update garmin
04-25-10 | 06:33 PM
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update garmin
ok so i was riding today and i noticed on a long decent that my garmin 705 said i was going 24 mph and i thought that was a bit odd, then i saw one of those police speed tracker things and it said i was going 30 mph. when i got home i tried to update my garmin, but could not. webupdater was not letting me. does anyone have some tips, to increase accuracy or to just ****ing update the thing. spent a good 2 hours trying nothing worked
04-25-10 | 09:25 PM
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ok so i was riding today and i noticed on a long decent that my garmin 705 said i was going 24 mph and i thought that was a bit odd, then i saw one of those police speed tracker things and it said i was going 30 mph. when i got home i tried to update my garmin, but could not. webupdater was not letting me. does anyone have some tips, to increase accuracy or to just ****ing update the thing. spent a good 2 hours trying nothing worked
04-26-10 | 09:42 AM
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Without the sensor, its still accurate over time, but the current readout at any given time will fluctuate, particularly in areas of poor satellite reception (such as tree cover.)
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04-26-10 | 06:32 PM
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More possible than you might think. My car's GPS system would seem to indicate that both the speedometer and police speed sensors often read high. If I set my Edge 705 to automatically calculate wheel size, I often get... interesting... results. Usually the device calibrates itself rather quickly, but sometimes not. If I'm getting bogus speed readings, the computed wheel size is usually the first thing I check...
04-26-10 | 06:38 PM
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More possible than you might think. My car's GPS system would seem to indicate that both the speedometer and police speed sensors often read high. If I set my Edge 705 to automatically calculate wheel size, I often get... interesting... results. Usually the device calibrates itself rather quickly, but sometimes not. If I'm getting bogus speed readings, the computed wheel size is usually the first thing I check...
04-30-10 | 08:11 PM
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hey sorry jsut got back from a school trip. i do use the speed/cadence sensor, but i still get wierd data like in the big chain ring (53) in like a 10 gear going down a hill ill get like 20 mph, but also im trying to connect my garmin too my computer but it isnt like connecting. im having trouble describing that but like it will say the garmins connected but it wont actually like be able to update or be veiwable
