Getting the most out of your Garmin
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby MichaelB » Fri Feb 18, 2011 8:51 am
Was slower up the hill though so that wasn't a problem, and all the pre-course ride data is also saved as per normal.
However .....
It didn't quite do what I THOUGHT it would, in that ;
# - it doesn't record a 'lap time (or any other data) of the course that you rode - not that it advertised that it would)
# - if you are slower than the course time set for VP, then when the VP gets to the end, the time difference disappears, so you don't know what the total end difference was
# - it is a bit jumpy as far as the time/distance differences go, but not really an issue
At the end of the day, it's a pacing tool, and if you want to record a time up a climb/loop, you still need to set a lap marker at the start and finish.
The other good thing that I realised (RTFI michael ) is that you can have a whole lot of courses in there, and just pick which one you want to do on a particular ride.
So thanks to Valley Forge and davidk for your assistance and info
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby MichaelB » Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:39 am
It's a good pacing tool, and that's about it, but it still pushes you !!!im_no_pro wrote:Thanks for that, might have to spend some time setting this up myself. Would be nice if VP stayed until you finished the course, but cant have it all I s'pose
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby ValleyForge » Fri Feb 18, 2011 9:39 am
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby MichaelB » Fri Feb 18, 2011 10:40 am
OK, next goal is to beat the VP up the hillValleyForge wrote:On my 705 if I beat the VP I get little lame ass fanfare and a "You Win" banner. If I loose I get a "VP Finished" banner. No split, just its all over.
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby Mustang » Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:51 am
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby snark » Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:02 am
I don't have my 500 in front of me, but there's an option for auto-pause buried in the menus. I have mine set to auto-pause if my speed drops below some figure (5km/h rings a bell). My average speeds on the Garmin Connect website are "average moving speeds".Mustang wrote:Just noticed my "av moving speed" (Garmin 500) on the Garmin Connect report was too low. The speed on the report is "av speed". It appears "average moving speed" is not available, so when you get a puncture it will pay to turn your timer off, otherwise you will end up with a ride report like this
Cheers,
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby ValleyForge » Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:25 pm
+1 This works well. So if you or a mate gets a puncture - stop. If you are waiting for stragglers - don't circle the roundabout! Stop! Using the button will break the ride, so auto-pause (AT) 5km/h is the way to go.snark wrote:I don't have my 500 in front of me, but there's an option for auto-pause buried in the menus. I have mine set to auto-pause if my speed drops below some figure (5km/h rings a bell). My average speeds on the Garmin Connect website are "average moving speeds".Mustang wrote:Just noticed my "av moving speed" (Garmin 500) on the Garmin Connect report was too low. The speed on the report is "av speed". It appears "average moving speed" is not available, so when you get a puncture it will pay to turn your timer off, otherwise you will end up with a ride report like this
Cheers,
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby three214 » Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:41 pm
My auto-pause is set for "when stopped", but I notice that as I am riding up to the red lights, I drop my speed down to catch the lights, and this is probably not helping my average speed.ValleyForge wrote:+1 This works well. So if you or a mate gets a puncture - stop. If you are waiting for stragglers - don't circle the roundabout! Stop! Using the button will break the ride, so auto-pause (AT) 5km/h is the way to go.snark wrote:I don't have my 500 in front of me, but there's an option for auto-pause buried in the menus. I have mine set to auto-pause if my speed drops below some figure (5km/h rings a bell). My average speeds on the Garmin Connect website are "average moving speeds".Mustang wrote:Just noticed my "av moving speed" (Garmin 500) on the Garmin Connect report was too low. The speed on the report is "av speed". It appears "average moving speed" is not available, so when you get a puncture it will pay to turn your timer off, otherwise you will end up with a ride report like this
Cheers,
Simon.
I think I will have to change to "below the 5km/h" setting to try and keep things a bit more accurate.
I don't know how much difference it would make but on todays ride I went through around 50+ sets of traffic lights, so slowing down, then stopping at even a quarter of them would probably add a couple of minutes at a slow speed, trying not to have to come to a complete stop and unclip.
