gregf83 

I’ve seen the climb app pop up when I’m following a route. Is there a way to activate it when just riding?

Sy Reene

I don't think so. Namely, how would your Garmin know where you're going to go to show you the distance etc left on your climb.

mstateglfr 

No. The device doesn't know if you will ride the hill or turn off of it onto another road halfway thru.
It uses the route data to determine what is worthy of being a hill to climb.

gregf83 

They bring up a virtual partner when you start a favourite segment. It would be nice if they’d activate the hill app whenever you start an uphill segment that meets the criteria for a climb. That’s my feature request.

sw20

Received my 530 performance bundle yesterday and took it for a quick test ride, have to say very impressed so far, cadence, speed and hr monitor all setup easily, set up of unit itself was a little time consuming but as it was new wasn't a problem as was excited to have it! Have set up the 7 field display and all look good, there are a lot of features I don't fully understand yet but all part of the learning curve! Navigation was spot on, hill climb pro worked really well, all in all very impressed with unit so far! Have linked to my Strava account. Only downside was looking at the data afterwards and seeing my heartrate!

burnthesheep

I've liked my Bolt and like the app interface as many describe the Garmin stuff as ultimately infuriating at some point in your journey with them as a company.

But......I've killed one Bolt out of warranty when the charge port cover wouldn't seal and the side buttons covers separated allowing sweat/water ingress ruining it. 1.5 year use. My second is in warranty exchange now for......the charge port cover failing. This time luckily within 2 weeks of the 1 year.

How they can't get that right, no idea. This time around the side button cover didn't start coming off as I bought a silicone cover for it that covers the buttons.......so was good there. But the silicone cover had an opening for the charge port so the charge port door still failed. Womp womp.

WhyFi

My Bolt got killed in the rain, too. It was also replaced under warranty, but still.

sw20

bikedataone has some interesting looking apps