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TomTom Rider v2 Satellite Navigation System - Great Britain List Price: Sale Price: £286.00 You save: £113.99 (28%)  Eligible for free shipping!Average Rating:   |
Description
Designed with bikers in mind: rugged and waterproof, TomTom RIDER comes with RAM mounting hardware that fits almost any bike and a Cardo scala-rider© wireless headset for high quality voice instructions inside your helmet. User-friendly: award-winning easy-to-use software, quick destination selection. Just plug it in, switch it on and riiiiide! Great biking experience: door-to-door navigation anywhere in Western Europe with crystal-clear 3D graphics and smooth-scrolling map display. Safe & secure: simplified drive-mode instructions on a glove-friendly touchscreen. Securely docked on the worldTs leading motorcycle mount. Smart services & extras: plan your route itinerary on your PC, get safety camera locations and biker-friendly scenic routes, keep in touch with fellow bikers on the road, and much more.FeatureProduct FeaturesMemoryInternal memory32MB Operating system/softwareBundled softwareTomTom HOME European basemapY ConnectivityBluetoothY I/O portsUSB 2.0 Environmental conditionsOperating temperature range T-T-10 - 55¶øC Storage mediaSecure Digital SD supportY DisplayDisplayTFT LCD Display size3.5 Display resolution320 x 240pixels Weight & dimensionsDimensions W x D x H113.2 x 96.2 x 52.9mm Weight310g Energy managementBattery technologyLithium-Ion Battery life5.0h GPS typeMarine chartplotters, sounders, fishfindersN Sport fitness, running, cyclingN Outdoor hiking, trekkingY Geocaching GPS stash huntN In-carN AviationN Bike/ScooterY ProcessorProcessor clock speed380MHz Input deviceInterface typeTouch Screen GPS PerformanceGPS receiverY
Features
- RIDER 2nd edition Great Britain
Reviews
Changes your riding experience
by BigL from London on 2008-02-27
Amazing product, I now venture out to areas I wouldn't normally have, and I can enjoy my riding rather than worrying about where I am, where I'm heading, and how to get back (if you have a terrible sense of direction, you'll know what I mean). Very easy to use. As another reviewer mention, would be even better if there was a verbal warning for low battery, although this is displayed in the screen, and would be nice if it told you whether it's charging or fully charged, but to me these are minor issues, particularly since you can hook it up to your battery if your commutes are quite long.
No more getting lost!
by Mr. B. Cutts from on 2007-10-27
Not a lot to say really - it works a treat, lets me enjoy riding and not spend all my time stressing over how to get there! I have never had a good memory or a good sense of dierction and now I don't need either!
Well designed mounting kit, easy and intuative to use and set up. I have no complaints at all.
Dreadful lcustomer service, but love the Rider 2
by Nicholas J. Ellicott from UK on 2009-04-09
Hi all,
my six pennyworth...
I love the tomtom itself. It is a well built pleasant gadget to use. Fairly intuitive, and full of things I never thought I would need. However, there are some issues:
Customer service at Tomtom sucks. They make it deliberately difficult to use the poxy website so that you don't hassle them, instead wanting you to rely on their "FAQ's", have those things ever been any use to anyone? Not me. When you do finally find a phone number, the auto answer woman on the other end tells you (without fail no matter what time of day) that they are far to busy to speak to you.
I did eventually (by putting the phone on loudspeaker and listening to crappy music for 47 minutes) get to speak to a very pleasant young lady, but it was quite apparent that she was just reading the answers off the FAQ page which I could have done!
Turns out that my Samsung U900 (supposedly state of the art) phone will not support the wireless data transmission required for the traffic and speed camera updates supplied by tom tom. Therefore I now have a tomtom with reduced functionality. How annoying is that!
Short of replacing a three month old phone, I am stuck...
The on off button is utterly useless. I have to carry a pen top around with me, because that is the only way to apply enough pressure over a large enough area to operate it. They also don't make it clear that you cannot turn the thing off when it is plugged in. Pressing the button then, just causes a sore finger. Why oh why doesn't the thing take power from the mini USB socket? Everything else with a mini USB socket does, my blackberry, my treo WM device. Surely it would save them the cost and valuable space of the jack socket they have fitted!
Don't download the Sylvia voice from the website. She sounds great on your pc speaker, but she might as well have her head in a bucket 50 feet away through your helmet speakers. I use Tim. He is very clear.
The kit that comes with the device is excellent. I had to buy a different RAM mount as my FJR 1300 has odd handlebars that the kit doesn't cover, but it all went together beautifully. No need for instructions if you have any mechanical ability whatsoever. Ditto for the battery wiring lead. I would however have liked some ring terminals fitted, and also the connection to the plug that goes into the mount isn't finished very well. I had to put some silicon around the base to keep water out, and protect the small gauge wiring from stress.
Hope this helps.
Nick
Nearly Perfect
by M. Dignum from London, England on 2007-09-01
After a while of checking out the different GPS I bought this product for touring on my bike,and recently used it while in the Lake District.It dose what it says on the box,a good piece of kit-very reliable.
Things they should fix for the next version of Rider are.. The On/Off Button..A verbal warning telling you the battery is getting low.. And some sort of light on the GPS or charger showing the system is on charge or is fully charged. If your doing a lot of touring i would advise using the cable provided to connect it to your bike battery.
Excellent
by Shaun from on 2008-09-24
This is an excellent product, and makes my life a lot easier. I have been up and down the country with the help of my TomTom. The earpiece can be heard loud and clear, even at moderate speed and with earplugs in (of course, most of the time, instructions are being read when you're slow or slowing).
I keep my TomTom with me even when I know the general direction where I'm headed, because it gives an excellent overview of the road ahead, which helps in planning overtaking; of course, knowing where speed cameras are lurking is nice too.
My only complaint is that the maps are occasionally out a bit, if the roads have changed recently. This can be annoying if not dangerous. Normally, common sense steps in and you can navigate around the problem, following which the TomTom will re-calculate the route for you; but there are times when you're simply "stuck". Roadworks and new roundabouts are my favourites.
The Rider has various options for routes: walking mode (took me a while to discover this, but it is very much appreciated), avoid motorways, and "shortest route" (as opposed to "fastest") -- the latter is particularly good for finding nice little backroads.
