When we’re on a long ride in a remote and rugged place, bikepackers have specific and sometimes mission-critical expectations from a GPS device. Some features ar… See more

Short answer: no! I bikepacked and toured with a simple smartphone navigation app (RideWithGPS, but Gaia is also popular) for over 10,000 miles. I recommend beginners start this w… See more

Choosing the following models from among many options was a large chunk of the work involved in creating this article. Rather than list every possible cycling computer or GPS devic… See more

Some of the above specs are self-explanatory, but if you’ve never used a GPS for bikepacking it can be hard to know why you should care about some of them. Before divi… See more