Essentials for your Garmin home screen

Was curious what everyone puts on their 1st, main Garmin* screen in case I'm missing anything useful.
Here's mine (on a 510);
Gear Position (yeah baby!), just need to learn to stop looking down at the cassette now
Speed - kind of essential really
HR - essential for gauging effort
Compass - essential for not getting lost and/or wind direction
Time of Day - so as to not to anger the missus
Distance - essential for those Strava challenges
Gear Position took the place of Elapsed Time, but I'm missing it, so I need to go up to 7 fields.
My mate only has 3 fields but he's shortsighted.........
2nd screen is all heart stuff, 3rd mostly elevation and averages, 4th gear and battery
*other good GPS devices are available......
Here's mine (on a 510);
Gear Position (yeah baby!), just need to learn to stop looking down at the cassette now
Speed - kind of essential really
HR - essential for gauging effort
Compass - essential for not getting lost and/or wind direction
Time of Day - so as to not to anger the missus
Distance - essential for those Strava challenges
Gear Position took the place of Elapsed Time, but I'm missing it, so I need to go up to 7 fields.
My mate only has 3 fields but he's shortsighted.........
2nd screen is all heart stuff, 3rd mostly elevation and averages, 4th gear and battery
*other good GPS devices are available......
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cadence, heart rate
lap distance, 3s power
gradient, temperature
lap time, time of day
I have a screen set up for general pottering (not often used) and another for TTing (focusing on power & hr)
Cadence
Speed
Distance - HR Zone
Time - Grade
On the MTB
Speed
Distance
time - HR Zone
Elevation - Grade
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Less fields = bigger and easier to see info.
This is on an Edge 1000 though
I don't have one - yet, but bare minimum for me would be
Time of day - Amazing how many cycle computers you can't have that on the screen with everything else.
Distance
Heart Rate
Cadence
That's about it really. I would disagree that speed is essential, you've got a pretty good idea that you're going slow or going fast the actual number is more of a 'ooh that's interesting' metric than anything useful.
Distance
Gradient
HR
Cadence
TOD
I don't get that Di2 gear thing. The only time I look at the cassette is on a climb when I'm praying for an extra cog.
'Home' screen:
SPEED
HR
Cadence : Time (of day)
Racing screen:
HR!!!
Speed
Lap time
This is my usual screen when on a normal ride
Elapsed time - Current Speed
Total Distance - Average Speed
Calories - Heading
Grade % - Total Ascent
Heart Rate (actual) - Cadence (actual)
I do also have a more simplified screen when I'm chasing average speeds etc. (auto lap set to 1 mile)
Current Lap Average Speed
Current Lap Distance
Heart Rate (actual)
Last Lap Average Speed - Actual Speed
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I think if you suddenly asked most riders to guess what gear they were in, about 50% would get it right, 25% be 1 gear off, and 25% more than 2 gears off.
If you're racing and an attack brews up, it's useful to know your gear, so as to pre-empt a potential front shift.
As a word of caution, calories is basically just a made up number.
Even then it's a number I would use after a ride to compare it with others. Not something I'd need to see while I'm on the bike
Yeah, me too, I have a look after a ride but don't pay much attention to it, I have heard of people basing diets and things around it which is not a great idea!
If i don't have my heart rate monitor on the calories it says I burn is something like 1000 an hour which would mean i'd need an average heart rate of about 250 bpm (based on what it says when i am wearing it)
Speed (top half of screen)
Avg. speed
Distance
Elevation gain
Heart rate - which i haven't used at all in 12 months, should really change it to something else
i wouldn't want to know what time it was, i think that would have a negative impact on the relaxation aspect for me.
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a) although not time pressured I usually know when my wife will be returning from one of her rides so can time my return accordingly.
b) during a commute it can help if I've taken an alternative route as I know if I've got time to put an extra loop in or not ...
I could look at my watch - but with enough display boxes on the computer it's easy to put on there.
Depends, if you have all day to do whatever you want, then that's fine. For the rest of us, we have promises to be back for lunch etc.
Gear. No, no Di2.
Speed. No, couldnt care less.
HR. Yes.
Compass. No.
Time. No.
Distance. Yes.
and......
Cadence
Power 3s Ave
Speed
Distance | Heart rate
Avg Speed | Cadence
Power 30s Ave | Time
Same on Screen 2 but for Laps
Speed
HR
HR Zone
Av Speed
Cassette gear
Di2 battery level
Boardman FS Pro
Distance. Duration.
Cadence. Slope.
I never look at mine. Its a function of slope, wind, effort, heart rate etc. Doesnt really mean anything to me. For the same effort I may bevgoing 10kph or 60kph. Why bother looking?
Speed (rarely look at this)
Cadence
Temperature
Time of day when commuting or duration if racing.
On Home screen
Power 3s average
HR
Cadence
Outdoor:
Speed
Distance
Time Elapsed
Cadence
HR
I can see the argument for having time of day but I tend to plan when I'm going to be back before I go (for the misses' benefit) so based on elapsed time and distance it's pretty easy to judge whether I'm on track.
Indoor I just have:
Total time
Lap time
HR
Cadence
Force of habit I guess because all cycle computers since they first came about have speed as the biggest displayed number, and speed is the biggest display when driving a car, so people are used to wanting to know what their speed is.
I have on my main screen:
Current speed
Trip Distance
Average speed
Cadence
Heart rate
Boardman FS Pro
The only reason I have speed on mine is for when I'm going downhill to reaffirm when I need to dab the brakes.
Power
Cadence
Elapsed Time
Distance
Speed
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Maybe, I haven't worn a watch for years.
When you have a phone, computer, Garmin, do you really need one?
I find it quite liberating not to wear one....!