GPS Kids | Ask Team Garmin: Which Edge GPS stats do professionals crunch the most?

Today’s question provides unique insight into how professionals benefit from the same technology available to everyday cyclists and casual commuters. We asked three gear gurus on Team Garmin about how they use their <a href="http://garmin.blogs.com/my_weblog/2010/03/argyle-style-for-gps kids watch-with-team-garmin-versions-of-edge-500-and-n%C3%BCvi-.html” target=”_blank”>Garmin Edge 500 or Edge 705 in different training and raceday conditions, from time trials (TT’s) to mountains to the classics. Here are their unfiltered answers, along with a tutorial for customizing your own training pages.    

Christian Vande Velde replied within a half-hour: TT’s keep it simple- Speed, wattage. Training. The more info the better. But I make a lap page for looking at intervals afterwards. Racing-time, distance, heart rate and power. But mostly I need the distance. The other stuff is irrelevant in a race.

Dave Zabriskie chimed in shortly after: Mine is always setup with time,power, and HR…on the next screen I have all the all the averages and KJ’s…Usually for a TT I have it setup with time and speed…

David Millar delved into even more detail, though he referred to it as “all pretty simple really.” <a href="http://garmin.blogs.com/my_weblog/2010/04/ask-team-garmin-which-edge-gps kids watch-stats-do-professionals-crunch-the-most.html#more” target=”_blank”>Continue reading below to see some of the secrets of his success.

Millar’s stats, screen by screen:

TRAINING
Screen 1: Power, Heart Rate, Speed, Distance, Time.

Screen 2: Time Lap, Power, Heart Rate, Power Average Lap, Heart Rate Average Lap.

Screen 3: Power KJ, Power Average, Heart Rate Average, Temperature, Total Ascent.

TT

Screen 1: Speed, Distance.

Screen 2: Time, Power Average, Heart Rate Average.

CLASSICS

Screen 1: Speed, Distance, Time.

MOUNTAINS

Screen 1: Speed, Distance, Time.

Screen 2: Power, Heart Rate, Total Ascent.

Screen 3: Power KJ, Heart Rate Average, Power Average.

FLAT ROAD STAGE

Screen 1: Speed, Distance, Time.

Screen 2: Power, Heart Rate.

Screen 3: Power KJ, Heart Rate Average, Power Average.

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