Garmin Unveils Its Brightest Too Smartest Cycling Figurer E'er: The Edge 1050

Garmin announced Edge® 1050, its brightest, smartest too near connected cycling estimator always. Boasting a vibrant touchscreen display, Edge 1050 combines superior navigation, operation tracking, cycling awareness and smart connectivity—all piece impressively delivering upwards to twenty hours of battery life inwards the near demanding function cases together with upwardly to threescore hours inward battery saver style. Packed alongside features to aid foster a more cohesive cycling community, cyclists can receive route risk alerts reported past beau cyclists too see in-ride messaging as well as leaderboards during grouping rides1. Plus, novel additions like on-device form creation, Garmin Pay™, a built-inward speaker as well as more help make every ride amend.

"We are excited to introduce our nigh capable, high-performing bicycle figurer notwithstanding alongside the Edge 1050. Delivering an exceptional inward-ride feel, superior navigation together with community-focused features, our latest cycling computer is made to continue cyclists motivated—whether they're planning a grouping ride with friends or a long, solo run a risk." –Dan Bartel, Garmin Vice President of Global Consumer Sales

Never stop cycling (together)

Make rides fifty-fifty more fun alongside features designed to take the cycling community together.New improvements to GroupRide1 let riders remain connected alongside inward-ride messaging, live locations together with incident detection alerts2 that tin can notify as well as route beau riders to a cyclist inwards take of assist. Cyclists tin besides add together close to contest to their ride amongst inward-ride leaderboards for climbs, plus witty postride awards, including Speed Racer (highest max speed), Chatterbox (well-nigh heavily using the GroupRide messaging feature), Worker Bee (nearly fourth dimension spent pedaling) together with more.
Receive road hazard alerts on-cover that are reported past young man cyclists – similar potholes or fallen trees – as well as even contribute hazards to assistance alert other riders.

Create your community. GroupRide updates as well as route risk alerts volition be available on Edge 540, Edge 840 and Edge 1040 serial cycling computers shortly.

What else is newRefreshed Design: Angled casing as well as discrete, all-metal buttons, summation a replaceable quarter-turn mountain are complemented by a bright, iii.5" liquid crystal display.
Garmin Pay Contactless Payments: Don't worry nigh earthworks into your bag to draw out cash; breeze through mid-ride café or snack stops amongst a tap of the Edge.
Built-In Speaker: Hear workout too navigation prompts as well as alert riders too pedestrians ahead using an on-device bike bell.
On-Device Course Creator: Easily create courses right on the device using the responsive touchscreen too toggle unlike map overlays on or off.
Surface Type: See paved or unpaved roadways on the Edge while riding as well as get alerts for upcoming unpaved sections.
Ride-Specific Routing: Get routing suited to a specific ride—whether it'second mountain, gravel or road.
Map Manager amongst Wi-Fi® Connectivity: Add, swap, or update additional maps via Wi-Fi® right on the cycling computer.

"I've seen a lot of Edge iterations over the years as well as none accept always had me equally excited equally the 1050. The user interface on the novel Edge is amazing. Whether it'second messages, the weather condition or Strava segments, everything is speedily available. The novel features are amazing too; I never take to worry well-nigh my wallet once more alongside Garmin Pay at once on the Edge too existence able to create courses on the Edge (and finding H2O stops) is a huge addition likewise. But I take to tip my chapeau to the built-inward speaker—at that place is a bike bell push button! My days of yelling 'on your left' are finally over! The novel display is insane too it completely changes the experience. The vibrant colors in addition to amazing contrast make the display crisp as well as slow to see. As an experienced passenger, I really appreciate the relaxation of function of the new Edge 1050. Honestly, novel features in addition to tech go harder to purpose for us quondam-timers, but the Edge 1050 integrates them perfectly as well as makes them easily accessible." —Timothy O'Donnell, professional person triathlete and Garmin-sponsored athlete

VIDEO: See how Edge 1050 tin can help brand every ride meliorate.

Prepare for your next big ride

Loaded amongst advanced training tools, Edge 1050 is fix to assistance cyclists beat out every ride4. Free Garmin grooming plans – like result adaptive grooming plans – deliver personalized workouts that adjust based on functioning together with recovery, piece daily suggested workouts supply ride suggestions based on a cyclist's current training load and VO2 max.

Insights from Firstbeat Analytics™ like VO2 max, grooming condition, heat together with altitude acclimation together with more tin can aid cyclists evaluate their operation and see how their body is holding upwards, while features like cycling ability too grade demands allow cyclists to compare their abilities to the demands of a specific class and then they tin can focus their training in the correct areas.

Before heading out, role Trendline™ Popularity Routing to observe the best routes near traveled past other Garmin cyclists, or use preloaded Garmin Cycle Maps that include worldwide mount wheel trail information from Trailforks. Cyclists tin also role pivot drib navigation to post a POI ("pivot") from Apple® Maps in addition to automatically have navigation to that place.

Perform at your best

Edge 1050 includes premium performance metrics to help cyclists ride smarter. Real-time stamina insights tin assistance cyclists closely monitor too track their exertion levels to assistance influence preparation efforts or come across how much further the electric current step can live maintained. Meanwhile, power take directly takes air current data and a cyclist'second electric current stamina into business relationship to make existent-time adjustments to ability targets. ClimbPro lets riders see the remaining rise together with class for each climb – whether riding a form or not – piece Climb Explore lets cyclists encounter nearby climbs on-device or inward Garmin Connect. Advanced cycling dynamics furnish riders with insights into their functioning as well as mountain bicycle metrics, including jump count, leap distance, Grit® in addition to Flow™, aid track every epic ride.

Stay aware, rest connected

For added confidence during a ride, Edge 1050 includes safety features like LiveTrack too incident detection as well as is compatible alongside the Varia™ line of work of cycling radars in addition to smart lights, likewise every bit inReach® satellite communicators5. For yr-round riding, Edge 1050 easily pairs to Tacx® indoor smart trainers. It can too live customized alongside data fields, apps and widgets from the Connect IQ™ Store smartphone app.

Available straight off, Edge 1050 has a suggested retail price of $699.99.

SOURCE Garmin International, Inc.