Garmin Edge 520
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Could it be that this is the perfect bike computer?!!
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/garmin-edge-520-launches-featuring-strava-live-segments-44643/
DC Rainmaker seems to think it could be:
http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/07/garmin-edge-520.html
Its good to see that Garmin are listening to their customers and the spec and functions of this look good.
I wish they would now just improve their livetrack stability!
http://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/garmin-edge-520-launches-featuring-strava-live-segments-44643/
DC Rainmaker seems to think it could be:
http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/07/garmin-edge-520.html
Its good to see that Garmin are listening to their customers and the spec and functions of this look good.
I wish they would now just improve their livetrack stability!
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Looks great, very good specs, just a shame you have to subscribe to strava for the segment malarkey , and i love my segments
Il wait a bit for the price to tumble, only got the edge 500 4 months ago, was a good price £79 at amazon.0 -
I wonder how bug-free it will be*
* Hahaha, I know, I'm on fire today. A Garmin device, bug free? lol0 -
Forget live segments, does anyone know when it'll be able to auto-order gran fondo jerseys?0
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Looks great, very good specs, just a shame you have to subscribe to strava for the segment malarkey , and i love my segments
A fool and his money are soon parted
Looks a decent unit, the 510 is too big IMOI'm sorry you don't believe in miracles0 -
This live segment feature is available on existing units like the 810 and 1000 if I read correctly,
On bike radars main page farming have released another new product the 'bike radar' looks good but no one who already has a computer will want a second device surely?!
When they combine the two you will have the perfect bike computer.One plays football, tennis or golf, one does not play at cycling0 -
Quite frankly, the 25 will suffice for the majority of riders.
I would say, in my humble opinion, but I am not humble.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19638304#p19638304]SloppySchleckonds[/url] wrote:Looks great, very good specs, just a shame you have to subscribe to strava for the segment malarkey , and i love my segments
A fool and his money are soon parted
Looks a decent unit, the 510 is too big IMO
Well, what is strava for the year ? £40 ? i can spend 50-60 on a night out or a meal for two somewhere.
I suppose in the grand scheme of things its pretty good value if you are into segments, and i am , i do a lot of running and cycling, i find they make me push myself more.
How many people link their garmin and strava, garmin will know, strava will know, they looked at the data, and thought, its worthwhile no doubt.0 -
Phone calls display, a half decent screen that's not from a late 1990s phone and a bit of mapping in a small unit will have me buying the first one since the 500. Wonder when it will actually be available?0
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:?:Well, what is strava for the year ? £40 ? i can spend 50-60 on a night out or a meal for two somewhere.
I suppose in the grand scheme of things its pretty good value if you are into segments, and i am , i do a lot of running and cycling, i find they make me push myself more.
How many people link their garmin and strava, garmin will know, strava will know, they looked at the data, and thought, its worthwhile no doubt.
I use Strava. I use segments. I even have a KOM.
It is free.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
:?:Well, what is strava for the year ? £40 ? i can spend 50-60 on a night out or a meal for two somewhere.
I suppose in the grand scheme of things its pretty good value if you are into segments, and i am , i do a lot of running and cycling, i find they make me push myself more.
How many people link their garmin and strava, garmin will know, strava will know, they looked at the data, and thought, its worthwhile no doubt.
I use Strava. I use segments. I even have a KOM.
It is free.
i know, but to get the live kom stuff on the 520, you will need to pay.0 -
Almost perfect but no routable mapping, I suppose it's excluded so you need to buy the upcoming 820 if you want it.0
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Almost perfect but no routable mapping, I suppose it's excluded so you need to buy the upcoming 820 if you want it.
If there is an 820.
Tbh given the spec of the 520 and the launch of the 1000 last year, the chances of a new 800 series is very small.0 -
My initial thoughts are that the Garmin is great but the Live Strava is reckless.
It will actively encourage people to go all out through segments which could be dangerous, I have always enjoyed just riding and on returning to see a trophy or two is always nice, I have a mate who rides steady and races segments which I find a little false as he is going balls out then plodding along between the segments.
Now before you fry me someone will chip in and say its competitive! Well if you want to be competitive against others then go race and meet people! Or if you want to push yourself do some good old fashioned intervals0 -
Phffttt.
:?:Well, what is strava for the year ? £40 ? i can spend 50-60 on a night out or a meal for two somewhere.
I suppose in the grand scheme of things its pretty good value if you are into segments, and i am , i do a lot of running and cycling, i find they make me push myself more.
