Great information and video. Thank you! I have never had a Garmin device before and the instructions are a little lacking. Once I watched your video, I had no problem getting my bike computer paired with my phone and setup. I'm looking forward to going out on my first ride with it.
Hi James, I went for a 2 hour 57 minute ride with the Garmin edge 520 plus. The battery started at 70% and I finished with 50%. So that puts it almost exactly at 15 hour battery life if the battery percentage indicator is perfectly linear. On the ride, I had the screen brightness at 0% and two Ant+ connections, a Stages power meter and Garmin Heart Rate chest strap.
Here's a first look at the Garmin Edge 520 Plus GPS cycling computer. (click read more for table of contents) 0:00 Introduction 4:30 Weight of mounts 7:40 Exterior look of Edge 520 plus 8:50 Weight of edge 520 plus - 62.8 grams 9:30 Exterior look compared to Garmin Edge 820 10:37 Quick start instructions 11:10 Setup 20:40 Look at menu 21:06 Auto Brightness setting? No 23:12 How to charge the device 25:21 Brightness settings while riding (if it's plugged in, then back light wont' time out) 26:02 Activity profiles setup - what data to see while you ride 37:45 Default ride type this most likely needs to be changed 39:23 How to add wireless sensor (e.g. heart rate, power meter, etc.) 41:18 Conclusion - look at all contents Thanks for watching have a great day!
You my friend did a great job on your video thanks it was very useful I called Garmin to get help and they couldn't get me what I needed it was how to display my heart rate on my Garmin Edge 520 plus computer THANKS AND BLESSINGS TO YOU
You can download "courses" but Garmin provides the maps free of charge. I don't think you can download another map from Alltrails or somewhere else and load it onto the device. It has been pretty accurate but I'll take it on a ride with a video camera to show you.
@@bineetpatel774 You're welcome, so far maps has been accurate within about 10-50 feet depending on if the sky is clear. If you're in a tunnel you'll lose satellites. If you go off course from navigation it'll tell you within 50-100 feet depending how fast you're going (there's processing time before it tells you).
Yes there is a real time elevation field. You don't need to use a phone while riding, it helps synching. I think you can also plug it into a computer directly with micro usb cable and synch that way.
A little late to the video but does anyone know if you can change the category of the ride after doing it? I didn't use the categories until after I had ridden a bunch of rides but it would be really cool to be able to see how much distance I've ridden on different surfaces (gravel, road, mtb, etc). And by categories, I mean the thing you select after clicking "RIDE" Thanks!
Just a side note for anyone wanting to use Garmin in China. Chinese mapping is offset to normal GPS, you will need to get a Garmin China account registered. This is a bit of a pain, but easy to do. If you already have a Garmin account set up, you will need to create a whole new one for China. To do this you will need to create an account with a different email address, you will also need the WWW address for Gamin China. If you live in China and buy a Garmin, do not use the quick start process, as this will create a Garmin global account (i.e. The reset of world but not China).
I just unboxed my 520 plus last week, all is working fine except for the strava live segments & garmin segments. They wont sync to my device, I'm set up on strava subscription 30 days free test. I have strava enabled on GC & a few of my favourite segments enabled. But will not transfer over when i sync with garmin express & the android GC app? Any ideas whats wrong?
Sorry to hear that, I don't have live segments enabled with Strava. Are you certain that bluetooth is enabled on your smartphone and Garmin Edge 520 plus? Are you riding with your smartphone on in regular mode (can't be in airplane mode)? Garmin has had problems in the last week and all features may not have been fully restored yet.
@@JoeDelaney64 Also, if you installed Garmin Connect before upgrading to Strava Premium, try deleting the Garmin Connect App on your phone, then re-install with latest version and then re-pair with Strava and your phone via bluetooth. You'll have to sign in again. Make sure the smart notifications are on. However you may also get notifications for small craft advisories if you're by the water. Also, it may only work for starred strava segments. See: support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/216918377-What-are-Starred-Segments-
Does anybody know how to get a ride to Strava from a phone? I've damaged my Garmin so I can't download the rides to Strava through my computer. I was able to send the rides to my phone and then Email the ride to my computer. But I still haven't been able to get it to my Strava profile. I tried to go through Garmin support but they were worthless with an attitude If I can't solve this problem I will have to buy another. Which is frustrating since I bought this one only a few months ago.
