Just learning how to use and understand results from my new Edge 500. So far the biggest surprise is the cadence graph.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/236118351
It has more holes than swiss cheese. So the last couple of rides were spent paying close attention to reasons for the big dips in cadence. Seems I have lots of bad habits to correct. 1. taking a drink - virtually every time I reached for the mouthpiece/hose or bottle I would stop. 2. moving hands to new positions - more cadence dips. 3. rounding corners = dips. 4. frequently I just quit cranking and coasted. 5. shifting gears often resulted in cadence dips. In one fifteen minute/five mile period there were 16 cadence dips of twenty or more rpm.
Now, if I can just fix em all I should see an improvement in my average speed and endurance due to less time and energy spent getting back up to speed.