Garmin Edge Explore 3 GPS Cycling Computer

Easy-to-use GPS bike computer with a vivid 3" color touchscreen, bike-specific maps, and up to 48 hours of battery life.

The Garmin Edge Explore 3 is for riders who care most about where the road goes next. It pairs a bright, responsive touchscreen with preloaded cycling maps and smart routing, so you can ride unfamiliar roads like a local. It also covers the safety, group-ride, and training features most riders want. Whether you’re linking gravel backroads, commuting, touring, or riding an e-bike, it keeps your maps, directions, and ride data easy to read on your handlebars.

Key Features

• Vivid 3" color touchscreen. High-contrast maps and ride data on a responsive 360 x 640 display, with a modern interface that’s easy to set up and customize.
• Navigation built around how you ride. Preloaded bike-specific maps and turn-by-turn directions. Route options are tailored to total ascent, speed, bike type, and your comfort level.
• Send a pin, get a route. Share a pinned location from Google Maps or Apple Maps on your phone, and the Edge builds a bike-specific route to it.
• Up to 48 hours of battery. Up to 16 hours in demanding use, and up to 48 hours in battery saver mode.
• Stay aware on the road. Get alerts for high-traffic roads, sharp bends, and rider-reported hazards like potholes, closures, and fallen trees.
• Safety and sharing. Incident detection and LiveTrack keep friends and family in the loop (requires a compatible smartphone and the Garmin Connect app).
• Texting via Garmin Messenger. Send and receive messages through your connected smartphone with compatible Edge devices, other Garmin devices, or smartphones running the Garmin Messenger app.
• eBike integration. On a compatible e-bike, see battery status and assist level, and get low-battery alerts. Options vary by bike model.
• Free map updates. Add, swap, or update maps at no cost through Garmin Express.

Explore With Confidence

The Garmin Edge Explore 3 is built around navigation. Find local points of interest, plan a route right on the device with the on-device course creator, or choose between A-to-B and round-trip courses. Route preview metrics show you what to expect before you roll out. When you’d rather keep rolling than follow a set course, free-flow routing finds paths with fewer stops, intersections, and slow sections.

Up Ahead lets you pick the stops that matter to you, such as cafés, water fountains, or restrooms. It shows how far away each one is while you ride a course. ClimbPro breaks down upcoming climbs on courses and free rides, so you can pace your effort. For e-bike riders, eBike Smart range routing factors your battery into route planning.

Built for Real Riding Conditions

This sleek, bike-specific device is made to handle rain, snow, heat, and more. It carries an IPX7 water rating and weighs just 118.8 g. An ambient light sensor helps keep the display readable as conditions change. With 32 GB of internal storage, it has room for maps, up to 100 courses, and up to 200 hours of ride history.

Ride Together, Ride Safer

GroupRide keeps your group connected with in-ride messaging and live rider locations. It adds some friendly competition with live climb leaderboards and post-ride awards (requires a connected smartphone with the Garmin Connect app). GroupRide incident detection extends that protection across the whole group.

On solo rides, LiveTrack shares your location, speed, and course plan in real time. Incident detection can alert your emergency contacts if it senses a crash. At the café, the bike alarm and Find My Edge help keep your setup secure. The Edge Explore 3 is also compatible with inReach devices.

With Varia radar tail lights (sold separately), you get audible and visual alerts for approaching vehicles. Varia smart headlights add more awareness on the road. The Edge is also compatible with Varia radar cameras and the Varia headlight camera.

Training Made Approachable

Free, personalized Garmin Cycling Coach plans make structured training easy for riders who are just starting out or looking to build fitness. The plans offer easy-to-follow workouts based on heart rate or power (power meter sold separately).

After the first pairing, Garmin Link automatically connects your compatible Garmin wearable whenever it’s in range. That lets you use wrist-based heart rate for your workouts. Extended display lets a compatible Garmin watch share data screens on the Edge. For riders who want more, the Edge Explore 3 also supports interval and advanced workouts, VO2 max, training effect, recovery advisor, Physio TrueUp, and smart trainer control for indoor sessions. A carbon savings feature even shows how your riding helps reduce your carbon footprint.

Stays Connected

Bluetooth and ANT+ pair the Edge with your sensors, Garmin gear, and smartphone (iPhone or Android). You can receive smart notifications, check weather forecasts and the real-time weather map, get weather alerts, and control your music. Android users can also reply to texts. Settings sync in real time with Garmin Connect, and the on-device Connect IQ Store lets you add data fields and apps.

Who It’s For

The Garmin Edge Explore 3 is for riders who want dependable navigation, long battery life, and strong safety features in a computer that’s simple to use. It’s a natural fit for gravel and adventure riders, touring cyclists, commuters, e-bike riders, and newer riders building fitness.

The Victory Take

The Garmin Edge Explore 3 is the computer we’d hand to most riders who ask for something that just works. Its strength is navigation. The bike-specific maps, popularity-based routing, and Up Ahead stops make unfamiliar roads feel easy, and the 3" color touchscreen is easy to read and operate at speed. Battery life is strong enough for long days and multi-day trips, and features like incident detection, LiveTrack, and Varia radar compatibility make it a smart choice for anyone who rides on busy roads or rides alone.

It’s an especially good match for gravel and adventure riders, commuters, tourers, e-bike owners, and newer riders using Garmin Cycling Coach to build fitness. If your riding centers on detailed performance analysis and race-focused training, look at Garmin’s higher-end Edge models instead. For everyone else, the Explore 3 offers the features that matter most on real rides, without the complexity.

In the Box

• Edge Explore 3 GPS cycling computer
• Flush out-front mount
• Standard mount
• Tether
• Charging/data cable
• Documentation