I'm a BAAAAD girl

[SouthernBelle]

My Edge had it's maiden voyage yesterday. I went with the default screens which got changed as soon as I got home. I really don't need to know what my average lap speed is. I never ride a lap. I had also set the cadence alarm which was really irritating as I was in town. That should be reserved for only specific training rides. Everything seemed to record ok, including heart rate, cadence, and route from satellite. Grades seem to be good too, though my route was short with only one significant hill.

FYI, there are 2 pages of display that can have up to 8 items each. Right now I put 5 on the first and 4 on the second. I've included mph, grade, total time, current time of day, cadence, % grade, total ascent, heart rate, ... drat one more. Blanking. Everything else is recorded, just not displayed. You can get that info when you download.

I dl'd into GTC. I've only looked at this in a cursory manner. They seem to try to put too much info on a page. For example, the map of where I rode was there, along with other stuff. There may be a way to bring the map to full size, don't know yet. (I was very hungry by then).

Regina, I haven't tried MB yet but intend to. I'll post when I do, and probably ask you some dumb Qs. Assuming I like it, & it does look cool, I'll probably stay with the free service for this year and maybe pay next.

I'm trying to take this one block of info at a time, so haven't gotten to entering things like way points yet. Plus yesterday's route isn't worth retaining. I've read them in the manual.

BTW, the manual falls apart really easily. One of the first things I did was put a big staple thru the corner so I wouldn't lose any pages. Though you can dld a pdf version from the website.

[SouthernBelle]

Downloaded yesterday's ride into GTC and have to agree it's not a real useful program except as a conduit for uploading to motion based (assumption).

Regina, or anybody else, can the default displays be changed in GTC? I looked at the help, but didn't find much there.