In the Map or Software section, you can find Update Available when an update is available. If you connect your device to a Wi-Fi network that provides Internet access, you can update the maps and software. Keeping your device up-to-date without having to connect it to a computer is possible with this feature. Garmin Express for Windows is currently version 7. By October 8th, , there will be no data available. There are some key differences between the Edge and in fact, the Edge appears to be just a bit bigger than the Edge With the Garmin Connect Mobile app and the Connected Edge , you can access a number of connected features.
Bluetooth is used to send data from Edge to your phone. If you are debating between the and the and your reason for leaning towards the is the ability to upload activities with your phone I have an alternate solution. You might need to download a file browser generally free and just browse to the activities folder on the Edge Then email the file to upload strava. This will work with any Garmin devices that acts like a USB drive. The apps is pretty straight forward.
Connect the Garmin device. Open the ST Uploader app. Wait warning if you have a bunch of new activities on your device you might have to wait a few minutes.. Click the activity you want to upload.
You will have to sign in with the proper credentials for that site. Selecting Strava still goes through email. Uploading to Strava via email takes a few minutes because it has to travel as an email and then they have to process the file. Uploading to Garmin connect is pretty fast. If you also download the Garmin Connect app you can view the activity as soon as you upload it. The cables are pretty small and can be stored pretty easily in your saddle bag or left in your car.
But I think it is worth looking into. A riding buddy of mine has an iPhone so I connect her Edge to my phone and email the activity to her. She then forwards it to Strava. I am having trouble getting cadence to show up on my display. When I maximize the number of data fields to 10 in the training pages, it still does not show up. Any thoughts? Not sure, but the get gps fix real fast. Thig I read somewhere that this is an improvement over Does anyone know how many workouts the Garmin will store?
Recorded workouts or planned workouts? Recorded, a crap-ton. Planned workouts. I have a decent amount of planned workouts on my schedule and it would be nice to just enter them into the and leave them there to choose from, instead of enter and then delete each day.
Changing would break comparisons with previous recordings however. So far I store everything in TrainingPeaks. I believe the Garmin syncs directly with Strava now. I saw it mentioned in a Flipboard post and my uploads are now available at the end of my ride, right after the device uploads them to Garmin Connect, rather than the 15 minutes to half hour it used to take.
Yup, details here: link to dcrainmaker. Anyone using has the touch screen issue? My issue is like this: the touch of any bottom buttons will only response to the bottom right corner of the screen, e. And other touch also response a wrong position.
I have tried the master reset but still cannot fix the problem. I am a road cyclist who rides apx. I have a Powertap G3 hub and am looking for a computer unit that will work for me. I see a lot of folks and you do not see the value in upgrading from the I get that. However, in your opinion, is the a good move from a Wahoo BLE system that does not function on any regular basis?
I get so frustrated during my rides with data dropout, app freezing, and BLE sensor dropout that it upsets me and just negatively affects my ride. Having said all of that — Which other systems would you recommend I take a serious look at? I hate this type of change. I suspect your Wahoo issues are probably more related to BLE connectivity that either the sensors or the app.
In any event, the Edge has seen some nice stability improvements since I wrote this. I have had consistent issues for several months now. Several issues with sensor dropout and buggy app readings.
I have well documented my experience with Wahoo. Thanks for the tip. My question regarding the is — how customizable are the in-ride screens? Wahoo kept blaming iOS 7. They claimed 8 fixed the issues.
Using the most current version of the app on both phones. The 5 iOS 7 is now working fine. Weird, I know. I just want something that is reliable, stable, and customizable. One of the challenges with depending on other companies for your products. As an iOS Developer, I totally understand that. When everything is working perfectly — no worries. But when something changes on the OS side that affects an app or connectivity happens often — even with Apple it can shut everything down.
As an end user, I have to wait until a company like Wahoo writes a patch to fix the issue assuming there IS a fix before things work properly again. When doing a workout or a course what activity profile is used? Hi, Can put map img file into garmin edge?
If not how to put map into ? Thank you. I have been using the for almost a year come next month. Specifically, the only touchscreen button that works is the Back arrow. Pressing any other surface of the touchscreen does not make any difference. However, note that even that the Back arrow works, the screen does not actually go back, but forward instead. I have tried to calibrate the touchscreen from the settings in the menu but it did not help.
Have you heard of this issue before and what could be done to fix it? Thanks in advance. The unit is not recording speed, distance, and elevation correctly. For example I went on a short 15 mile loop I do when time is limited. By the end of the ride the garmin stated I had only gone 11 miles with an average of 10mph. I didnt think anything of it at first but when it happened again, I noticed that when uploading to strava, it corrected to the right distance and speed.
Any thoughts on why this might be happening? Yes, just did that. Do you think it could be a corrupt file on the unit itself causing the issue?