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby MichaelB » Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:00 am
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby MichaelB » Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:05 am
And now a second course has been added !!!MichaelB wrote:Well, finally did it last night. Transferred a course to the Edge 500, renamed it (what a PITA that is ...), and set off for a ride last night. Followed the instructions, and it worked as advertised
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Did a ride to the EoH Bollards on Sunday, and set a cracking time too (well, for this well padded rider. Course transferred to Edge and now have 2 to do. Norton Summit is the next one, and will add Greenhill Rd soon too.
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby ValleyForge » Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:17 am
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby Mustang » Mon Feb 21, 2011 10:24 am
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby chucknitro » Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:54 am
+1 Awesome bit of work and takes full advantage of all the information available. I don't think their "power" calculations are gospel but they are interesting all the same.randyrob wrote:Best thing i've done since i got my Garmin was sign up to http://www.strava.com/!
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby ValleyForge » Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:55 am
Surprisingly good. I don't like the weak privacy settings, but hey, on a regular ride I'm placed second on the leader board! What I really want is to compare virtual rides over a course - to see where I'm lagging and where I make up time.chucknitro wrote:+1 Awesome bit of work and takes full advantage of all the information available. I don't think their "power" calculations are gospel but they are interesting all the same.randyrob wrote:Best thing i've done since i got my Garmin was sign up to http://www.strava.com/!
I also noted more than a few posters have mentioned spikes either in HRM and the cadence. Just replaced battery in cadence sensor and spikes have stopped. Also the HRM spikes stoped when I swapped to the premium (soft) HRM strap.
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby MichaelB » Fri Mar 18, 2011 9:18 am
Found that if you start a ride (and don't intend to do a 'course'), you can actually select a course mid ride and whilst you are moving (carefully).
Also found that if you ride up a course (Eagle on the Hill in Adealide in this case), and then ride down the same way, it gets confused and keeps coming up with the message that the "Course is found" and that "You are off course" the whole way down. No issue, but annoying.
Oh, and finally managed to keep ahead of the VP for the 1st time , so it was good to use as a pacing tool !!!
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby lgbran » Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:32 pm
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby ValleyForge » Fri Apr 15, 2011 9:54 pm
The two grooves are different - one for blades and one for round spokes. Make sure you have it in the right one. I've got magnets on blades, normal spokes and old-school double butted stainless steel ones. None of them have magnet slipping problems.lgbran wrote:rapt with garmin edge 500. how do you get the spoke magnet really tight. despite tightening it as much as i can it doesn't take much to move it
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby gooldin » Tue Apr 19, 2011 3:01 pm
Axel Brawn wrote:I've got a Edge 500 and its been playing up a little lately. I'm getting huge speed spikes in most of my rides like 175kph...
Last night the speed was all over the place - it might have had something to do with the cloud cover? I have a speed sensor on the rear wheel as well so I'm not sure what the issue is...
HR is always spot on though and cadence seems accurate.
Perhaps some sort of large antenna strapped to my helmet might work??
I've now got a 500 and just had a few problems with heart rate spikes at the start so I must start wetting it first.
But as for speed, with my last wireless computer (non gps) I noticed if my iPhone was anywhere near it the speed would jump from one weird speed to another 32.5, 70, 24, 106.5! I tested it again and again and it was definitely the phone. i'd sit the phone on the bench, then sit the computer on it and it'd go crazy, then take it away and it would go back to zero! God knows what this is doing to our brain when on the phone!!
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby triangle » Wed Apr 20, 2011 5:12 pm
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby Baldy » Wed Apr 20, 2011 11:09 pm
If you are looking at a segment, on mine there are 3 tabs below the map. Elevation, Performance and Comparison. The last one compares you with the fastest time[KOM ] You can see where you might have got unlucky with a set of lights or other road crossings. Also shows just how slow I am going up hillValleyForge wrote: What I really want is to compare virtual rides over a course - to see where I'm lagging and where I make up time.
But I like it, I find it good motivation to beat my pb for some sections. I would not bother doing that myself so its great it does it all itself.
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Re: Getting the most out of your Garmin
Postby three214 » Mon Apr 25, 2011 12:22 pm
Also, using Garmin connect, is there anyway to click on the map to check my "performance" at that point, i.e. speed, heart rate, elevation etc. I know I can do it by clicking on different points in each chart, but is there a way to have all points 'aligned' with a single click on either a chart or on the map?
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