The cycling computer market is fast and furious, and it’s rare to find a genuinely bad unit. Most offer a slew of data fields, GPS recording and an ever-growing set of wireless compatibility. And Bryton’s Rider 530 has plenty to offer being the Taiwanese tech company's most feature-rich cycling computer yet.
We’ve previously looked at the 310 and found, for a small unit,that it packed quite a punch when it came to features and functionality. The Bryton 530 is aimed at data hungry roadies and offers a similar feature-set to the Garmin 510.
Impressive battery life
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Like the 310, the 530 has a best-in-class battery life, and we found it be spot on the claimed 33-hour battery life — more than doubling the Edge 520's claimed 15-hours and outlasting the Edge 820's claimed 24-hours in Ultratrack mode — it always came as a surprise when the low battery notification flashed on the screen.
Speaking of the screen, it measures a large 2.6in and can display 12 metrics per page, and there are up to seven pages of customisable screens available. Even with 12 metrics on the screen the high-contrast unit still displays each box large enough to be read at a glance.
With such a large screen it’s by no means a small unit, measuring 54.9mmx92.2mmx17.6mm, but is surprisingly light at 76g. One of our testers noted that it's so light it "sort of feels like a toy in your hand rather than a cycling computer."
Bryton Rider 530 connectivity and features
Mounting the Bryton 530
Final thoughts
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