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Bringing a decade old bicycle navigator back to life with open source software

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Published: 25-07-2025 23:37 | Author: Remy van Elst | Text only version of this article

I recently found a Navman Bike 1000 in a thrift store for EUR 10. This is a bike computer, a navigation device for cyclists, made by MiTaC, the same company that makes the Mio bike computers. This Navman Bike 1000 is a rebadged Mio Cyclo 200 . It's from 2015 and as you might have guessed, no more map updates. There seem to be newer maps from 2020, but the official download tool fails. Planned Obsolescence at its best. The device is still in very good condition, the battery runs for 5 hours, the screen has great visibility outside and the software is extensive.

NAVeGIS Open Source navigation with up to date maps

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