{"id":1010,"date":"2010-01-08T17:34:19","date_gmt":"2010-01-08T16:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2010-01-08T18:27:38","modified_gmt":"2010-01-08T17:27:38","slug":"garmin-edge-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.stodgell.co.uk\/?p=1010","title":{"rendered":"Garmin Edge 500"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Broken<\/a>A couple of weeks ago an innocuous fall on my \"Edge<\/a>singlespeed resulted in a smashed screen on my trusty Garmin Edge 305. A quick email to Tris of ‘The Heart rate Monitor Shop’ who helped me last year when I lost my previous Edge gave some great advice and I decided to upgrade to the new EDGE 500<\/a> which as well as being better all round with regards to battery life, weight etc is also ANT+ compatible so if I ever want to add a power meter I can now do it, anyone want to give me a second hand power-meter wheel \ud83d\ude09
\n\"Garmin<\/a>Many thanks to the Heart Rate Monitor Shop who again gave me a generous discount, it even arrived 19 hours after I ordered it. The Edge 500 <\/a>can use my existing Cadence and HR strap and it is a doddle to set up. Garmin seem to have looked at the failings of the Edge 305 and corrected them for the 500.
\nThe buttons are now on the side and will not clog up with mud, it is smaller and lighter and the GPS signal seems to be picked up better. The mounting is much better too using rubber rings and a twist on lock to attach it to the bike.
\nBizarrely my first use of it was Cross Country Skiing (more of that later). The only problem I now have is compatibility, I have to export it to GPX to get it into Sport Tracks or up to my online training diary, rather than direct as I did with the 305. I’m sure there will be new releases of the software soon though.
\nThe Edge 50o <\/a>is really a step forward from the 305 and I’m glad I went for it power-meter or no power meter. I think I can also rig something up to wear it on my wrist for running\u00a0!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks ago an innocuous fall on my singlespeed resulted in a smashed screen on my trusty Garmin Edge 305. A quick email to Tris of ‘The Heart rate Monitor Shop’ who helped me last year when I lost my previous Edge gave some great advice and I decided to upgrade to the … <\/p>\n

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