MikeyBoyAz

You've done this before? How well does it work? I am extremely intrigued.

Doctor Morbius

I have not. Just read about it on here within the past week and thought it was a brilliant idea so I'm going to give it a try. The downside is the shifters have to come off the handlebars, but I'm getting new bars anyway.

Lanceoldstrong

Fenix is a legend in LED lighting.
For years I would read about people on this forum using Fenix LED flashlights as great, jury rigged, bike lights.
I have an amazing tiny Fenix flashlight I use as a jury rigged helmet light.

Now Fenix makes a line of cycling specific lights. I just had to get one.
This comes tomorrow...

a1penguin

I purchased a couple of spare Conti GP4000IIS on sale at Planet Cyclery, a couple of stainless steel cages from Colorado Cyclist and this:

ThermionicScott 

Just got my Park Tool tensiometer in the mail.

StricklandM

I just decided to upgrade my new bike (GMC Denali) to a actual bike....with the normal goodies to accompany it...

itanic

New MAX SLR GEL FLOW for my Trek Road Bike

franswa

Disappearing saddle.

KenshiBiker

That looks like a pretty decent bar-mounted light. Please post a review once you've used it. I'm especially interested in the shape of the beam, and whether it does a decent job of cutting off the beam to avoid "blinding" folks walking or riding in the opposite direction (especially on a dark MUP, where the separation distance is only a couple of feet).

bianchi10

Got a 520 today

PepeM

Been using mine for a few weeks now and I think it is excellent. The live segments thing is annoying though, so I turned it off. Also, first Garmin ever so I can't say whether it is any better than the previous ones.

GuitarBob

I turned off the segment thing too. I am going to punch one of my riding buddies unless he turns his off too

Mine had been working perfectly... until Garmin dropped the updated firmware, automatically. The update went fine, but it wiped some of my baseline info, which is a drag. Freaking Garmin.

BigC_82

After wearing performance bike baggy shorts with insert chamois I finally bought pair of roadie shorts and bib shorts along with some tights for fall weather riding that I do.

SpeshulEd 

I like the live segments, of course, I only choose the ones I do often and know I can improve on. Although, it has helped me snipe a good handful of random ones around the neighborhood and on my way to/from work.

PeregrineA1 

LeMond Poprad Disc from ~2007. Going to build something for dirt/pavement combo rides.

PepeM

I like the idea but I don't like that I can't see my power and other data when they're on. It's not like I really need the small map of the segment. If they make it possible for them to be less intrusive then I'll put them back on.

SpeshulEd 

I can agree with that. You can always swipe back to a different screen but that isn't really a possibility when you're sprinting or climbing as fast as you can.

You can switch the fields, but you still only have two options.

PepeM

Wait, you can switch the fields? Might have to fiddle with that a bit.

inspclouseau

How do you get the live segments to pop up? I have been fiddling with it and cant seem to find any settings for it. I signed up for premium just so I can play with the feature.

GuitarBob

You can "cycle" through your usual screens with the up/down arrows. Like you, though, I don't want to look at a map when I am on a segment -- I can't imagine many others do either.

GuitarBob

Did you know that the 520 comes with 3 months of Strava premium free? They don't make it all that obvious, but it's true.

Plus, I think you can use the segments bit through Garmin Connect, though there are few segments there -- good if you want to make your own.

I think the option is somewhere under each Activity Profile, though I'm not positive -- I kept digging until I found it.

inspclouseau

Thanks!

SpeshulEd 

Yeah, in the settings where you can choose which screens are active and what fields show on each screen. You should be able to go in and change what pops up in the two fields for the live segment screen.

Here's a vid on how to change the field on the different screens. I customized most of mine, one for normal riding, one for climbing, one for those windy days when I just want to watch my cadence and heart rate.

You have to go into Garmin Connect on the web and choose Strava segments instead of Garmin segments. Then all of your starred segments should show up in Garmin Connect. Turn on live segments on the garmin device, and you should be able to sync everything via bluetooth or if it's connected to your computer, through Garmin Express.

I think DC Rainmaker covers it here:
Hands on: Strava and Garmin introduce on-device Live Segments for Edge series | DC Rainmaker

inspclouseau

Thanks much!!

GlennR

It came in today... bought it last week at the 30% off sale and couldn't turn it down since I was in the market for a new one.