On Sunday 8 February, rising along the City Circle ride in Melbourne my Garmin fell off. I am hopeing that a kindly cyclist found it.

Damn, that's gotta hurt.

Maybe I should put my phone number on the back of mine.

You should post this in the regional forum also.

https://www.bikeforums.net/australia-new-zealand/

Dang... sorry to hear that man.

On a positive note, you probably made someone's whole week

Here's a thought, do you have it's serial number?

If someone uses it and connect to Garmin Connect, it might transmit the serial number or other id and Garmin might be able to help you track it down.

What would you want that cyclist to do with it?

Did the rubber bands break? Can't imagine the plastic mount or tabs breaking.

I didn't see a 1000 - but noted a 205 Edge right in that area.

OP - tough luck, hopefully an honest person will find it.

You can edit the startup.txt file to customize the startup screen to have it display your name/phone#/email address.

Tip of the day: How to display your name and phone number on your Garmin Edge | DC Rainmaker

Sweet

Return it to me so I can continue using it!

Thanks I have sent garmin my serial number and asked them not to permit its use on Garmin Site!

I was on MTB and presume I hit a bush.

How is he/she supposed to contact you?

a post on this site or private mail

I take it Live Tracking was not setup, because that would locate it on a map, no?

Live Tracking doesn't work that way...

found it......

Quite a little way further from where I was riding!

Uh huh.

What do you mean? If it was recording a workout, it would appear on the map. Or do you mean it would have stopped by now, or that auto-pause removes tracking...something like that?

I just did this to my 510 and it works like a charm.

The Garmin isn't an internet-connected device.

For Live Tracking, the Garmin has to be paired with, and in close proximity to, an internet-connected mobile phone.

If it was on and in use, it would have stopped working the moment the phone & device were separated.

Oh, right, of course. Thanks.

But once you disconnect, what does the map show? Shouldn't it show the last GPS co-ordinate that was sent when you disconnected? Should give an area to search, assuming you have it set to leave the map going past the end of the ride.

Also, did Garmin not ship the 1000 with the same tether strap that it ships the 510 with? The 510 is tethered to my bar, in the event it gets knocked off of the out front mount, it will just dangle off of my bar.

The Garmin doesn't broadcast it's location. It just records GPS coordinates to a local file that must be synced afterwards with a phone or computer in order to see where you've been.

If the OP had Livetrack turned on (and the only reason to do that would be for someone else to watch his progress), the phone is broadcasting it's location to Garmin's servers - and the Garmin's location would have been lost the moment the Garmin & phone lost connection. There would be no record.

But really, all of this banter about tracking has sort of ignored the elephant in the room - Which is, how the heck did the OP not immediately notice that his honking-huge Garmin was suddenly missing from right under his nose?