Bundles a bike-mounting bracket and Bluetooth helmet speaker/mic...Waterproof...User-configurable screen...Extended battery life...Excellent language support....No text-to-speech support...Lacks live traffic updates....The Maingear Ephex (Core i7) is blazingly fast and priced accordingly...Enter TomTom's Rider 2nd edition, which incorporates a bike-friendly design and comes with everything...
"I am going to break-down my review into two parts..."
"what it has that is good..."
"and what it lacks that makes it a non-competitive GPS unit in the US..."
"GPS derived elevation is not that accurate in the first place, but readings are relative and give a pretty good indication of elevation changes as you ride..."
The TomTomRider provides text- and voice-guided directions to motorcyclists and comes with an easy-to-install mounting kit...All maps are preloaded on...The TomTomRider's POI database is outdated and occasionally gave us wrong street names or no street...Motorcyclists need help getting around, too, and the TomTomRider aims to do just that...The Rider...
While Tom Tom does get credit for trying with the Rider, there are some key flaws with this GPS solution that have to be overcome...The Tom Tom Rider is the first GPS made specifically for motorcycles or scooters and fills a large gap in mobile GPS offerings...On first glance, the front of the Rider resembles the popular Go series, but this unit is encased in a hard plastic with...
"I learned about the rider last fall and waite..."
"It has a lot of options and they seem to work ok Terrible customer support, the SD card will not read sometimes, the unit shuts off while driving, headset is not so good on a bike..."
"I have used several GPS units, for a non-milt..."
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RIDER 2nd edition. PDA/MOBILE navigation. TomTom Outlet Store. Original products. PRO Series ... rugged and waterproof, TomTomRIDER comes with RAM mounting ...