Garmin Takes On the Tour de France
Garmin, a manufacturer of high-quality GPS navigation devices, teamed up with Chipotle to put a cycling team in this year’s Tour de France. Team Garmin-Chipotle’s roster had three of the four American cyclists that participated in the famous bike race.
The Tour de France started on Saturday, July 5 and it will continue until Sunday, July 27. This is the 95th Tour de France and it will span a distance of 3,500 kilometers. The race has many varied stages including: 10 flat stages, 5 mountain stages, 4 medium mountain stages and 2 individual time-trial stages.
That is a whole lot of cycling. It is exhausting just thinking about it.
Maybe you are not ready to take on the Tour de France. But perhaps you are ready to get more serious about your own cycling or fitness regime. If that is the case, then Action GPS and Garmin are ready to help. Visit the Action GPS website and check out the selection of Fitness GPS devices available.
One such device is the Garmin Forerunner 405 GPS Green Sports Watch with Heart Rate Monitor. If you are an athletic type, the Forerunner will allow you to cross train. Pair it with an optional foot pod to track your speed, distance and running cadence indoors when a GPS signal is unavailable. This new design clips onto your laces for easy removal and automatically turns on when you start moving. You can also add a speed/cadence bike sensor to track the speed and distance of your cycling workouts.




