If you want to be a better cyclist one of the best purchases you can make is picking up a new cycling computer. That statement is true whether you define ‘better’ as being able to ride faster, being able to ride farther, or even being able to ride exactly where you want. Whatever it looks like for you, today’s best cycling computers will help you achieve your goals.
What a good cycling computer amounts to is a much bigger topic though. There are relatively affordable units like the Garmin Edge 130 Plus that might be more than enough for your riding. On the other end of the spectrum is the most advanced, and expensive, cycling computer available today, the Garmin Edge 1040 Solar.
There’s no need to tease the basic assessment of this review, there is no other cycling computer that’s more advanced. There’s also no other cycling computer that’s as expensive and no other brand that even attempts to compete at this level. Without needing to evaluate where the Garmin Edge 1040 Solar falls in the greater cycling computer ecosystem, we’ve spent time to work out what it offers, and whether that’s something our readers are likely to need, whether they are buying this as their first cycling computer ever, or they’re upgrading from the previous range-topping Edge 1030 Plus.
If you are considering upgrading to Garmin’s latest cycling computer, keep reading to see if the Garmin Edge 1040 Solar is the right choice for you.
Design and aesthetics
The Garmin Edge 1040 Solar boasts the joint-largest colour touchscreen in the Garmin performance cycling lineup. The screen size and resolution remain unchanged from the previous Garmin 1030 Plus and stand at 3.5in and 700x282px. There are three physical buttons for power, start/stop the ride, and lap start/stop but aside from those functions the interface is entirely touch-based. This is all very similar to both the Edge 830 and the Edge 1030 Plus but those units are not the same.
This distinction is important to understand because unlike competing products, Garmin cycling computers have different features across the lineup. Even beyond hardware-based limitations, Garmin has opted not to introduce software advancements into older models. This is an inherently different strategy from Wahoo, Hammerhead, and even Stages….
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