Another new Garmin Edge

[Shut Up Legs]

Here's another review: http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2014/04/garmin-edge-1000.html
What annoys me is that the battery life, compared to the 810, has decreased by 2 hours! They've made the same mistake GoPro made: adding features at the expense of battery life. So if you want a Garmin that will last for a long 1-day ride without having to be plugged into a portable charger, then DON'T get the Edge 1000.

 

[Spoked Wheels]

Strava can get competitive, but in a good way, comparing segments against others. Join the cycle chat team on strava, it gives you good motivation to ride.

John

Cheers for that, I thought I might be missing on something important

I don't get this competitive thing in everyday cycling, every ride is different and the traffic lights, traffic, or other obstacles might not delay you the next time round so how can anybody compare like with like? I'm wondering if this is an encouragement for some cyclists jumping red lights or simply riding like maniacs trying to beat a time on strava.

I just enjoy riding a bike and that is more than enough for now. If I ever get the need to compete then I'll just become a pro, at 50+ I should have a decent chance

 

[IDMark2]

I just enjoy riding a bike and that is more than enough for now. If I ever get the need to compete then I'll just become a pro, at 50+ I should have a decent chance

Everyone's different!
For me it adds something to the experience of 'a ride' if I can look at the map and elevations, averages and performances later. I rarely get the chance to ride for long enough to run the battery on my smartphone down, if I get it to 100% before going out and 4 hours later it's on 70% after tracking me via GPS for that long, good enough for me. I use Ride with GPS, as long as I remember to turn off Wi-Fi and not have BT on it seems to do a great job.

There's no computer on my 'exploring' bike, if my eyes are watering and I'm screaming, I'm going quite fast.. if I'm puffing and the bike's nearly going backwards, that's probably quite slow... The app gets started at home and finished at home, it stops when I do and if I feel like it I can check my 'performance' later. Or I could go out to 'beat' my time on a segment (that I create for my use, benefit of this app is that there aren't multiple silly traffic-filled, traffic lighted segments created multiple times with different names by many people..) and really blast it. Whichever. Main thing is, it would be in my saddle bag anyway for phoning team support so why not use it for this? And mapping, well personally I don't think you can cycle anywhere in the UK where you can be so far from home that you wouldn't see a signpost for a village or town that you recognise and can work out your way home from, and you will probably find or try out routes you didn't know before when lost!

Training? Proper athletes? Different story. Mid-life wannabe? Spend your money on 'team support' every now and then instead. (Has benefits.)

But everyone's different.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Cheers for that, I thought I might be missing on something important

I don't get this competitive thing in everyday cycling, every ride is different and the traffic lights, traffic, or other obstacles might not delay you the next time round so how can anybody compare like with like? I'm wondering if this is an encouragement for some cyclists jumping red lights or simply riding like maniacs trying to beat a time on strava.

I just enjoy riding a bike and that is more than enough for now. If I ever get the need to compete then I'll just become a pro, at 50+ I should have a decent chance

Most people with sense ride sensible, there are plenty of segments that don't include lights ect....

I personally dont care where I am on strava as there are plenty of people far younger than me and ride much better bikes, but for 50 and riding a Viking I do ok, as for analysing your ride there are better sites veloviwer this is linked to the strava data, but gives much more info tables of your rides ect.... and we all know strava is pants if you correct the elevation.

I have my own database which is better than most sites at comparing comparative data for example it will give a difficulty score (derived from the climbbybike formula), from this a difficulty/mile can be derived, also a formula for effort which shows how hard you worked (similar to avg power output, but I dont know the formula for that) I also record wind speed so if there any major variations in avg speeds it easy to see if the weather had apart.
It shows the data in weeks/months/years also rolling 7/30/90 days and by weekday, you can used it with the most basic of computers, elevation of your ride (if you can be bothered) can be got by plotting your ride on a mapping site. It takes me a few mins to log each ride but no more the mycyclinglog, there is a lot of info that I have yet to do anything with like H.R. zones.
I have also included a section to compare my contacts on strava in terms of averages for a given year (only recently started this) but as we all know the elevation can be a bit wayward so is just a bit of fun, but it has thrown up some interesting results.
At the end of the day I am only interested in my overall figures for my own performance and getting a P.B. on strava with a tail wind doesn't really prove anything, but this doesn't take away the fun strava can be, especially if you start following people in your area of a similar ability and make this the default view for tables, its also less disheartening.

Ramble over.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

I use Ride with GPS, as long as I remember to turn off Wi-Fi and not have BT on it seems to do a great job.


But everyone's different.

+1 easy to use mapping to if needed.

 

[yello]

It's the modern way, get things out in the market and fix the problems later.

It certainly seems to be the Garmin way! Beta test in the field!

I think every Edge product released has been buggy to begin with then settles down as Garmin get the problems sorted with software updates. To be fair, they do seem to get there but it is a rough ride for those purchasing hot of the shelf.

 

[nxn2020]

Just how buggy are the garmins then? thinking of getting 800/810, use endomondo on my phone at the moment, love stats but am now a bit worried that a Garmin is going to fail every 5 minutes!

 

[BSRU]

Just how buggy are the garmins then? thinking of getting 800/810, use endomondo on my phone at the moment, love stats but am now a bit worried that a Garmin is going to fail every 5 minutes!

I've had no problems with my 800, similarily I had no problems with my old 500. Probably helped that it was a mature product by the time I bought it.

 

[nxn2020]

Got the 800 performance and navigation pack from wiggle, down to 262 from 299, it's now the same price as the one with only the performance pack! Done half a dozen rides now and by using the cadence and heart rate my average speed over an hour has gone up from about 17 to over 19........I love my new Garmin

 

[djb1971]

The screen may be touch sensitive, but is far inferior to that of my 705

I'm still using my 705, it's perfect for my needs. People look at it like its an old 80's brick mobile phone but it has never let me down, I've also got a 605 which is still fantastic.

 

[amram111]

Has anyone purchased the 1000, I am thinking about getting an 810. But I am not sure if I am missing anything.

 

[Basil.B]

Got a Garmin Edge 510, getting a Sync Failed message at the moment.

 

[vickster]

Has anyone purchased the 1000, I am thinking about getting an 810. But I am not sure if I am missing anything.

Have a butchers here http://www.cyclechat.net/threads/garmin-edge-1000.153802/post-3134758

 

[maltloaf]

I went from a 510 which was great although the elevation calculations were often way out, to a 800 so I could have mapping. The mounting tab broke off the rear of my 800 a week ago and it went bouncing along the road ! Luckily Garmin are replacing under warranty. The one feature I miss from my 510 is the Bluetooth upload but I also now wish the 800 had a lanyard loop like the 510 does.

 

[danielstucke]

What's best for using for navigation? I regularly like to get out and explore and like to have navigation available on my handlebar. Mounting my iPhone in a massive case looks shoot and the battery life isn't good enough! Not bothered about the world's most detailed maps, I normally plan routes on ridewithgps.com first and export them to my phone, just want something that says 'turn left here' and then outputs to Strava at the end of the ride.