Future request: Edge 1000 - Bike profile app (wheel size, etc)

Former Member
Former Member
I realize that only Data Fields are currently available for Edge computers.
***EDIT***
Apps now are available :-D
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Once Apps are available, one idea I had is a bike profiles app, as the Edge 1000 did away with bike profiles.
There are 'Activities' which can store map settings and such, but some cheap guys like myself have 7 bikes and one speed / cadence sensor.
Problem is, the wheel size must be manually entered on the sensor itself, rather than the 'activity profile'.
So, unless I remember the milometer setting for each bike, it's kind of a pain in the butt. And riding off road really does require a speed sensor for accurate distance.

Would it be possible for an app to modify this setting...say based on preset 'bike profiles' or even have it associate the 'Activity Profile' name?
Not sure if this would be difficult, or if an app could even gain those permissions, as I am by no means a developer.
It would be awesome to have some way to housing the wheel size and map settings all together. But that is a separate rant that I'm sure has come up time and time again on the Edge 1000 forums.
  • Former Member
    Former Member over 8 years ago
    Apps available

    Connect IQ now allows for Apps / Datafields / Widgets all on the Garmin Edge series.
    As the Edge 1000 is severely lacking in a bike profile feature, would it now be possible to create an App that would do something like this?
    Say you use the same set of sensors for all bikes, but they each have different wheel sizes (yes I use the wheel sensor as off-road is terribly inaccurate for using GPS for distance).

    Open an app, choose a bike.
    Have it set the following based on pre-set profiles:
    Wheel size
    Map Settings (similar to activity profiles)
    Any other useful settings that might vary by activity...
    ....heck, just the wheel size alone would be cool.

    I'm not sure if the apps have permission to do this type of thing?