I’m spending more time looking into the many features of the Garmin Edge 305. On my last ride, I tried out the Virtual Partner feature and it’s pretty cool.

Basically the feature lets you race against yourself on one of your previous rides. The display shows an icon of you and your virtual partner with a graphical display of how far ahead (or behind) you are. It also gives you the distance of how far ahead (or behind) you are. You can also see ride data or a simple map of where you are on the ride.

Like the other screens, you can choose what data you want to display. I just left it at the default settings and they seem to work fine.

I’ve been jealously eyeing my fellow cyclists’ Garmin cycling computers for quite some time. Last week I scored a great deal on a Garmin Edge 305 on craigslist.
 
If you’re serious about becoming a better cyclist, or are just really anal about tracking your rides, you can’t go wrong with a Garmin.