How many people link their garmin and strava, garmin will know, strava will know, they looked at the data, and thought, its worthwhile no doubt.
I use Strava. I use segments. I even have a KOM.
It is free.
i know, but to get the live kom stuff on the 520, you will need to pay.
I can wait until I get home thank you.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
The 820 and 1010 will both have a rider facing camera. Get in!0
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On a serous note, this Strava function will come as a driver update for the 810 and 1000, so egos can he stroked/stoked without buying a 520.0
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Always amazes me how many people use Strava, love it and yet don't pay for it? :? Yet I guarantee they will be the first to complain when it starts pumping adverts at us so they can monetise the service.
It costs a lot of money to run, doesn't take much foresight to see how this will play out if we all don't contribute anything to it.0 -
Just you keep paying so I don't have to. Sounds like we will both be happy.Always amazes me how many people use Strava, love it and yet don't pay for it? :? Yet I guarantee they will be the first to complain when it starts pumping adverts at us so they can monetise the service.
It costs a lot of money to run, doesn't take much foresight to see how this will play out if we all don't contribute anything to it.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
Looks sweet and my 500 is well due an upgrade
I've never really begrudged paying for strava premium so that's not a problem for me. I think strava's pretty awesome and I quite like supporting it I guess. Definitely beats giving money to that git Murdoch once a month!
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Would you believe....my 500 has started playing up and I think it may be reaching the end of its useful life!0
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If you're able to put maps on this unit (I can see a map in the background on one of the screens) then that would be far more useful than live segments could ever be!
That would make it the best all round unit for the racier end of riders- not too big, good battery life and maps (albeit on a small screen) which will help you on your way more than the current breadcrumb trails which are a bit more fiddly. Obviously you would get the 800 if you planned on using it regularly, but for the odd big trip it could be very useful indeed.
That said, I doubt it will be better for general riding than the original 500- I have yet to find a newer Garmin with a screen as readable and battery life so long. The new 25 will come close, but we'll have to see if it has the training features and quite as large screen.
EDIT: Yup, basemaps are included and has the ability to put your own on. I think I'm in love...
The only problem is my current 500 just works so well its difficult to imagine swapping to anything else until it dies, and even then... might just have to go for another 500!0 -
Would you believe....my 500 has started playing up and I think it may be reaching the end of its useful life!
Mine has been suffering for a while (slow screen death after a frozen finger fumble last winter) and is not long for this world. I've been weighing up the 810/1000 for a while, but the 520 is spot on for me. Hopefully available early Q3.0 -
Live strava segments was the talk of the office yesterday...
It won't affect me because I'm not normally in contention for KOMs anyway, least not on popular segments people actually care about, but one of my colleagues is a good 2nd cat/ex top triathlete and he seemed happy about it.
I think it's wise move from Garmin to forget about the Connect segments and shack up with Strava, Garmin are pretty much ubiquitous in the world of cycling GPS devices and Strava are far and away the most popular data platform. It makes a lot more sense to play to their strengths than to try and cook up knockoffs of each other's products that nobody uses.0 -
I was looking at some of my segments on the garmin site from last night, its a pain to view them, must take over 10 seconds to load them, they must be using a very poor server. The strava site is instant.0
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I just got a 510 yesterday! Thankfully still time to send it back and get the 520 instead. Although the wait is going to be painful now!0
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Quite frankly, the 25 will suffice for the majority of riders.
I would say, in my humble opinion, but I am not humble.
Quite a few of us have terrible senses of direction- mapping is a god send!RIP commute...
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Just you keep paying so I don't have to. Sounds like we will both be happy.Always amazes me how many people use Strava, love it and yet don't pay for it? :? Yet I guarantee they will be the first to complain when it starts pumping adverts at us so they can monetise the service.
It costs a lot of money to run, doesn't take much foresight to see how this will play out if we all don't contribute anything to it.
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Give it to charity.
Just you keep paying so I don't have to. Sounds like we will both be happy.Always amazes me how many people use Strava, love it and yet don't pay for it? :? Yet I guarantee they will be the first to complain when it starts pumping adverts at us so they can monetise the service.
It costs a lot of money to run, doesn't take much foresight to see how this will play out if we all don't contribute anything to it.
£4 a month.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
The 25 has breadcrumb trails.Quite frankly, the 25 will suffice for the majority of riders.
I would say, in my humble opinion, but I am not humble.
Quite a few of us have terrible senses of direction- mapping is a god send!
How many times are full maps required?
If it is a lot, then you have a point.
I was referring to the majority of riders, the majority of the time.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0
