Never seen the little lake looking quite so stunning on a video, mate! What a morning to be out! I'm firmly in the stone age with my 6 year old Element Bolt and will probably run it right into the ground before getting something with a bit more functionality. Good video - staggering battery life! - and these vids are really useful for people looking to upgrade or review options for a first GPS unit.

@3:20 - just look at that sky :-)

Hey Russ another great little video mate. Do you use a power meter either on the cranks or pedals or does the garmin figure out watts output?

great you getting out there early 🙂

did you get it on sale? i almost jump on the deal before fathers day and enjoy your new edge!!

I have a 1040 but to be honest I think the Wahoo Summit Climb feature is better. It also requires no route and has a super elevation screen that shows relief ahead and allows the summit pro data fields to set across screens. Not a deal breaker though. Make sure you check GP Lama’s video on using IQ data fields on various screens the Windy one is brilliant. I think the stats is problematic. Stamina often isn’t correct and overall I have become more interested in riding with feeling as a pure club level rider. I do like to know my power, cadence and HR but that’s about it really. HRV, train readiness, body battery gaslight the shit out of you and just add that level of doubt when you feel just OK and HRV is down. The other thing is that Garmin Watches are fairly rubbish at sleep tracking which they rely on for lots of the stamina and body battery etc calculations. I think the 1050 will only be worthwhile if you want a better screen and follow routes a lot. It does look much better. Like all new Garmin’s though, wait a year for the bugs to subside. The 1040 was a disaster zone for almost a year.

seems just about perfect, but 573 euros?! silly expensive. someone should put a large battery in a regular device. my 520 consumes 330 milliwatts average, yours should be under 200 milliwatts average. were either of these to have a proper 18 watthour battery like a smartphone does, which would only cost 40 grams extra, the battery lives would be ~55 hours and ~100 hours for each respective gps. i mean it's neat they try for long life with a puny little battery, but is it that hard to square the corners and put in a proper one?