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Garmin Edge 305


Take your ride to the next level with the Edge 305 - Garmin's GPS-enabled, personal trainer and cycle computer. From competitive road racing to mountain biking, the cyclist-friendly, lightweight Edge will help you achieve your personal best. With the easy-to-use Edge 305 on your bike, you'll always know where you're going and how far you've gone.

For advanced cyclists, the Edge 305 comes packaged with a heart rate monitor and/or wireless speed/pedaling cadence sensor to provide valuable feedback. In addition, the Edge 305 incorporates a barometric altimeter for extremely accurate elevation and vertical profile data. Recreational cyclists looking for the perfect touring companion and fitness partner will love the Edge 205.

The Edge 305 has the ability to measure pedaling cadence, heart rate, speed, distance, time, calories burned, altitude, climb and descent, plus much more. 305 features include:

Easy-to-install—no calibration required. Just snap it in the included bike mount and go
High-sensitivity GPS receiver—knows your position even in tree cover and canyons, making it extremely reliable for navigation
Highly efficient ANT wireless protocol—provides superior battery life and reliably transfers your performance data to the Edge 305
Customizable cycle computer—shows up to eight different data fields for continuous feedback
Virtual Partner™—lets you "race" a virtual competitor, making training fun
Courses—let you "race" against a recorded course to try to match previously set speeds at every point along the way
Auto Pause®—pauses the training timer when you slow down below a specified speed and resumes when you speed up again so you can focus on your ride
Auto Lap®—automatically triggers a lap every time you pass a specified location or travel a preset distance
Training Center software—gives you the ability to create workouts, manage and download courses, and create a detailed post-ride analysis that charts your performance
The Edge 305 with heart rate lets you see whether you are training too hard or not enough. The heart rate monitor uses a robust ANT wireless technology that eliminates cross-talk and interference to reliably measure and send heart rate data to the Edge via a soft, comfortable chest strap. This data is stored with each track point for post-workout analysis.

The Edge 305 with cadence includes a self-calibrating, wireless speed/cadence sensor so you can monitor your pedaling cadence as you ride. Like the heart rate monitor, the speed/cadence sensor uses the same robust ANT wireless technology to reliably measure and report your pedaling strokes per minute to the Edge.

With its waterproof, sleek design, the Edge is the perfect companion on any bike, and attaches to either the stem or handlebars. Its rugged case frames an easy-to-read, large, backlit display that can show up to eight different data fields along with altitude and a map view.

Included Garmin Training Center™ software gives you the ability to overlay your ride data onto a course map. It offers interactive analysis tools that measure your speed, distance, climb, and descent against varying terrain, elevation and more. Create and schedule custom workouts or use workout templates and download to the Edge.

You can also analyze your Edge data with Garmin's web-based application, MotionBased.com, which provides in-depth analysis of your workouts, online mapping, and route sharing to take your training to the next level. Endurance athletes can use the Edge with TrainingPeaks.com, an easy-to-use web-based training system designed to help athletes train for any event.

Cyclists: get your Edge from Garmin.

Garmin part number: 010-00447-00

Edge 305CAD Suggested Retail Price:
$379.15 U.S.D. (for domestic US market only)
Garmin part number: 010-00447-20

Edge 305HR Suggested Retail Price:
$379.15 U.S.D. (for domestic US market only)
Garmin part number: 010-00447-30

Edge 305HR+Speed/Cadence Sensor Suggested Retail Price:
$433.32 U.S.D. (for domestic US market only)

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Edge 305 Features: GPS: High-sensitivity SiRFstarIII™ receiver
Antenna: Built-in patch GPS antenna
Wireless: Communication between system devices via ANT protocol
Weight: 88 g, 3.1 oz
Display: 1.17"W x 1.44"H, 128 x 160 pixels, 4-level grayscale LCD with backlighting
Unit dimensions: 1.75"W x 3.7"H x 0.9"D (44 x 94 x 23mm)
Waterproof: IEC 60529 IPX7 standards (submersible in one meter of water for up to 30 min.)
Battery: Up to 12 hours (typical use); rechargeable internal lithium-ion
Track log: 13,000 track points



Customer Reviews

Average rating:

Receiver shuts off by itself

The forerunner 305 receiver occasionally shuts off by itself without warning. This is really annoying and affects your data at the end of your workout. I have seen this complaint in other forums as well. Shouldn't there be a recall or fix for this?! Some forum claims that this happens when you coast at the end of the lap or when in traffic or at a stop light. I hope there's a place in the receiver to adjust this auto shut-off annoyance.


Useful training tool

Instruction manual is very useful and explains all possible tricks and mounting instructions, like what to do if the units locks up.
Mounting onto the bike is easy. Use the wedge, if it has to be mounted on the stem. This will improve readibility even behind polarizing sun glasses.
The software delivered with the product on CD did not work. I downloaded the latest version from the Garmin's web site. It works great, beside the annoying instruction to load Garmin's topowest CD into the drive.
Use: It is great to have HR, speed, cadence and elevation in one tools whtout wires. If you use it on the same trail it will show you very well your progress. It is good for hiking, running as well.
I did not dive into the training software to deap to create virtual partners or to race against myself. For me it is more important to improve paddle stroke at this time, where cadence and HR is useful to check. The stats from the software are good for training logs.
It runs for more hours than I can bike - big improvement to from the first version I tested two years ago.


A great find

What a great tool. Not only does it make running/biking more interesting but it also makes training more effective. Although it is designed for biking, the unit is small enough where you can run with it in your hand without it being difficult. It really is helpful to be able to watch all of this information as it's happening.

The only thing I wish it had was background maps for the display unit (GPS). The GPS acquires quickly and stays locked on, even in dense areas. Highly recommended!


Excellent Product

Other than the difficulty to navigate through some of the menus it's overall an amazing product. Rightly priced and amazing functionality at very low weight.


Best Bike Computer Ever.

If you been looking for a bike computer that can do cadence and heart rate monitor, look no more. Incredible flexibility and ease of use. Track your progress, race again your virtual partner and more. I have tried Polar, Cateye and was never quite satisfy with the product, their use or functionality. The Garmin Edge 305 hits the spot. I even consider the new suunto but they don't offer cadence. I have the unit speed/cadence sensor installed in my road bike but also have use it without the sensor in my mountain bike and several rentals over the last 30 days with great results. I greatly recommend it.


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