Thanks for taking the time to respond. No, not an activity file. Rather, just needs to have the satellite cache reset, which doing a soft reset accomplishes. Ok I will look into that. Also just saw an article on bike radar about recent solar flares affecting GPS.
Could this be the problem? I am a long time user, until someone ripped it off the bike on a charity century ride. In your review, you mentioned that there is no individual odometer for the bike profiles which the has for the three bike profiles. Has that limitation ever been addressed on any of the firmware updates?
If I put a wireless transmitter on my Di2 tri bike link to goo. Or is that something only the Edge can do? You can find the beta firmware here: link to www8. I have issues with the heart rate not being accurate. I have upgraded the strap to the Polar soft strap which does a much better job of picking up the heart rate but there is still an inaccuracy that I am noticing. I even reviewed the downloaded data and that too was reading low.
I wear the same strap for my old S Polar watch and it reads HR fine with my last two runs this week. Is Garmin HR algorithms known for not being accurate? I find it a bit frustrating with these inaccuracies when I am doing training. Any suggestions would be appreciated….
Have you considered adding in HR gel? Hello, I just purchased a via CT thank you Ray. While I was setting it up, I tried to add a sixth heart rate zone via Garmin Connect, with no success.
I have already added the to my profile. Does anyone know whether Garmin has removed this feature recently? Thanks in advance! Have you tried manually setting the additional HR zone via the unit itself? Thanks for the reply Ray! Yes, I have tried on the device as well with partial success.
I first set the Max HR to then set up Zones as normal. Anyone that has tested it? I have not got my yet but I will probably load the new firmware when I get it.
Check it out here:. Yup, see all the details here: link to dcrainmaker. I recently upgraded and have a Stages power meter, HR monitor, and am happy enough with using Strava from my phone.
How can I improve my configuration? Thanks so much for this comprehensive review. Several years back I purchased an edge based on a really helpful review of that product by dcr.
Now km later the lap button has failed. I am lost without it. Fantastic work. Any whisperings in the wind? I am testing out a indoor virtual cycling program and need to get my data while riding to the computer.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. And then simply choose an app from here link to dcrainmaker. Thank you for your fast response and help. Just made my morning! Keep up the awesome work…really enjoy your site and the tons of info you provide. Hi DC! And first of all, thanx for a great site you have, i follow you all the time and you are ahead off all others when it comes to equiiptment to sports! I have a question to you about my Edge , when im training indoors whit my Tacx indoor trainer.
I cant get my to read calories, i have the GSC hooked up bot no calories recorded. I was planning on getting an Edge or , but also want an activity tracker. Would you go with a Forerunner xt or get the edge and a Forerunner 15?
Thanks for all your help! Hi, I just purchased the Garmin and I have not installed it yet. Is there such a function??? Thanks Tony. You can customize a data page and then add it. Then under Speed, select Average Speed. Hi, Very nice website. I am primarily a road biker.
The live tracking function is one of the features that i would like to have. There is big price difference so which of the two would you recommend i should buy?
I read your reviews on both the devices but would like to know your opinion which would be the better option for me. Thanks for all the invaluable info you have provided here.
Can you confirm that these two devices are fully compatible? Any advice on this matter will be highly appreciated. In order to use the upload capability, you would indeed need to use the Garmin Connect Mobile app.
Hey Ray, have a troubleshooting question regarding my newly purchased edge Wondering if you or any one in these comments has had an issue where the timer either time or time elapsed essentially stops when 1hr is reached. The device continues to record power, HR, speed, etc. When I upload rides though, the actual duration is shown greater than 1 hour.
Just wanted to confirm if this is something common perhaps because of a setting I have implemented. Edge live tracking — Do you need to have your phone with you all the time? Can I set up live tracking and leave my phone in my car? Hi Ray, do you know whether the current s still use Bluetooth 2.
Do you know whether an altogether new version of the is being planned for release any time soon? I gave up on my in favor of the hoping it would have less problem. This last ride it was turning off on its own. My route shows a straight line where I clearly was not riding in a straight line for 80 or so miles.
The night before the ride the back light would not turn on. Then Saturday it starts working. The nav seemed to be working however it was not providing the prompts to turn. What computer would you recommend for long distance cycling, this last ride was a k. That sounds like a corrupted file type problem, which are easy to fix actually. Corrupted files are usually the case of random shut downs and the like.
Remove all your activity files, and course files as well as any structured workouts. Then do a complete hard reset of the unit. For others, not so much and yet a small sliver of people it just completely hoses up. I would like to get the so I can see incoming calls ect but would prefer bluetooth smart. When will garmin update edge series to include this? I have an ambit 3 watch and bluetooth smart hr strap so I want an edge that uses same bt smart.
