I discovered an unusual flaw with the Edge 500 yesterday. I ran a set of wheels without the magnet. Cadence worked okay and it looked like speed was working okay as well. It was a 2 hour ride - about 63Kms - and included several intervals and sprint sets. The sprint sets were 15 seconds on and 45 seconds off x 5. When I opened the workout data page the spikes in speed that I expected to see were missing. There were the HR spikes and cadence spikes. I'm not sure why the garmin didn't register this. I am guessing it has something to do with the units ability to rapidly pickup speed changes without the assistance of the wheel sensor. Anyone else had this happen?

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Does anyone have a 705 and have more than 3 bikes?

What do you do? As all I'm able to see is that the 705 only has the capacity to store 3 bike profiles, which will soon be 1 too little for me

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i've got a 705 (and 500) and 4 bikes.
I haven't filled in my bike profile for none of my bikes, it isn't necessary, is it?
After each ride, i connect to garmin connect and upload my rides.

If I have bike 1s profile selected it won't pick up the cadence sensor if I go to ride bike 2...

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ah, but i don't use the cadense sensor

Tinea Pedis,
I think all you need to do is go to set up and under bike 2, tell it to look for the same sensor. The same way that you originally did for bike 1.
Do you move the cadence sensor from one bike to another?

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Garmin >> PT Unit:
backlight
configurable screens
more data options
simpler data access

Spoke to the Garmin chap yesterday, said you can't have more than 3 sensors paired to each individual profile.


And anyone else having issues with Garmin Connect and not finding rides/needing to manually locate and upload them? As I am, again, and it's getting annoying!

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I'm trying to set up the garmin 500. What do I put in as a 'position' for the united states? Is it the one that pops up first or is it the US National Grid? I'd imagine it's the US national grid, right?

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RUEGAMER 5.21kg, 11.48lbs

CRUMPTON 4.40kg, 9.70lbs

My Edge 500 just died in the middle of my ride the other day. Over 50% on the battery and it wouldn't wake back up until I plugged it into the PC. It was lagging last week too. It would pause for a few seconds at a given time, then it would skip ahead a few seconds after it woke back up. I'd call them hiccups?

How old is it?

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Gum, you don't put in any position. Since it communicates with satellites it knows where its at.

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Hmmm. When I turned it on for the 1st time, it asked me what language I wanted, then the second question was to select your position. I'm assuming the next questions will be date and time and stuff like that. I was scrolling thru the options and there's everything from Australia to Iran. I think I'll just put the us national one. That's gotta be the USA. Just a weird way to say it I guess.

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RUEGAMER 5.21kg, 11.48lbs

CRUMPTON 4.40kg, 9.70lbs

Mine was the exact same way, and I am right next to you in the US, I am in NJ. I also went with US National, and it did appear strange to me at the time but it was the only one that made sense.

It is one year old. I got it for Christmas last year. I have updated the firmware to the most current version.