Edge® 1050 Beyond the Basics: Make it YOUR Own!

[@barrydaniel3308]

i mainly gravel ride/offroad now and when navigating the spoken turn by turns is a game changer, means i can focus on the surface/controlling the bike and just listen to the unit telling you what way your going instead of just a beep , really enjoying mine.

[@Bikingforbreakfast]

How do you turn on the spoken turns

[@barrydaniel3308]

@@Bikingforbreakfast think its already on, you can go into settings change the voice type and volume, turn by turn works when you have a route planned in your device

[@jj2138]

Really well done! My 1050 should arrive in a few days....anxious to get it set up! The power guide looks very interesting.

[@Tntdruid]

Can you change the bell sound?

[@Bloombrewsbeer]

Is there any way to quickly get to the Home Screen without having to keep swiping, trying to find the Home Page? For what this costs, it really needs to have more buttons then just on/off, so you can quickly not have to swipe your fingers off trying to figure out wheretf any page is.....

[@BadTanLines]

at 4:03 where it says "Gravel -- Mi" I assume some day that "--" will be filled in with a number but what exactly is this number? What does this mean?

[@GarminRetailTraining]

The blank section is the amount of miles accumulated on that activity profile. The Edge will keep track of the miles ridden on each activity profile. -Brock

[@BadTanLines]

@ I have not yet ridden with mine and the road profile says 851. That’s why I was asking. Mine came directly shipped from you guys last week. I’m confused on which one of your employees put almost 1000 miles on my Garmin 🤣🤣

[@NemesisRTCW]

The biggest letdown of this one is that you can not input a mileage when you buy it. Quite dumb, as someone who has made lots of miles on an earlier model can not input that into this nrw one.

[@Tim_Eltschlager]

One of the most important things not discussed. Brightness & back light timers. When the 1050 times out the screen becomes black. basically usless.

[@robertpeterson2579]

Love to see the continued iterative improvement made to the software. Unfortunately, I can't recommend the 1050 due to some poor hardware decisions. Mainly- the inferior LCD versus historic trans-reflective screen - which happily work for days with the backlight turned OFF for multi-day rides. It would have been nice if Garmin could have provided us a trans-reflective version of the 1050 with solar charging. I would happily pay a bit more for that option. The older 1040 remains superior for anyone doing more serious touring.

[@terrywalker7127]

Does the 1050 show which gear the bike is in if i have sram axs red?

[@cathalkenneally1614]

I recommend disabling the eat and drink alerts feature unless you’re on a long ride. I had this on my Edge 530 but when I was commuting it kept popping up and it was annoying considering my commute was only 13 miles in the morning. I had already eaten before leaving for work 🙄

[@NathanCasey]

Can you not set up a commuting profile?

[@cathalkenneally1614]

@ I sold my Edge 530 so I haven’t bothered with setting alerts on my 1040 but it’s not a bad idea

[@cathalkenneally1614]

@ thanks for the tip. I have just done that and thanks GP Lama I’ve set up a few other settings

Can this be used as a handheld GPS?

[@ricky201082]

Do you get heart rate from any other smart watch or does it have to be garmin only

[@reimonandisuwa]

can 1050 be brighter when the backlight turned off? its kinda hard to see unless the backlight stays on.

[@valiantthor5238]

Can you use Maps with Satellite View on the 1050 ?

[@spaccioman]

Today my Garmin 1050 was suggesting me 3 hours base with the bike, my Garmin watch 30minutes base with the bike. Which one should I follow, why this difference? Thanks a lot

[@401farmer]

Get a real coach not ai crap and garmin crap.

[@marcopolo6668]

I've the 1040 and thought I'd try the 1050....I'm a casual rider but was intrigued by the bell and hazard feature.....honestly....don't bother....who in their right might wants to take their eye off the road to swipe and then press the bell icon....you'd be better off shouting. As for the Hazard feature too...maybe if people are several miles behind because those a few hundred yards won't receive the update in good time. I only use the 1000 series because of the larger screen, otherwise I'd use another brand. Too many basic issues with Garmin!

[@JoeMeyer8998]

I am deeply disappointed by Garmin Edge 10xx. The screen with the map is extremely hard to read, the calculated route cannot be distinguished from the other roads. Sometimes it doen't show notifications when you have to take a turn The blue arrow with the current locations is mostly unseeable. The calculated route has been absolutely garbage in 90% of the routes I tried out. I have never seen it calculate the best or the shortest way to come from A to B. M guess is that it calculates routes suited for cars but not for bicyles. I'm sorry, but the navigation is so bad that I'd call it unusable and it has been this way since many years. BTW, the maps are old, too, and I have never had success updating the maps via Garmin Express. I am not a Pro so others may have a different opinion but the upgrade to edge 1050 from any other edge 10xx doesn't introduce any additional feature I would find useful. I definitely won't buy it. I also had trouble losing connections to the Garmin sensors frequently. It has slightly improved with the 1030 but even that one loses connections 2-3 times an hour. The 1030 also crashes frequently, basically every second ride. It can be restarted and I can continue my ride (if I click the right buttons) but IMHO it should never had crashed in the first place. Every 5th ride or so the Edge doesn't start after having been shut off correctly. It just hangs on startup loading courses and maps and I have to make a hard reset . I am sorry to to say that I had so many troubles with the Edge devices that my recommendation is: don't buy

