Well...after writing it off, I finally changed my mind and broke down and bought the Garmin 705. It came in yesterday and I started to play with it last night. I'm not a super tech geek, but I do like numbers and statistics. My mind likes to know distances, times, grades, elevations, etc. The mapping is cool, and I think it will come in handy on the BMW as well. I went on a short ride this morning just to play with it. The steepest climb I hit maxed out at 9%, and that was for about just for a second. I can't wait until we ride some of the climbs that average 12% or more...yikes! When I got home, I plugged my garmin into my MacBook Pro and started to play with all the graphs and crap. I really don't know what I am doing yet, but I will learn. I figure I'll have a lot of time in France after each days ride.

I'm taking tomorrow off the bike, and hoping to ride McKenzie and 3 Creeks on Saturday. Yippee!