Garmin Edge 500 v. 705

[Catrin]

Unless you have really sensitive skin or a really tiny ribcage (smaller than a 32 bra), get the old style "hard" chest strap. Lots of people have been complaining about both the sensitivity and the durability of the "premium" soft straps.

Even if you do have really thin skin, you can mostly keep the hard strap from chafing with a combination of tape and Body Glide. And it's much less of an issue cycling than running, anyway.

This is good to know. My Polar HRM has a nice soft fabric strap that is great...pity Garmin's is not.

[Aggie_Ama]

Thanks for the information on the strap, I found the hard one for about $30 on the internet so I am trying that.

Does anyone know how to get a Gpx file on the Edge 500? I have one with coordinates for the South Boundary Trail in NM but I can't figure out how to program it. The ones I have uploaded before weren't a GPX after all.

FWIW - It appears the 500 now supports workouts. I am not sure how they work but they are in the training center, maybe I will investigate for fun later this week. I don't do workouts for training but DH does so that may be a factor if he wants one.

[OakLeaf]

When you plug the 500 into your computer, does it appear on your desktop as a removable drive, the way the 705 does?

On the 705, there's a folder called Garmin and inside that, a folder called GPX. I just drop the route in the GPX folder, then when I turn the unit on, it comes up under Where To>Saved Rides.

Not sure if the 500 is the same, though.