Garmin Edge MTB Is A Tougher, More Accurate Bike Computer
Garmin Edge MTB
Garmin has made GPS-equipped bike computers for almost 20 years. Its first arrived in 2006, but the Garmin Edge MTB is the first from Garmin made specifically for mountain biking.
The obvious question: what does that even mean? Garmin's mountain biking angle has two key strands.
Ruggedization is the first. The Garmin Edge MTB has a tougher design than any other model in the Edge range. First up, there are its 'overmolded' buttons, meaning there are no gaps between the body and button to let dust, muck and grime find their way in.
Garmin specifies the screen protection is Corning Gorilla Glass too, where screen protection often isn't even listed for bike computers. They typically stay rooted to a bike's handlebar during use, after all.
GPS is the other specific strand to the Garmin Edge MTB mountain biking chops. Garmin brought dual-band GPS to some of its top-tier watches, like the Garmin Fenix 7, in 2022, and it's used to improve signal in areas that might otherwise struggle.
This includes when you're in a skyscraper-packed city or, more pertinent for the mountain biker, a thick forest. The Garmin Edge get this dual-band form of GPS.
'View trail lines in greater detail while using the enduro or downhill ride profiles thanks to technology that is recording location data five times more frequently than other cycling computers,' says Garmin.
The Garmin Edge MTB also features modes designed specifically for mountain biking. Its Downhill mode tracks downhill segments automatically, discounting the time spent heading back up to the start. And the Enduro mode tracks descent and ascent figures for each run, and for the session as a whole.
This is also a high-end enough model to get trail data from Trailforks, alongside maps you can load to the 32GB internal storage.
The most flush of mountain bikers might still want to get the Garmin Edge 1050 instead, though. It remains Garmin's top-tier cycling computer and has a super-bright LCD screen where the Edge MTB uses a more conventional 2.13-inch translfective display of 320 x 240 pixel resolution. The Edge 1050's 800 x 480 pixel screen will likely make maps look better.
There is quite a disparity in cost too. The Garmin Edge MTB costs $399.99, the Edge 1050 is $699.99, and is available to order now.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
TechCrunch
28 minutes ago
- TechCrunch
Intel to layoff up to 20% of Intel Foundry workers
In Brief Intel will begin a new round of layoffs next month. The semiconductor giant plans to layoff at least 15%, and up to 20%, of workers in its Intel Foundry division starting in July, according to an internal memo originally reported on by The Oregonian. Intel Foundry designs, manufactures, and packages semiconductors for external clients. It's unclear how many workers this will directly impact. Intel's total workforce was 108,900 people as of December 2024, according to the company's annual regulatory filing. TechCrunch reached out to Intel for more information. This news is not a particular shock. Since Intel's CEO Lip-Bu Tan took the helm in March, he's made multiple references that the company needed to refocus on its core business units, flatten its organization structure and return to being an engineering-first company. Rumors of these specific layoffs began swirling in April. Tan also told Intel's customers it would spin off its noncore units at the company's Intel Vision conference in March. Intel previously laid off 15% of its staff, around 15,000 employees, last August.
Geek Wire
30 minutes ago
- Geek Wire
AeroTEC teams with Pratt & Whitney to work on hybrid-electric plane in Moses Lake
An artist's conception shows the RTX hybrid-electric demonstrator in flight. (RTX Illustration) Seattle-based AeroTEC says it's been selected by Pratt & Whitney Canada to lead the modification and flight test of an experimental hybrid-electric demonstrator aircraft at its Flight Test Center in Moses Lake, Wash. The RTX demonstrator is a De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 aircraft that will be modified to use a thermal engine built by Pratt & Whitney Canada and a 1-megawatt electric motor developed by Collins Aerospace. Both Pratt & Whitney and Collins are RTX businesses. Pratt & Whitney and its partners have also developed a mobile charging unit for the plane. The 200-kilowatt-hour batteries will be supplied by H55, a Swiss spin-off from the Solar Impulse venture that successfully sent a solar-powered airplane around the world in 2015-2016. H55 is supported by RTX Ventures, the venture capital arm of RTX. The RTX hybrid-electric demonstrator program is targeting up to 30% improved fuel efficiency compared to today's regional turboprops. In-flight demonstrations could help open the way for the propulsion system to be used on multiple platforms in the future. This week's announcement of AeroTEC's involvement came in conjunction with the Paris Air Show, where Pratt & Whitney announced that it tested the integrated propulsion system and batteries to full power on the ground in Quebec. AeroTEC said modification design will be supported by engineers at its Seattle headquarters, while all flight tests and modifications will take place in Moses Lake. 'AeroTEC's mission is to accelerate the evolution of aerospace, and our collaboration with Pratt & Whitney Canada on the RTX Hybrid-Electric Flight Demonstrator project is a clear example of that commitment,' AeroTEC President Justin Morigeau said in a news release. 'In our role leading the modification and flight testing of the experimental aircraft, we're proud to support the demonstration of cutting-edge technologies that will define the future of sustainable flight.' AeroTEC has been involved in similar aircraft conversion projects over the years. In 2020, it helped Everett, Wash.-based magniX put an all-electric Cessna Grand Caravan airplane through its paces. Another collaboration with magniX led to the test flight of a hydrogen-powered De Havilland Dash 8-300 for Universal Hydrogen in 2023. AeroTEC also supported the flight test of Eviation's all-electric plane in 2022. All those flight tests took place in Moses Lake. AeroTEC is currently working with magniX on a NASA-funded project to turn a 40-year-old De Havilland Dash 7 turboprop into a hybrid-electric demonstrator aircraft.
CNN
34 minutes ago
- CNN
Elon Musk's X sues New York to block content moderation law
Elon Musk's X Corp sued New York on Tuesday, challenging the constitutionality of a state law requiring social media companies to disclose how they monitor hate speech, extremism, disinformation, harassment and foreign political interference. In a complaint filed in Manhattan federal court, X said New York's law subjects it to lawsuits and potentially large fines unless it discloses 'highly sensitive and controversial speech' that the First Amendment protects and the state may dislike. X said New York's law was based on a nearly identical California law whose enforcement was partially blocked by a federal appeals court last September because of free speech concerns. The lawsuit quoted a letter from two legislators who sponsored the law, which said X and Musk in particular had a 'disturbing record' on content moderation 'that threatens the foundations of our democracy.' New York Attorney General Letitia James, who enforces the state's laws, is the named defendant in X's lawsuit. Her office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
