Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part II **off topic discussion**

daragh_

How do we feel about 'slightly' extending the distance?

Alek

I'd rather add some climbing

Wishbone Ash

Alek wrote: »

4? Not 5?..

Apologies, you are correct - there were 2 that could not take the suffering any longer?

Wishbone Ash

daragh_ wrote: »

How do we feel about 'slightly' extending the distance?

Yes - 262kms with 4,250m of climbing wasn't enough! :pac:

daragh_

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Yes - 262kms with 4,250m of climbing wasn't enough! :pac:

Exactly. Let's make 2016 a real challenge.

Unknown Soldier

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Entries for 2016 Wicklow 200 now open. (Sunday 12th June).

http://www.wicklow200.ie/how-to-enter/

Having met and chatted to the fella with the 0001 on his back... you don't want to go there

I'll give it a few weeks before I sign up. Great day out on the bike.

Besides that... anyone have any idea how much a set of Reynolds 81 SLG full carbon wheels might be worth? Like the one in the pic linked below?


http://triathlete-europe.competitor.com/2012/07/26/gear-review-reynolds-eighty-one-aero-wheels

Unknown Soldier

Alek wrote: »

In depth reviews of both units:

http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2009/12/garmin-edge-500-in-depth-review.html

http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2015/07/garmin-edge-520.html


I would definitely go for the 520, if only for the mapping.

I'd go for the 520 too but not for the mapping.... Only plus points over previous models. ..quicker GPS attainment. thats the benefit over the 510/500
510 allows you to bluetooth your data to garmin/Strava which is cool but once you go higher end, they drain the battery. You'll end up turning off all the toys and being left with a 510. Unless you use maps, a lot.

Qualitymark

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

I'd go for the 520 too but not for the mapping.... Only plus points over previous models. ..quicker GPS attainment. thats the benefit over the 510/500
510 allows you to bluetooth your data to garmin/Strava which is cool but once you go higher end, they drain the battery. You'll end up turning off all the toys and being left with a 510. Unless you use maps, a lot.

Nuisance that the battery's built in and you can't swap them in and out. Allegedly 15 hours battery life…?

Wishbone Ash

Qualitymark wrote: »

Nuisance that the battery's built in and you can't swap them in and out. Allegedly 15 hours battery life…?

Portable chargers allow you to re-charge mid-ride. (Specific cable required to prevent activity re-setting to zero). I have this one for my old 500 but Gomadic assure me that it can also be used on the 810 (Haven't tried it yet).

http://www.gomadic.com/garmin-edge-500-portable-aa-battery-extender.html

Unknown Soldier

Qualitymark wrote: »

Nuisance that the battery's built in and you can't swap them in and out. Allegedly 15 hours battery life…?

Don't know about the 520 but the 1000 with ALL the toys off (wifi/BT) and all sensors off bar the ones you are using, along with the screen at brightness level 1 out of 10, 9-10 hours. I do have it set for 1 second data intervals rather than "smart" though. On a 100k spin I'd have it at 30-40% or so left.

There was a huge update a couple of weeks ago and I think it has improved the battery life for some reason even though the update was for maps or something. Not sure why but it just seems to be decreasing at a slower rate.

Eamonnator

I have a rechargeable Duracell recharger.
Is it safe to use it on my Garmin 500?

Wishbone Ash

Eamonnator wrote: »

I have a rechargeable Duracell recharger.
Is it safe to use it on my Garmin 500?

Safe from damaging the Garmin unit or safe from resetting the ride?

Alek

800 does not reset when you plug in external power, I imagine newer units also don't

Wishbone Ash

Alek wrote: »

800 does not reset when you plug in external power, I imagine newer units also don't

Regardless of whether it switched off or 'on the move'?

Alek

Wishbone Ash wrote:

Regardless of whether it switched off or 'on the move'?

Positive.

Unknown Soldier

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Regardless of whether it switched off or 'on the move'?

Now, most USB cables are data/power. You can get power only which are OK with the 500 as far as I could gather. It's down to the pins in them, I think.

Wishbone Ash

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

... It's down to the pins in them, I think.

Yes - the cable I use hasn't any pins.

If I think of it, I'll take the charger to work tomorrow and try the 500 charger on the 810. I'll turn off the 810 without saving it and charge it see if it resets the ride. If it does, it won't matter. Better than resetting it during a 300k ride!

Raam

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Yes - the cable I use hasn't any pins.

If I think of it, I'll take the charger to work tomorrow and try the 500 charger on the 810. I'll turn off the 810 without uploading it and charge it see if it resets the ride. If it does, it won't matter. Better than resetting it during a 300k ride!

Whut?

Wishbone Ash

Raam wrote: »

Whut?

Just the metallic external empty shell insert to power device without data transfer.

Raam

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Just the metallic external empty shell insert to power device without data transfer.

Are you sure? I always thought they just removed/disabled some of the pins.

OleRodrigo

Lumen

Raam wrote: »

Are you sure? I always thought they just removed/disabled some of the pins.

This seems easy, particularly if you have some heatshrink lying around to tidy up the outer afterwards.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-USB-no-data-charger-cable/?ALLSTEPS

Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

...If I think of it, I'll take the charger to work tomorrow and try the 500 charger on the 810. I'll turn off the 810 without saving it and charge it see if it resets the ride. If it does, it won't matter. Better than resetting it during a 300k ride!

Tried that this morning - worked fine without resetting.

Eamonnator

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Safe from damaging the Garmin unit or safe from resetting the ride?

Safe from resetting the ride

Wishbone Ash

Eamonnator wrote: »

Safe from resetting the ride

Are there pins inside the end of the cable?

You could try it on a short ride of no consequence. Bring the charger with you. Stop for a break or whatever, stop the Garmin and turn it off without saving the ride. Plug in the charger for a while and then switch the Garmin back on again and see if it picks up where it left off.

Unknown Soldier

For those lunatic Audax type rides...It's worth noting that Edges do have Data history limitations. The the 520 is 180 hours or something like that. Or it might be 200 files. The Edge 20 only stores 20 rides. Not sure if it just overwrites the older one or "something" from the 20/25 manual "When the device memory if full, your oldest data is overwritten"

I tend to hook my edge to a PC once a month and go into the Activities folder, highlight last months Data and right click, send to compressed folder/zip. email the zip file to myself and then delete the older rides. It also speeds up uploads as it doesn't have to check loads of historic files.

Qualitymark

Australian genius Duncan Gay says the way to protect cyclists from being killed is to give them licences.

ednwireland

Qualitymark wrote: »

Australian genius Duncan Gay says the way to protect cyclists from being killed is to give them licences.

Genius cos that works for cars and motorcycles or is it just to identify them afterwards ffs

Qualitymark

Like high-viz, licence plates are a secular Miraculous Medal that protect the cyclist.

tomasrojo

Qualitymark wrote: »

Australian genius Duncan Gay says the way to protect cyclists from being killed is to give them licences.

It might be time to start offering asylum to Australian cyclists.