tinmug Posted April 4 Share I know I've done it before. But for the life of me I cannot figure out how to add a second bike profile to my Edge 530. I got as far as typing a new name for it aaaand ... well, that's it. The buttons either add more characters to the name, change the character menu or quit (or switch off the unit). How can this be so difficult? How can I be this dumb? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadenceblur Posted April 4 Share https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/forerunner630/EN-US/GUID-32AF7200-B6FD-4E0A-8D0A-2EBA24C3F377.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bike Dewing Posted April 4 Share 12 minutes ago, tinmug said: I know I've done it before. But for the life of me I cannot figure out how to add a second bike profile to my Edge 530. I got as far as typing a new name for it aaaand ... well, that's it. The buttons either add more characters to the name, change the character menu or quit (or switch off the unit). How can this be so difficult? How can I be this dumb? The simplest tech will make you feel the dumbest 🤷🏼♂️🤣🤣🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinmug Posted April 4 Share 7 minutes ago, cadenceblur said: https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/forerunner630/EN-US/GUID-32AF7200-B6FD-4E0A-8D0A-2EBA24C3F377.html Wrong unit, the Edge 530 doesn't have a Done button (but it 💩 should!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinmug Posted April 4 Share 4 minutes ago, Bichael Dewing said: The simplest tech will make you feel the dumbest 🤷🏼♂️🤣🤣🤣 I manage to come to the same conclusion all by myself. 🤯 Bike Dewing 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
love2fly Posted April 4 Share How does Garmin Connect and Strava handle a 2nd bike? For eg I have one road and one MTB and like to keep them seperate..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadenceblur Posted April 4 Share Apologies , I see you said BIKE and not activity IMG_8200.mov 530 Edited April 4 by cadenceblur tinmug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemmerbal Posted April 4 Share 19 minutes ago, love2fly said: How does Garmin Connect and Strava handle a 2nd bike? For eg I have one road and one MTB and like to keep them seperate..... Seamlessly. If your 2 profiles are set up with the 2 different bikes, and as long as you select the appropriate profile when you start the activity, it works without issue. At least mine does. The 530 is a great little unit, use mine when navigating on long rides and no issues, again, as long as you switch off the auto-reroute function and so on. love2fly and tinmug 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinmug Posted April 4 Share 24 minutes ago, cadenceblur said: Apologies , I see you said BIKE and not activity IMG_8200.mov 98.38 MB · 0 downloads 530 That far I got, but cannot fathom out how to SAVE the new Bike/Activity Profile (after naming it). Edited April 4 by tinmug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadenceblur Posted April 4 Share The green tick? tinmug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
droo Posted April 4 Share 15 minutes ago, cadenceblur said: The green tick? This. There's a green tick on the scroll loop. cadenceblur and tinmug 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bike Dewing Posted April 4 Share 7 minutes ago, droo said: This. There's a green tick on the scroll loop. Oh F$&k.! I’ve done this before, can’t remember what I was trying to do though but yeah you scroll back up to the tick.. took way longer than it should have to figure that out🤦♂️ JacquesJ, tinmug and gemmerbal 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC_lurker Posted April 4 Share 1 hour ago, tinmug said: How can this be so difficult? How can I be this dumb? The Garmin UI is one of the least intuitive I've ever experienced, it's really not you, it's just piss poor! JacquesJ and tinmug 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinmug Posted April 4 Share 35 minutes ago, cadenceblur said: The green tick? Bingo! 🤘😎🤦♂️ Thank you for that. I was just about to order that Wahoo. And thanks for all the ideas and videos everyone, hugely appreciated (and staves off the straitjacket for another day). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JacquesJ Posted April 4 Share The feature of setting us profile via Garmin Connect in the 540/840 almost makes an upgrade look justifiable. Agree that its just a royal pain to configure profile on the device NC_lurker and tinmug 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gemmerbal Posted April 4 Share From what I’ve seen on DCRainmaker, the touchscreen UI on the 830 is much simpler to use when compared to the 5 buttons on the 530 for example. It takes some getting used to without a doubt. My Edge 500 serves as a backup on navigation rides and that just works so well with 4 buttons. That thing is still bulletproof but of course it lacks all the fancy features of the newer models. CORRECTION: 7 buttons on the 530, I had to use a calculator to make sure! Edited April 4 by gemmerbal tinmug 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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