I don't think you can navigate to a specific street address on this Edge 520 plus. My Edge 820 can. With the 520 you would need to pre-define a course and load it to your device.
@@pedalpowercycling what if I plan a route on the app. and via Bluetooth connect. Will it take me where I want to go. I stuck between this and 130 plus. leaning towards this because of the navigation. sometimes I get lost or need to plan a route (and Google maps can be a bitch. takes me on motorways!) and wsnt to know if I can do so on the fly.
I use mapmyride or ridewithgps for route planning. I've also used the Garmin to follow directions but it wasn't that great. I missed a turn and then the Garmin stopped navigating the rest of the ride. But, that was years ago and they may have updated the firmware since. Do you use mapmyride or ridewithgps? I now use ridewithgps for navigating with my phone.
@@pedalpowercycling i tried ridewithgps. tbh I got destroyed. didn't know what I was doing. then again. that was on the edge 25. I have the connect app, never used it for navigation. would u recommend the 520 plus over the 130 plus? navigation any better with the 520 plus using the sites yiu mention
@@zedzed2625 When I use ridewithgps, I use my smartphone and its app for navigation. ridewithgps.com/help/tag/navigation/ Unfortunately I don't have the 130 so I can't comment on its features or use (I have an 820 and the 520 plus).
I believe you can with "Garmin Express" on your computer. You'll have to directly plug in the edge 520 to the computer via usb and then use the program to add the device to an account.
Just got in from a ride. Sunday morning , only had my Garmin edge plus 2 weeks and my avg speed is saying I did 24.2 but when I down load my ride to Strava, it's come up avg speed is 26.4. can anyone tell me how to get it to read avg speed correctly. This has happen a couple of times now. It shows my speed. Cadence. Distance. Avg speed. Time . That's it .
Have you checked the speed at which both Strava and Garmin auto pause? If you go slower than that speed, then the program might pause the time too. Are both the ride times/duration the same?
@@pedalpowercycling Sorry not been in touch, still trying to sort it out, unfortunely I have picked up a bit of a chest infection, so will be in touch, about what I did.
I have got an Edge 520 Plus and still have issues like that. I cannot for the life of me understand why every Bluetooth speaker or earphone can connect pair and connect in a split second apart from being too far away from the phone to stay connected through whatever might happen. Still, these blo*dy bike computers cannot manage to connect correctly every single time if they are sitting right next to my phone on my desk. Let alone out on a ride when I really am not in the mood to start fiddling with tiny buttons and 'wait' - like 10mins on the side of the road - before anything happens...
Very helpful video. Thankyou. Made me laugh!, American characters?!! English, French, Italian etc uses Latin characters with Arabic numbers as opposed to roman numerals. And no, im not English im Welsh!
Thank you. I used your video to get my new Garmin 520 plus set up. It was clear and helpful
Thank you for the kind comments. I'm glad to have helped!!
Thank you very much for showing us how to use this thing.
Great information and video. Thank you! I have never had a Garmin device before and the instructions are a little lacking. Once I watched your video, I had no problem getting my bike computer paired with my phone and setup. I'm looking forward to going out on my first ride with it.
You're welcome. The Garmin website has been down for awhile. Hope you don't have problems setting it up and using it.
He did great
Hi James, I went for a 2 hour 57 minute ride with the Garmin edge 520 plus. The battery started at 70% and I finished with 50%. So that puts it almost exactly at 15 hour battery life if the battery percentage indicator is perfectly linear. On the ride, I had the screen brightness at 0% and two Ant+ connections, a Stages power meter and Garmin Heart Rate chest strap.
It does have a great Battery life
Here's a first look at the Garmin Edge 520 Plus GPS cycling computer. (click read more for table of contents)
0:00 Introduction
4:30 Weight of mounts
7:40 Exterior look of Edge 520 plus
8:50 Weight of edge 520 plus - 62.8 grams
9:30 Exterior look compared to Garmin Edge 820
10:37 Quick start instructions
11:10 Setup
20:40 Look at menu
21:06 Auto Brightness setting? No
23:12 How to charge the device
25:21 Brightness settings while riding (if it's plugged in, then back light wont' time out)
26:02 Activity profiles setup - what data to see while you ride
37:45 Default ride type this most likely needs to be changed
39:23 How to add wireless sensor (e.g. heart rate, power meter, etc.)
