with cateye brand, so check those out!"
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"I bought the Cateye Padrone to replace an old small Bontranger unit that died."
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"Basic Cateye velo 7 or 9 work just fine and are pretty accurate when set up properly."
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"I like Cateye and this one says it works on either the front or rear wheel."
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"Probably Cateye or one of those level of devices."
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#6

Beeline

4.1
(8)
"Get a beeline."
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"Perfect, 3,000km on mine."
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"Check out Beeline Velo if it's mainly for navigation. Can't really be beat for price and simplicity."
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"If you want it only for navigation check out the beeline velo 2"
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"It works with my phone, but is lopro on the handle bars."
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"I have Beeline Velo 2, it’s ok for navigating through the city."
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"Have a look at the Beeline Velo if you only really want navigation."
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"I like the very simple, intuitive display."
#7

Garmin Edge 530

4.2
(5)
"Garmin 530 never let me down on a 220 mile Hut to Hut trip."
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"Either get the 1030 or save the money and get a 530."
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"530 edge with a varia. Plenty on sale on ebay or fb marketplace."
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"Garmin 530 - all the benefits of the higher end models just without the touch screen."
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"I have a Garmin 530 and am pretty happy with it."
#8

Coospo

4.0
(5)
"I love mine."
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"I use Coospo from Amazon, all wireless with GPS speedo...excellent yet simple."
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"On sale, I paid less than $40 from Amazon."
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"Honestly for the price, the coospo one on Amazon is great."
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"Search for Coospo in Amazon. Gets the job done for me."
#9

Quadlock

4.8
(4)
"Phone + Ride with GPS or Komoot + Quad lock phone mount"
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"Works great for me."
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"I use Quadlock as a holder, never failed in 50k km."
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"Phone + Quadlock or similar sturdy mount."
#10

XOSS

4.0
(4)
"If you want the BEST bang for your buck, it's hard to beat the XOSS G+."
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"Xoss g+ lang pasok sa budget mo."
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"I have a xoss g+. Its pretty good so there is a xoss sprint that has gps."
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"Basic: XOSS G+, Cycplus M1."
#11

Garmin Edge 1030

3.7
(3)
"I have a garmin 1030 with the varia rear sensor. It's great."
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"I use a Garmin 1030, someone else answered how they do GPS with garmin."
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"I've got the Garmin 1030 and it's been pretty good."
#12

Xoss

5.0
(2)
"Xoss on aliexpress. 2 years strong."
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"Xoss. $25 on Amazon. A great computer."
#13

Google

4.5
(2)
"Get a quad lock and use Google maps."
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"Google maps and your phone?"
#14

Garmin Edge

4.0
(2)
"Edge is pretty solid."
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"I have the Garmin edge, which you should get under 100$ and a cadence sensor."
#15

Velo

4.0
(2)
"I got my Velo 2 in the mail. It seems this has everything I needed."
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"I ordered a Velo 2. The Garmin Explore looked pretty cool but it's 300% more expensive."
#16

IGPSport

4.0
(2)
"Look for iGPSPORT, they're cheaper and have great futures."
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"I would recommend something like the computers from IGPSport on AliExpress"
#17

Garmin Edge 1040

3.0
(2)
"Edge 1040."
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"I have the garmin 1040 and it's pretty awful for wayfinding."
#18

trimmOne

5.0
(1)
"Strongly recommended!"
#19

Mio

5.0
(1)
"Im very happy with my Mio cyclo 210."
#20

Garmin Edge 1040 Solar

5.0
(1)
"I use the 1040 Solar and get 70-80 hours."
#21

Wahoo Bike Computer

5.0
(1)
"I have a wahoo bike computer that comes with sensors for the crank and for the back wheel."
#22

Cateye Enduro

5.0
(1)
"If you just want something non computerized, then the Cateyes are great."
#23

Hammerhead Karoo 2

5.0
(1)
"Personally, I think my hammerhead Karoo 2 is the best when it comes to navigation."
#24

Catseye

5.0
(1)
"It’s cheap and does exactly what I want and I’ve never had one break on me."
#25

Magene S3 Cadence Meter

5.0
(1)
"I use a free iPhone app called cadence (and mount my phone to my bars) and a $20 cadence meter (Magene S3)."
#26

Sigma

5.0
(1)
"I am very happy with my Sigma Rox 4.0."
#27

Magene

4.0
(1)
"Magene o igpsport."
#28

Garmin Edge Explore

4.0
(1)
"I found that the Garmin Edge Explore is a good option."
#29

Garmin Forerunner

4.0
(1)
"Going into the Garmin ecosystem is great for triathletes."
#30

Bontrager

4.0
(1)
"For just displaying that information during the ride, I really like the Bontrager RIDEtime Elite."
#31

Generic Bike Computer

3.0
(1)
"I use this one: https://www.ebay.com/itm/374060722214?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=k6n1cmogrfc&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=Y_s_qaJbTIS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY."

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