The Garmin Edge 500 Thread
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Your PT provides a cadence estimate to the Garmin. I guess it judges by the dead spot in your pedal stroke. The average is actually really accurate.
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jmilliron wrote:Your PT provides a cadence estimate to the Garmin. I guess it judges by the dead spot in your pedal stroke. The average is actually really accurate.
It has to report cadence as that's how power is calculated. I also found it very accurate.
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Cadence has nothing to do with the power calculation. Wheel rotation does.
Cadence is calculated by the power peaks in your pedal stroke. Peak power is ~2x avg power per stroke so it's pretty easy to pick out although it's limited to 40-120 rpm with the Powertap (or was with the LYC/Cervo)
Cadence is calculated by the power peaks in your pedal stroke. Peak power is ~2x avg power per stroke so it's pretty easy to pick out although it's limited to 40-120 rpm with the Powertap (or was with the LYC/Cervo)
mayhem wrote:Cadence has nothing to do with the power calculation. Wheel rotation does.
Ah yes - Powertap - my bad. Too used to SRM / Quarq.
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Nope, only a .tcx file, AFAIK
Garmin confirmed to me that GTC cannot create workout with power zones. They recommended to create the workout directly on the device which is a real pain.
Is there any non garmin SW that can be used to create workout with power zone and download them into the Edge 500?
Is there any non garmin SW that can be used to create workout with power zone and download them into the Edge 500?
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Interesting, I can
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@LionelB - Yes, Garmin Training Centre, Version 3.1.4
@GZA - LionelB was asking about exporting from the online Garmin Connect, I believe you can only export rides as .tcx Yes you could copy and paste the .fit file right from the Garmin when it's plugged in
@GZA - LionelB was asking about exporting from the online Garmin Connect, I believe you can only export rides as .tcx Yes you could copy and paste the .fit file right from the Garmin when it's plugged in
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must be a difference between Mac and Windows versions.
rgkicksbutt wrote:@LionelB - Yes, Garmin Training Centre, Version 3.1.4
@GZA - LionelB was asking about exporting from the online Garmin Connect, I believe you can only export rides as .tcx Yes you could copy and paste the .fit file right from the Garmin when it's plugged in
Maybe! But uploading to connect does not delete the file from the 500 so the file will still be there to download won't it?
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