Comments on: Garmin Edge 500

By: hatrick

hatrick — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:37:06 +0000

Thanks for all the info, Gus, much appreciated.

Patrick

By: Gus

Gus — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 00:32:19 +0000

I don’t get cadence on my mountain bike but I could if I end up using it enough to want it. I’d have to buy another sensor though. Moving the sensor from one bike to another doesn’t look like a feasible plan. Unlike the actual 500, it actually attaches via a zip tie.

By: hatrick

hatrick — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:00:28 +0000

Nice, but what functions can use with just the 500 itself on the trainer, or are you swapping a chainstay sensor as well?

Thanks

Patrick

By: Gus

Gus — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:49:04 +0000

Hey Patrick, glad it was helpful. Regarding your question, it came with two mounts so I put those on my two bikes (a road bike and a mountain bike). I currently have my road bike on the trainer. Switching between those two bikes now is super simple–just twist off one and twist it on to the other one.

If you have a third bike you want to mount it on it looks like they sell the mounts separately for $10 on Amazon.

I haven’t actually been riding my mountain bike though so I don’t have actual experience with this but it looks like the Garmin supports at least three different bikes. So I guess the other thing you’d want to do is pick the corresponding bike whenever you switch bikes before a ride. Looks pretty easy to do though.

Hope that helps…

By: hatrick

hatrick — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 08:19:33 +0000

Hi, Gus:

Thanks for the nice review! I was just touted on the 500 by a bike store salesman and was looking for real life user info. Sounds pretty good to me!

One question: I am new to wanting to use the same device for outdoor riding, mostly mtb touring, and on my trainer indoors…how do you accomplish that with the Garmins? And are there any “tricks of the trade” you can share in switching back and forth like that?

Happy Happy!

Patrick