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TECH NEWS
i-gotUUpdated: GPS bike computer to launch at sub-£70
We’ve just been sent details of a new GPS bike computer called the i-gotU (yes, the i-gotU) GT-820 that seems to offer a whole lot for just £69.99.
Essentially, for any latecomers, you have yer GPS computers that offer mapping, similar to a car satnav, such as the new Garmin Edge 810. And then you have yer GPS computers that don’t provide mapping but measure your speed, distance travelled and so on via satellite technology, such as Cateye’s soon-to-be-released Stealth 10. The i-gotU GT-820 falls into the latter category.
So, here’s what you get…
• Speed
• Distance
• Time
• Pace
• Calorie consumption
• Slope meter (gradient)
The Pro version comes with a digital compass, barometric altimeter for £89.99 while the GT-820Pro HRM – with a heart rate monitor – is £109.99. The GT-820Pro-Deluxe comes with the HRM strap and a cadence sensor (prices include VAT). These use Bluetooth LE to communicate with the head unit.
The GT-820 measures 65 x 42 x 17.3mm and the screen is 1.4in. We’re told that it’s waterproof enough to handle being submerged a metre down for 30mins. It uses a rechargeable Li-ion battery, the manufacturer saying that the battery life is 24hrs with the backlight on, or 40hrs with it off.
You can download all your ride info via the USB port on your PC. That allows you to log your numbers and check everything out via the i-GotU software that comes as part of the package. This shows you where you have ridden and allows you to chart your performance.
The manufacturer tells us that the data can be exported as GPX and TCX files through their software although there's no Strava integration within the software itself.
The GT-820 will be available soon via the manufacturer’s website or through Maplin in the UK.
We’ve not got our hands on one of these yet but we’ll try to get one in for review on road.cc.
Mat has been in cycling media since 1996, on titles including BikeRadar, Total Bike, Total Mountain Bike, What Mountain Bike and Mountain Biking UK, and he has been editor of 220 Triathlon and Cycling Plus. Mat has been road.cc technical editor for over a decade, testing bikes, fettling the latest kit, and trying out the most up-to-the-minute clothing. He has won his category in Ironman UK 70.3 and finished on the podium in both marathons he has run. Mat is a Cambridge graduate who did a post-grad in magazine journalism, and he is a winner of the Cycling Media Award for Specialist Online Writer. Now over 50, he's riding road and gravel bikes most days for fun and fitness rather than training for competitions.
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The phone is mounted in a Topeak drybag on the bars. I use the Wahoo app to display current speed, cadence, HR, last mile speeed, average speed, time etc. At the end of each ride I save and choose export to Strava, it logs in and updates my account. I think you'll get around 4 hours out of the battery with the screen on. Topeak do a newer 5inch drybag which could probably take an iphone with an external battery case to double the battery time.
If it does Strava will there be a limited USADA / Lance version called "I-gotU bag-to-rights"?
or an implant called the "I-gotUundermyskin".
I'm looking at GPS units at the moment and had pretty much settled on the Garmin 500 as it will do speed, cadence and will take downloads of routes. If this unit can do similar then I'll have to reconsider...
Is there going to be a womens edition called the 'I-gotU Babe'?
Most importantly, does it output the GPS data in an open format that can be analysed by the multitude of services that take open file formats?
but will it strava?
You Strava monkeys are obsessed. We're not sure yet. We only just got the details through and they've long since knocked off for the day in Taiwan – which is where this product is from – so you'll have to wait until tomorrow for an answer.
We're on the case, though.
we don't know yet. but we'll find out
but will it strava?
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