Review on 🚴 Experience Easy Navigation with Garmin Edge 130, a Compact GPS Cycling Computer by Danny Rogers

I've been cycling hard for over 40 years. I've been riding a Specialized Tarmac SL3/Ultegra for 10 years. I've looked through half a dozen bike computers over the years. The 10 year old Polar computer on my runway died a few weeks ago. I researched the main brands/models and settled on a Garmin 130 with speed and cadence sensors. I bought a CooSpo heart rate monitor that works great with Garmin. I constantly monitor my heart rate, cadence, speed and to a lesser extent elapsed time and distance. The Garmin 130 hits all 5 consistently. It's an excellent bike computer and perfect for my purposes. Here's my take on the main areas. Installation. Extremely easy. I'm amazed at the technological improvements. All of my previous computers required spoke and crank magnets with large speed and cadence sensors mounted to the frame. With Garmin, you simply attach a sensor to the crank arm to measure cadence and a sensor to the front or rear hub to measure speed. Use the rear hub if you occasionally ride the treadmill. It literally took 5 minutes. My system was up and running in 30 minutes and synced with my heart rate, cadence and speed sensors. The documentation is terrible. I have Youtube videos from Garmin et al. Configuration used. I usually customize my displays. It was very easy to set the data fields, quantity and content. I installed several for my needs. I like the 5 panel display with 3 large panels with an area at the top where I show heart rate, cadence and speed in that order. I have 2 smaller displays side by side below where I show time and distance. This is the ideal configuration for my needs. Exploitation. The display is incredibly easy to read. That's incredible; I dare say perfect. It is always clear and readable even in bright sunlight. I use medium brightness. Again, I like the flexibility of the configuration. I have set a timer that will stop/start automatically when the bike is not moving. The start/stop button is intuitive to start and end a ride. The buttons are a little hard to press. Again, the documentation should be clearer about the functions of the 4 buttons. The Garmin Connect app on the iPhone is amazing. It syncs with the iPhone Activity/Exercise app so I no longer have to use my iwatch to record my rides. The stored ride information displayed is very efficient and informative, with the ability to overlay heart rate, cadence and speed on timelines and maps.