TomTom Rider 2 in US

[lodo]

i just saw a news item on GPSWorld saying the the TT Rider 2 was soon for the US market. There was the briefest of comments about the unit indicating it had some significant updates to the original Rider but I can't find any specifics on what's really improved beyond the mounting options (no small feat there).

Having now spent a lot of money with 3rd party mounts for the Rider from RAM and Wunderlich, can anyone comment on the Rider 2's features and how it is better than the original?

 

[Buddharay]

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/born-to-be-wild/tomtom-rider-2nd-edition-is-out-updated-293026.php

From my understanding the Rider 2 is already available in the US market. They have some more information posted on the TomTom Website too.

http://www.tomtom.com/news/category.php?ID=4&NID=391&Lid=4

 

[Thom]

from : http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/born-to-b...ted-293026.php

"Some bikers won't find any use for the included Cardo headset, since many helmets already have Bluetooth audio built-in."

OK, whoever doesn't need theirs, please let me know. I think the one I received with my Rider v1 is crap.

 

[Thom]

I also see that the Rider 2 has a cradle with a speaker for use in the car.

Damn, I wish I'd have waited.

 

[lodo]

I also see that the Rider 2 has a cradle with a speaker for use in the car.

Damn, I wish I'd have waited.

+1! on that Thom

I ended up buying a Go 510 just to try and get better audio (ok, any audio) in the car from my GPS but my Rider is really feeling the effects of a couple of "get offs" but I can't imagine spending the money to get the Rider 2 after all of the money I have spent of RAM mounts, Wunderlich mounts... for the Rider 1.

I take it that that the mount on the 2 is completely different than the original?

 

[TTR2]

The mount on the TTR2 is very much different that the original one. I just recieved my rider 2 about a week ago and it seems very stable on the bike.

............TTR2