41:18 Conclusion - look at all contents
Thanks for watching have a great day!
You my friend did a great job on your video thanks it was very useful I called Garmin to get help and they couldn't get me what I needed it was how to display my heart rate on my Garmin Edge 520 plus computer THANKS AND BLESSINGS TO YOU
Great to hear!
You should use the tether also on the bike so that if the device unintentionally rotates it does not fall down, preventing display from cracking ;)
I know I'm pretty off topic but do anybody know a good website to watch newly released movies online ?
I did
that's a good review, thanks!
getting mine tomorrow
Enjoy! It's still a great bike computer!
Hello, How do you change the time? My edge 520 is 7hrs behind from the right time
Update your software
Great set up video. How do i switch from miles to km?
18:03 is the option when starting from scratch, otherwise after set up change it in the garmin app. I can make a real simply video to show you Johnny.
Can we download maps in it and what about its navigation facility (accuracy)?
You can download "courses" but Garmin provides the maps free of charge. I don't think you can download another map from Alltrails or somewhere else and load it onto the device. It has been pretty accurate but I'll take it on a ride with a video camera to show you.
@@pedalpowercycling yeah thank u👍
@@bineetpatel774 You're welcome, so far maps has been accurate within about 10-50 feet depending on if the sky is clear. If you're in a tunnel you'll lose satellites. If you go off course from navigation it'll tell you within 50-100 feet depending how fast you're going (there's processing time before it tells you).
Does it show real time elevation gain, during the ride? Also, can this be used without the phone?
Yes there is a real time elevation field. You don't need to use a phone while riding, it helps synching. I think you can also plug it into a computer directly with micro usb cable and synch that way.
Is this latest , any other product I can buy now in 2022 pls suggest
The latest is the 1040 solar. It's really expensive.
@@pedalpowercycling I'm beginner in cycling do you suggest me gps watch or gps bike computer. Which is basic one cyclist should have
If you hike a lot then a watch works well too. I have the Garmin Fenix 3. They're on the 6 or 7 now. Only cycling I'd get a Edge 530.
A little late to the video but does anyone know if you can change the category of the ride after doing it? I didn't use the categories until after I had ridden a bunch of rides but it would be really cool to be able to see how much distance I've ridden on different surfaces (gravel, road, mtb, etc). And by categories, I mean the thing you select after clicking "RIDE" Thanks!
Hello, thank you for this detailed video. Do you know if a polar hr sensor can be paired with this gadget?
Update. Yes it works.
Thanks for the update. I've also paired Garmin and Wahoo ant+ heart rate monitors too.
Just a side note for anyone wanting to use Garmin in China. Chinese mapping is offset to normal GPS, you will need to get a Garmin China account registered. This is a bit of a pain, but easy to do.
If you already have a Garmin account set up, you will need to create a whole new one for China. To do this you will need to create an account with a different email address, you will also need the WWW address for Gamin China.
If you live in China and buy a Garmin, do not use the quick start process, as this will create a Garmin global account (i.e. The reset of world but not China).
Wow that's very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
I just unboxed my 520 plus last week, all is working fine except for the strava live segments & garmin segments. They wont sync to my device, I'm set up on strava subscription 30 days free test. I have strava enabled on GC & a few of my favourite segments enabled. But will not transfer over when i sync with garmin express & the android GC app? Any ideas whats wrong?
Sorry to hear that, I don't have live segments enabled with Strava. Are you certain that bluetooth is enabled on your smartphone and Garmin Edge 520 plus? Are you riding with your smartphone on in regular mode (can't be in airplane mode)? Garmin has had problems in the last week and all features may not have been fully restored yet.
@@pedalpowercycling thanks for your reply. Hopefully that's the reason garmin nit back to 100%
@@JoeDelaney64 Also, if you installed Garmin Connect before upgrading to Strava Premium, try deleting the Garmin Connect App on your phone, then re-install with latest version and then re-pair with Strava and your phone via bluetooth. You'll have to sign in again. Make sure the smart notifications are on. However you may also get notifications for small craft advisories if you're by the water. Also, it may only work for starred strava segments. See: support.strava.com/hc/en-us/articles/216918377-What-are-Starred-Segments-
@@pedalpowercycling thanks i'll try that now 👍
No, still no joy, i'll wait till full services return to garmin, hopefully the issue might rectify itself. Thanks again. I"ll keep you updated.
