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Spending time with the ANT+ enabled spin bike

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Heck, even an update to the Edge 500/Edge 705/Edge 800 wouldn’t hurt, since road cyclists and spin bike folks likely have more crossover than runners and spinners.Though the blame doesn’t fully lie with Garmin either here – there are plenty of other ANT+ watch makers that could fill in and offer support.

Week in Review–August 7th, 2011

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Here’s what got updated: CompuTrainer FINIS AquaPulse FINIS Swimsense Garmin Forerunner FR60 Garmin Forerunner 110 Garmin Forerunner 210 Garmin Forerunner 305 Garmin Forerunner 310XT Garmin Forerunner 405 Garmin Forerunner 410 Garmin Forerunner 610 Garmin Edge 500 Garmin Edge 705 Garmin Edge 800 Nike+ GPS Sportwatch Polar RCX5 PowerTap and Joule Timex Global Trainer Withings WiFi Scale Yeah, it’s a lot.

Sports Tracks in depth – ten little tidbits

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See, most GPS devices in the sports market use GPS-based altimeters instead of barometric altimeters (as a random aside, the Edge 705 uses a barometric altimeter). … If you’ve read any of my Garmin device reviews (305/405/310XT/705), you’d know that I think GTC is a piece of garbage – and I’m pretty sure Garmin would actually agree with me given they haven’t improved it functionally since earlier this decade.

Friday Tidbits

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VS/h is listed below: For those curious on the power front, all the options at first glance seem to mirror that of the Edge 705 with firmware 2.9 (i.e. … Onto other items… Thursday the new Garmin Edge 500 cycling computer 60 day media trial unit from Garmin arrived (see, I’m moving up in the world, the last one was a 30 day unit, this time I’ve been given 60 days).

Braving the mountain ledge bike bus…Interbike style

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Turns out he’s an avid Garmin Edge 705 owner and each year he actually ends up recording and posting it to Garmin Connect. … And their reward for enduring the ride up was a pretty spectacular view of the surrounding area, along with the Las Vegas Strip far in the distance: But there’s no time to enjoy the view, as the truck quickly speeds away, leaving you to contemplate a way down: Thankfully for me, I choose a method which didn’t require me to put myself in the same position as this guy perched along the edge of a rock cliff: The good news is, I later saw him a bit further down – so seems he survived: Along the way back I’d see tons of folks having a complete blast making the descent – most on borrowed demo bikes.

Nations Triathlon 2008 Race Report

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I quickly got into a good solid pace and heart rate (low Z4) for the first 15 miles…thanks to my new evil toy – the Garmin Edge 705. … No question though – without the Edge I would have fallen below or risen above zone more often.

Escape from Ft. Desoto Tri Race Report…btw…1st in AG.

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I had setup my Garmin Edge 705 on my bike and pre-programmed my race plan (HR between 167 and 170) into it. … The swim had a beach start (where you run into the water), so I knew I had to be on the front edge to be able to stay competitive in the swim and subsequently the race.

Strava news of note: Fitbit integration & Local Routes

www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/05/strava-integration-routes.html

For example, if you have a mapping device like the Edge 705/800/810/1000, it’ll give you text based instructions (i.e. … Whereas if you have a non-map capable device like the Edge 500/510 it’ll do more breadcrumb style.

Ironman Florida 2009 Race Report

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For comparison – IMFL and IMC as recorded by my barometric altimeter on the Edge 705: Ironman Canada: Ironman Florida: So, really, the only true hill in the course came at Mile 10 across a bridge over a waterway, the rest were just very gradual ascents and descents. … That didn’t quite happen, so I ended up just lying down at the edge of the water in order to get my body acclimated to the water (it takes at least 45 seconds to get your body/breathing used to the water temperature).

Snow and Stuff (or stuffed with snow)

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Now, this had been a problem occasionally on the Edge 705 for certain folks. … (Interesting note here, see all those signal green drops? Those are when the Edge 500 loses the signal from the Cinqo power meter – which does both cadence and power.