Hi Ray — do you have any indication if and when a successor for the edge will be released? Any insights on potential features? Does anyone know if you can have multiple users on the ? My wife and I both ride, but rarely together the non-riding party is usually on kid duty. Not really unfortunately. You can create separate accounts and manually upload them appropriately, but nothing automatic.
I have a Garmin XT, looking for a dedicated bike cpu that can track wattage. Hi, thank you for the review, it was great. Just one question about heart rate functionality: will it work the same as a polar watch, meaning you can set alarms for heart rate so I dont auto-destroy my self if I go above my heart rate limit for my age.
Thanks for the comprehensive review. Any idea if there is a possbility of changing the data field on the Virtual Partner Screen? And what does this actually mean? NP vs. Average Power, what is the difference here and when riding should i be looking at average or normalized?
Thanks for all the great help and reviews. I recommend your site to anyone who has questions with fitness tech! Including zeroes: You should include zero readings if hou want true average power and normalized power values. Leaving out zeroes wil give you less reliable answers. NP is basically a better average that takes in to concideration if your power fluctuates a lot during a ride.
If you do a ride on a stationary trainer with steady intensity you will see that avg power an NP is almost the same beeing NP a little higher. If you do an out door ride with lots of variation in power, then the NP will be much higher than average power. The NP is concidered the average power you would have reached at that intensity if you were doing the ride on a stationary trainer with no fluctuation in power.
This is a clear indication that you have been al over the place go hard up hils, sprints and so on. If you manage to phase your ride well you should be able to keep the variability index much lower 1. I have a Garmin Edge Recently, Input in a new battery and did my best to synch the sensors.
Went for a ride and the cadence works, but the distance and speed are off. It says I am going 11 when I am going 15 and 14 when I am speeding along in a pace line. I checked the wheel circumference settings and the crank measurements and they are correct.
What do you think is going on. I am not very good with the technical side of things. Thanks, Suzanne. I have used it for 2 years, but my Edge recently had a low battery on a long ride and dumped everything in a full reset. Would appreciate your setting once again.
Thank you! Do you know of any garmin cycling computers which show time spent in a selected power zone in an activity which we can check ON THE FLY, and not after the activity is completed? Say if you want to go out on an outdoor ride and you want to aim on spending at least 40 mins in power zone 4. There is no way to check while on the bike whether I have spent enough time in that zone, other than to guess or estimated. This may sound weird but my garmin loses satellite signal whenever I use my action camera with this mount link to amazon.
In most cases, just turning off WiFi solves the problem. Alternatively, a few have wrapped the underside of the Garmin with tin foil, which blocks the WiFi signals. However, recently 1 in 5 rides are not recording correctly. I have had to format my Garmin because it started to act very strange. Bike profiles disappeared, not logging rides properly.
It seems like the file system on the Garmin can get corrupted. To format your garmin follow the steps in this link: link to support. I did a simpler procedure my self, just format using FAT32 and recreated training profiles and bike profiles manually. You should, at least take a note of the odometer numbers for each bike profile you have before you reformat your garmin. Secondly go to the training pages and choose the valid one and try to turn it off. No, the Edge only pairs to a single HR strap.
The Edge and beyond can do multiple HR straps. The Edge GPS by Garmin is a bike computer that displays the distance, speed, temperature, altitude and time during a ride, and it does so on a brightly lit full color screen.
When riding outdoors I use an Edge unit as well for display purposes. I have a dumb trainer direct drive unit. Technically, if you can sort out the circumference of that flywheel. I swim, bike and run. Then, I come here and write about my adventures. Most of the time. You'll support the site, and get ad-free DCR! Plus, you'll be more awesome. Click above for all the details. Oh, and you can sign-up for the newsletter here! Wanna save some cash and support the site?
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I have built an extensive list of my most frequently asked questions. And speaking of iDevices, one of the things that makes those gadgets so easy and pleasurable to use is that they just work, out of the box. One of the biggest selling points of the Garmin Edge is the social LiveTrack feature, as featured in this slick Garmin ad that did the rounds a couple months back.
The concept is relatively simple: you use your smartphone to upload real-time data from your ride so that friends, family, or Jonathan Vaughters can track your progress. In practical terms this means pairing you smartphone with the Garmin via bluetooth and then using the Garmin Connect smartphone app to share the ride, via email , with those you want to track you. As you ride, your route is overlaid on the map as a blue line, and your real-time stats such as speed, distance covered, elevation gain, and so on are displayed above the map.
We only tested this feature briefly but it does appear to have some promise. The other question I have is how often I would use this feature. Heart Rate Functions. Ease of Use. Battery Life. Where To Get It. Amazon Price Check. Who Is It For? Video Review.
Check Latest Price. Bike Profiles. Workout and Courses. The Edge was upgraded in with the following new features: Shimano Di2 Integration Like the Edge , the Edge now integrates with Shimano Di2 shifting systems 5 to display your current gear on the screen.
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