Thanks a lot ma dude
Does anybody know how to get a ride to Strava from a phone? I've damaged my Garmin so I can't download the rides to Strava through my computer. I was able to send the rides to my phone and then Email the ride to my computer. But I still haven't been able to get it to my Strava profile. I tried to go through Garmin support but they were worthless with an attitude If I can't solve this problem I will have to buy another. Which is frustrating since I bought this one only a few months ago.
There should be a "plus" symbol on Strava.com Have you tried to click that to upload the file directly to Strava?
Yea that's the way I normally do it , but my Garmin is damaged and won't connect physically. It'll charge but won't transfer data.
can you just punch in an address or postcode and get going for navigation? or just i do a course on the app? is the data, speed etc accurate
I don't think you can navigate to a specific street address on this Edge 520 plus. My Edge 820 can. With the 520 you would need to pre-define a course and load it to your device.
@@pedalpowercycling what if I plan a route on the app. and via Bluetooth connect. Will it take me where I want to go. I stuck between this and 130 plus. leaning towards this because of the navigation. sometimes I get lost or need to plan a route (and Google maps can be a bitch. takes me on motorways!) and wsnt to know if I can do so on the fly.
I use mapmyride or ridewithgps for route planning. I've also used the Garmin to follow directions but it wasn't that great. I missed a turn and then the Garmin stopped navigating the rest of the ride. But, that was years ago and they may have updated the firmware since. Do you use mapmyride or ridewithgps? I now use ridewithgps for navigating with my phone.
@@pedalpowercycling i tried ridewithgps. tbh I got destroyed. didn't know what I was doing. then again. that was on the edge 25. I have the connect app, never used it for navigation. would u recommend the 520 plus over the 130 plus? navigation any better with the 520 plus using the sites yiu mention
@@zedzed2625 When I use ridewithgps, I use my smartphone and its app for navigation. ridewithgps.com/help/tag/navigation/
Unfortunately I don't have the 130 so I can't comment on its features or use (I have an 820 and the 520 plus).
Can this be used without a smart phone
I believe you can with "Garmin Express" on your computer. You'll have to directly plug in the edge 520 to the computer via usb and then use the program to add the device to an account.
@@pedalpowercycling Big thanks, I have now sorted it, Yes you can do it.
Thanks for the update. Glad to hear you got it to work!
Just got in from a ride. Sunday morning , only had my Garmin edge plus 2 weeks and my avg speed is saying I did 24.2 but when I down load my ride to Strava, it's come up avg speed is 26.4. can anyone tell me how to get it to read avg speed correctly. This has happen a couple of times now. It shows my speed. Cadence. Distance. Avg speed. Time . That's it .
Have you checked the speed at which both Strava and Garmin auto pause? If you go slower than that speed, then the program might pause the time too. Are both the ride times/duration the same?
@@pedalpowercycling Sorry not been in touch, still trying to sort it out, unfortunely I have picked up a bit of a chest infection, so will be in touch, about what I did.
@@veghunter5949 get well soon
Which garmin app you have for your 520 plus
Garmin Connect App for the phone. Garmin Express App for the computer.
Thanks.
I have got an Edge 520 Plus and still have issues like that. I cannot for the life of me understand why every Bluetooth speaker or earphone can connect pair and connect in a split second apart from being too far away from the phone to stay connected through whatever might happen. Still, these blo*dy bike computers cannot manage to connect correctly every single time if they are sitting right next to my phone on my desk. Let alone out on a ride when I really am not in the mood to start fiddling with tiny buttons and 'wait' - like 10mins on the side of the road - before anything happens...
Very helpful video. Thankyou. Made me laugh!, American characters?!! English, French, Italian etc uses Latin characters with Arabic numbers as opposed to roman numerals. And no, im not English im Welsh!
Your scales are out man!
I weighed it again on a kitchen scale and it read 62 grams (within 1 gram). What does your scales measure for this?
I was being sarcastic ....1 gram ffs