Your Garmin help, please

It does have a few things going for it though

• it's way faster, ie. almost usable for looking/scrolling around maps
  
• bigger screen (see above)
  
• it hasn't failed in some weird way like all their other versions have... yet.
  
  

Though

• Battery life is now shit
  
• It basically doesn't work when it's wet, which happens a lot if you're me and ride in Great (at being damp) Britain.
  
• Ad hoc navigation is jokes - it literally doubles the distance that's actually required to get home some times. You KNOW something is wrong with a device when someone as inept at navigation overules the GPS and gets home in 100k instead of its 211k.
  

I want to install a garmin mount on my 3ttt super criterium handlebars. I've managed to make it work with the regular garmin mount, but I need a big amount of rubber bands etc. Which looks pretty awful.
Do you know of any mounts that are made specifically for such handlebars (I think 26 mm diameter)?

Once they iron out the battery depletion, I'll be all over it.

You'll know every lane by heart before that will happen.

520 can use GLONASS satellites so should in theory be better. Haven't really noticed a great deal of difference - perhaps a little quicker than the 500 to find your location.

so it turns out the reason the uploaded segments weren't working is because you can't use both a course and segments at the same time, it's one or the other which makes the feature next to useless for me seeing as I rarely know where I'm going without guidance.

Right, time to upgrade my Fenix II. Do I go to a Fenix III and continue what really is an abusive relationship with Garmin, or do I go for a Suunto of some description?

If the former what is the best price that anyone has spotted for a Fenix III that has fast delivery?

My 810 turned itself off right at the end of today's ride due to running out of power. Plugged it in, turned it back on, no option to save or discard ride. Is the ride lost forever?

I can't see an incomplete fit file on either the Garmin or the SD card, might it hide it elsewhere?

Does it not lurk in the LAPS/CURRENT directory (or similar)?

I shall have a look- 95k of Colorado Rockies, I would like to get the file if possible

Nope, no such folder that I can find on an 810. Fuck.

does a garmin translate .gpx on its own to .tcx if i feed the data to the "new files" folder ?

No , it changes gpx or tcx files to fit files and moves them to the courses folder if they are gpx/tcx, routes or tracks.. This is if you are referring to the edge series. Some other garmin devices retain the gpx file format.

yes, its the edge520. i am just curious if it will work if i just drop the .gpx file into new files folder ?

Pretty sure that a gpx will work on the 520. In fact for most people dropping gpx files into the newfiles folder is the usual way to put courses onto the device.

Aldi doing the edge 25 this week. Anyone use one for training? Are they worth it for 80 pounds?

thanks mate.

Hmmm.. yes providing you basically just want a speedo that will track your rides for Strava/GC. If you want to regularly use courses, use a HRM, use the 'map' like a compass as a rough guide, or like to be able to stop mid-ride and switch the unit off for a while to resume later - no.

.. And if that hasn't put you off you can buy mine for £60 (it's been used about 10 times)

fwiw 500 only take tcx file

I've only relatively recently got an Edge 1000 and want to update it to get the new features shown here: http://garmin.blogs.com/my_weblog/2016/04/garmin-announces-cycling-updates-.html

How do you do a software update?

Load garmin express on a pc and it will check for updates and install when your device is connected.

http://software.garmin.com/en-GB/express.html

Proudly not a user of any of that shit.

The update better not fucking break existing units.

I'm looking at you, Garmin fuckwits...

A few unused bits in my Garmin draw. Of use to anyone? Make me an offer if so.

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i'll take the outfront mount yo