edge 500 software

ozzy1000_0
ozzy1000_0 Posts: 144
edited May 2011 in Road beginners
hi guys,
i have just been given a garmin edge 500 for my birthday, can anyone recommend software to use with it for training, cheers,
owain

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  • John.T
    John.T Posts: 3,698
    Garmin Connect (web based) and Garmin Training Centre (download to your computer) are both free from Garmin. They are fairly basic programs but work OK.
    ridewithgps.com is good, IMO better than Connect but still fairly basic for training analysis. You can download direct from the 500. You can select shorter bits of your ride for closer examination which is better than Connect.
    Training Peaks WKO+ and Golden Cheetah seem to be getting good reports and are better for indepth analysis.
    I would try Connect first. You can store all your rides there and export them to other programs to see which you like best later. I do this so all my rides are backed up. They all go in rwgps as well.
    http://ridewithgps.com/
    My Fleet.
  • kettrinboy
    kettrinboy Posts: 613
    Check out SportTracks as well you can analyse just about any data downloaded from a Garmin on there, free version is good , paid version, about £22 one off payment even better.
  • winton
    winton Posts: 165
    RubiTrack is great if you use a Mac - way better mapping and presentation than Garmin Connect.
  • Garz
    Garz Posts: 1,155
    kettrinboy wrote:
    Check out SportTracks as well you can analyse just about any data downloaded from a Garmin on there, free version is good , paid version, about £22 one off payment even better.

    Is sporttracks ok with the 500's fit files though?
  • danowat
    danowat Posts: 2,877
    Sport tracks, the best (IMO) piece of software available for analysing data from a GPS device.
  • kettrinboy
    kettrinboy Posts: 613
    Garz wrote:
    kettrinboy wrote:
    Check out SportTracks as well you can analyse just about any data downloaded from a Garmin on there, free version is good , paid version, about £22 one off payment even better.

    Is sporttracks ok with the 500's fit files though?
    Yes it works with fit files ok, i manually load files from my 800 to it as its not one of the listed devices yet, well on my version of SportTracks anyway.

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