So what did Santa bring you for Xmas ?
My wish is for everyone to be safe on their bikes and more people learn that cycling is a very good form of exercise and a way to stay healthy. May they experience the joy that many others have experienced. My ultimate wish is to receive forgivenessness for any wrongs I have done....nothing else matters more.
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Permalink Reply by Dave L on -
So did I. I used to play golf every Sunday, now I ride :-)
Funnily enough, old golf shirts really are the best thing I know for cleaning chains.
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Permalink Reply by Rob (Chewbacca) on -
Hey David thanx for reminding me to return a multi tool to a friend this arvo....the elves didnt need it at my place as no new bike either....pretty sure a container load of bikes must have been delivered somewhere in adelaide....anyone get a new bike this year ?
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Permalink Reply by shane makins on -
Rumble Roller; belongs in an S&M Club!! Pain but good pain!
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Permalink Reply by Robert Cannon on -
While not strictly bicycle related my sister and brother-inlaw got me a good auto-darkening full face welding helmet. Which means I can build some more bikes :D
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Permalink Reply by Trent on -
Well Santa bought me a garmin edge 500! Trouble is IT'S STOPPED WORKING!!! Went though and set all up and customized my screens then the 2 buttons on the right side have just stopped responding! Not happy I must say. Will be taking back to bicycle express as soon as they open. Hopefully I can just swap the head unit and not have to pull the other bits off the bike!! :-(
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Permalink Reply by Trent on
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Hey mate yeah tried but u have to hold down the power button and the bottom button on the right and it is the right side that isn't working so can't get it to reset :-(
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Permalink Reply by Matt Brennan on -
spewing! hope its a quick fix or even quicker replace!
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Permalink Reply by Just another psycho-list on -
Welcome to the world of the Garmin edge 500, Trent. I have had nothing but problems with mine since the day I first started trying to use it. I also bought mine at Bicycle Express and I took it back a few times, but got nowhere. There are too many problems with it to go into here, now, but one of the problems was with the heart rate strap. BExpress didn't seem very interested in helping me to get it going. One guy in there said that he wouldn't look at the heart monitor as the strap as I had used, might have sweat on it and that I should go home and wash it first.
The problems continued (I bought it in August) and it only uploaded the first few rides and it tells me it is not compatible with my computer.
There is a Garmin forum type of thing on the net and you can see comments that people have made about having to wade through forums to try and find solutions to their Garmin problems. There is a contact email for Garmin and I have tried this at least three times.
I have given up now. BExpress doesn't seem to want to help. Threw my strap away somewhere in frustration (probably could find it if I search, but I don't want to.)
I feel that was $600 wasted.
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Permalink Reply by Rob (Chewbacca) on
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All straps and sensors applied to the body need either adequate gel or moisture or they dont work.....the distance of the sensor away from the head unit may influence the strength of signal....had this trouble with my polar cs 200. I havent bothered purchasing anything yet...no bike of mine has a working speedocbecause i hate changing batteries and sensor magnets or change the settings in the head unit each time I change wheels etc....i just want to ride
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Permalink Reply by Dstone on -
I have a fair bit of experience with Garmins. The problem sounds like the unit is halfway through a firmware update as exactly the same thing happened to a mate of mines. Plug it back into your PC update the update software and then update your garmin. Do not let your PC/MAC go into standby or hibernate while this is happening. This how i fixed my mates.
Garmin straps have to be tighter then polar in my experience, I found mine giving relly wierd readings while descdending ( hunched over ) but since tighteneing no probs.
Dont give up on the Garmin it just sounds like a glitch. Remember it is a fairly involved piece of kit so you have to expect the odd wobbly. Sorry to here about your lack of support.
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