Garmin edge 500 small question?

[Milzy]

Had 500 a few month almost now. My splits are for every 5 miles. I know I can easily change this. I've noticed a few peoples rides posted are also in the 5 mile splits format. I'm just wondering is there some kind of reason for this or they just haven't bothered to change it?

If I'm running I want to know my lap time for every mile. What are your preferences?

 

[Pro Tour Punditry]

Is that what the bleep is? You learn something new everyday, as they say.

 

[MikeW-71]

I just haven't been bothered to change it.

 

[ianrauk]

mine is set to 1 mile

 

[donnyjnk]

go into settings and change it. also make sure firmware upto date. i spent abit on a new edge 605 with uk map pack for it not to work. i was gutted then i found that the firmware was well out of date

 

[screenman]

I changed mine as I did not want the splits, first few times I had them on I found myself racing the last split.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Working in km's I found it was doing it every 8.05km which seems a might odd choice to me!
Given I don't think any of my 'laps' are 8.05km long, I disabled it. I don't watch my performance that closely, roads varying, conditions vary and to be honest, when I am cycling to my 42mile commute, my times are usually within 60 seconds of each other for that commute - that's enough of a performance indicator for me, consistent!

 

[maltloaf]

Mine are a mile. I set it like that when I first used it and have never felt the need to change it. I cycle a lot of regular routes and it's nice to see like for like miles.

 

[Milzy]

Thanks. I run in miles so I ride in miles from now on!