Need help, Garmin 500 playing up

[briztoon]

Hey guys,

Back on the bike this week after time off over Christmas, and for what ever reason my Garmin 500 is playing up a bit. The speedo on it is doubling what ever speed I'm riding at, and occasionally dropping out. Which means it's also showing that I've ridden twice the distance than what I really have. All other functions appear to be working normally, heart rate, cadence, temp, etc.

Can anyone help me?

[wombatK]

Probably an issue with magnetic pickup. Move spoke magnet away from pickup alignment, 500 will then report speed from GPS. Try replacing battery in pickup if you really want the magnet derived speed.,

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[goneriding]

It might be the battery on the cadence/speed sensor. I've been having a problem where I was losing distance. I turned off the cad/spd and the Garmin defaulted back to the GPS for speed and the problem stopped. Time for a new battery! You might also want to check the spd/cad setup to make sure everything is properly aligned.

I did some reading and found out that the Garmin uses the following order of precedence when assessing speed:
powertap -> spd/cad -> gps.

[g-boaf]

Hey guys,

Back on the bike this week after time off over Christmas, and for what ever reason my Garmin 500 is playing up a bit. The speedo on it is doubling what ever speed I'm riding at, and occasionally dropping out. Which means it's also showing that I've ridden twice the distance than what I really have. All other functions appear to be working normally, heart rate, cadence, temp, etc.

Can anyone help me?

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I think this is likely the speed/cadence sensor - try a new battery. If that doesn't solve it, then the problem could be the speed/cadence sensor itself (especially if the problem goes when the magnet is removed).

[briztoon]

Strava KOMs galore for you!

Probably, from todays ride:
Max Speed: 193.3 km/h

No idea where I hit that speed, as it was a pretty flat ride, with a couple of small descents.

[Venus62]

Strava KOMs galore for you!

Probably, from todays ride:
Max Speed: 193.3 km/h

No idea where I hit that speed, as it was a pretty flat ride, with a couple of small descents.

On Saturday when I was stopped for coffee, my Garmin was still reporting my speed as around 20kph and fluctuating. Easy way to chalk up some kilometres. Seems to have corrected itself now.