Recently I found that after about 12 months of use my Garmin Edge 500 became sluggish and slow to respond. I would press the start button and it would take 2 -3 seconds to respond or it would only start recording data after about 500 metres. If this sounds familiar try this. Simply back up all the .fit files from your unit to your computer...
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In my continuing fascination with the Pro Tour it’s time to look at some of the other kit on the bikes and that is the computers each team use. The SRM seems to be the computer of choice for many of Pro teams but at around $1000 it’s going to be out of reach most average riders. While power output is always going to be...
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This is not meant to be a thorough review of the Garmin Edge series, if you want specific reviews there are plenty of them out there and you can compare the specifications directly on the Garmin website. What you will find here is images of all three units side by side so you can see the size difference and get my valuable insights into the...
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OK this might be me being paranoid but I started playing with Garmin Connect last night and noticed a real issue with privacy and security with the service. To start with, when you upload your ride data by default Garmin Connect shares your data with the world unless you specifically change the privacy settings. So all things being equal the average user wont give this...
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I thought this was an excellent demonstration of why you can’t always trust the elevation reading on your Garmin Edge. Because the elevation is recorded using the barometric pressure the weather can do some strange things at times. This is a comparison of two rides 24 hours apart on a 40k course. So what happened? Firstly I should say the blue course is the correct...
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