Garmin 500 data fields
 

What fields data fields do you use on your Garmin 500?

Here's mine:

With a PM on the trainer / training:

• Power (3s)
• Heart Rate
• Power Zone
• Time
• Lap Power

Without a PM on the trainer / training:

• Heart Rate
• HR Zone
• Cadence
• Time
• Speed

On the Road:

• Power (3s)
• Heart Rate
• Time of day
• Speed
• Distance

Road:
First page - Speed, time (elapsed), distance, average MPH, cadence
Second page - Time (of day), HR, calories, tmperature

I use 3 pages each with 8.. it's busy.

No Power Meter...

Page 1
Speed
Elapsed Time
Distance/Cadence
Avg. Speed/Time of Day

Page 2
Speed
Heart Rate
Distance/Cadence
Grade/Heading

Page 3
Speed
Heart Rate
Distance/Cadence
Tot Ascent/Elevation

Here's mine (with powermeter)

Page 1:

Pwr. Zone - Pwr. 3s
Speed - Avg. Pwr.
Distance - Heart Rate
Time - Cadence

Page 2 (Identical, but with Lap values for Distance, Time, and Avg Pwr:

Pwr. Zone - Pwr. 3s
Speed - Lap Pwr.
Lap Dist - Heart Rate
Current Lap - Cadence

Page 3 (Misc. and Ride Stats):

Time of Day - Temp
Avg. Speed - Max. Pwr.
Totl Ascent - Avg HR
Kilojoules - Avg Cadence

Some may think this is a little busy with 8 fields, but the font is plenty big and I know where everything is. I find all the information on my main page and lap page pretty useful except maybe "pwr zone". I really wish they had a power zone field that would use the 3sec average.

I mostly ride with:

Power 3s (BIG)!
cadence
current lap time

And then the 2nd screen is:
Time
Speed
Distance
Power 3s
Cadence
Heart Rate
Kilojoules

Page 3 is the built-in one with Vertical Speed, Grade, Distance and Speed... but I never use it since I live on a pancake.

Page 1- Instantaneous Data
- Current Speed
- Training Time
- Distance Traveled
- Current Cadence
- Current Heart Rate

Page 2 - Averages and Sums
- Average Speed
- Average Cadence
- Calories
- Heart Rate Zone
- Average Heart Rate
- Heart Rate % Max

Page 3 - Conditions
- Time of Day
- Temperature
- Total Distance ( i know I have it here too )
- Total Ascent
- Grade
- Elevation

And this is how we know you are a fredette:p

+1 Especially since HR is on the second page :roflmao:

I must have missed that chapter in the rule book :rolleyes:

My point is that if you're going to train with heart rate, knowing your heart rate is an important thing so it should be on the first page, or at least heart rate zone. If you just have heart rate of there for no reason, then why even wear the strap?

Page 1:

Speed
3 second power, distance
hr, cadence

Page2 :
Lap speed, lap time
Lap distance, laps
Lap power, total distance
Lap HR, Lap cadence

Page 3:
Time of day, elapsed time
Average speed, elevation
Average power, kilojoules
Avearge heart rate, average cadence

I'm not (or... haven't been) HR training.

And since you can set up the pages to scroll, does it really matter which fields are on which page?

fify :p

though honestly, perceived exertion, HR, or Power. Doesn't matter which, the use of some system (less quantitative) is better than none.

I have a 705:

page one:

time
Heart rate
Speed
Cadence
Distance

And my second page which i use just as much if not more than my first page:

Time
Heart rate
Cadence

On my 705:
I'd like to add HR zone to the second page, but then the lap time field gets a lot smaller and hard to read in the middle of intervals.

Interesting, I will have to check this out.

Norm

Mine is a 705 but what the hell.

Page 1
Time - Speed
Distance - Average Power (3 seconds)
Grade % - Heart Rate
Avg Power - Cadence

Page 2 - set up for intervals
Speed - Current lap time
Laps - Avg Power (3 seconds)
Lap Distance - Heart Rate
Lap Power - Cadence

Mode screen 1 (rarely used)
Avg Speed - Time of Day
Kilojoules - Max Power
MAP

Mode screen 2 (rarely used)
Elevation - Total Ascent
Elevation Graph

I just got one too (Edge 500). I set up three pages (don't remember exactly what's on them right now) specific to the MTB. Are the pages specific to the bike profile? I have three bikes, no compatible power meter (wired Ptap), and one cadence/speed sensor.

One page only - temp, speed, avg speed, time of day, ride time. No need for other pages/fields as it is all there when you upload to Connect.

I have my second page set up for intervals. It comes in really handy having all of the information right there, especially when you are counting down those final few seconds of hell.

Power, speed, 3s power, cadence, ride time

That's a great idear. Adding a second page now.

It's rare but it happens. :o