[@401farmer]

Looks like you got a dud 😅😅😅😅😅 nav is great for ultra rides of 1000ks

[@JoeMeyer8998]

@@401farmer unfortunately I had the same problems with Garmins 1000, 1020 and 1030 so I must be extremely unlucky

[@davidlee6666]

Did you use power guide at unbound and if so, how was it?

[@GarminRetailTraining]

Worked great! Helped keep me from blowing up in the first couple hours of the race. Highly recommend it. -BS

[@peters8504]

I got the unit. So far so good 👍. Two questions when training (I use TR if it matters): 1) the beeping notifications when ending/beginning intervals is not loud enough when training outside and I’m already on max volume. Anything I can do to change that? (Had edge 1030 plus and was perfect). 2) I keep changing the default Distance field below the workout graph to Elapsed Time but it goes back to Distance next time I use the unit. How do I fix that? Thanks in advance.

[@GarminRetailTraining]

Thank you for your questions. Please reach out to our Product Support team at 800-800-1020 or support.garmin.com. They will be happy to troubleshoot and assist.

[@dennishill1128]

how to start Garmin when starting a ride. Just a ride not a course. Thanks

[@GarminRetailTraining]

Thank you for your question. Here is a link to the owner's manual with step by step instructions on Going for a Ride. I hope this helps. www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/GUID-08ACA9FC-DEE6-4C8D-8A95-F62181C512E9/EN-US/GUID-23156ED9-5509-4AC5-A873-33B86C5A685E.html

[@SPMech1]

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[@troyharman3533]

Gamin is telling me that the new 1050 can not do strava segments while using a ride with gps route. They have stated that the strava segments will only populate when riding a free route. WTF? That would make them the only head unit on the market that works this way. I did not have this issue with the 520 unit (years ago) and it works perfectly on my hammerhead karoo 2. Do you have any details on this?

[@GarminRetailTraining]

Good question Troy, you can use Strava segments on the Edge 1050. You will need their premium subscription and link your accounts. Here is a link to the manual with some more information. www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/GUID-08ACA9FC-DEE6-4C8D-8A95-F62181C512E9/EN-US/GUID-DEA9D7BA-F9C6-4291-A523-825AB1536A09.html#:~:text=You%20can%20download%20Strava%E2%84%A2,your%20Garmin%20Connect%E2%84%A2%20account.

[@ralfmimoun2826]

1030 (plus) and 1040 can't do that either. Garmin never fixed some serious bugs and flaws with the 1030 plus, and they will probably never release another firmware to do that job. Or even add featuers that a non-current top notch model should get. You pay and you pray that they fix the worst bugs while they sell that model. I needed a harsh learning curve, but I avoid Garmin as much as possible.

[@saa8488]

@@GarminRetailTraining I have a premium Strava AND have my accounts linked, I'm still not seeing Strava live segments. I didn't see any segments this morning during my ride, not until after getting home and reviewing the strava upload. How can this be visible while following a route (that has segments along the way)?

[@frankwim32]

Regarding messaging and hazard reporting...do other Riders in the group need a 1050?

[@Bloombrewsbeer]

I can follow along with directions, but you went way too fast, and I got sick of having to pause to figure out what you just did too many times.

[@daveclark6314]

Your video was informative and much appreciated. But please consider not using the meaningless phrase " go ahead" so often.

[@CrustySVK]

Showing empty datafields, empty strava features, didnt see map page for 1 second, what about climb pro page? - how many custom datafields i can add on that page? Two on 1040 isnt enough. Almost everything was showed when device was not actualy working (without screen capture, ...) Its is big minus for -Beyond the Basics Setup and Customization- video about device in that price. Im 1040 user and im very disappointed how strava/garmin compatibility not work as simply as on WAHOO devices. We all need to know how that look on that new screen on sun, in shadow, in mixed light, low light conditions... because contrast and visibility on 1040 really wasnt best on market. That new 1050 has more new features that you don't talk about than the old ones in this video.

[@401farmer]

Enjoy ya yahoo its not rocket science, guess somethings ate to hard in life now.

[@Turalue]

Is this still the same stupid rip-off as with the Edge 1040, where Garmin told me rather arrogantly that I had to buy the topo maps again I had already bought? The Edge 1040 was then immediately returned to the dealer. That's why I still have my Oregon 700.