Mio Cyclo 505 HC computer review

We've tested the Mio Cyclo 505 HC cycling computer, Mio's rival to the Garmin Edge 1000. How did it face off against the competition?

Cycling Weekly Verdict

A viable alternative to the ubiquitous Garmin computers, with a good touch screen, colour display and easy to use out of the box.

Reasons to buy
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    Easy to use out of the box

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    Good colour touch screen

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    Couples easily to the included peripherals

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    ANT+, Bluetooth and WiFi enabled

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Reasons to avoid
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    Quite chunky compared to the latest Garmins

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    Surprise Me feature is clever but needs to be used with care if you want to avoid busy roads

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Mio’s top-spec bike computer comes with a host of features and is packaged up with a chainstay-mounted speed and cadence sensor and a heart rate monitor. Both use ANT+ communication to the head unit: there’s also WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity.

It’s also got an effective colour touchscreen, which works well in the wet and with gloves on, although this is quite a bit smaller than the rather chunky casing. The single physical button just switches the unit off and on and works as a return to previous menu key.

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