Rally RK210 travel mode and battery life

AMIDROC 16 days ago

After using travel mode with my new Rally RK210 pedals, the best work around I've found to get the out of travel mode is to carry and portable charger with usb c cable for the charging adapter and power up the pedals. What is the battery life expectancy of the pedals when they are not in travel mode and traveling to the trails. This seems like a design flaw. Thoughts on if garmin has any plans to fix this in the future with a software update?

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AMIDROC 13 days ago in reply to Luko79 +1

Yes, I have all those data points on my garmin edge. Your and GPL opinions are valid and your own. I have invested in the Garmin environment. When I buy a product, I have expectations. If they are promoting…

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0 PubBike 14 days ago in reply to AMIDROC

In which case maybe you need a lanyard between the adapters and your cables so that you can't remove the cables without pulling off the adapters.

0 Luko79 14 days ago in reply to AMIDROC

why do you need secure BT connection? isnt the normal ANT+ not enough? a totally unnecessary feature imho. but the user manual says that you can use this secure BT power sensor connection WITHOUT phone also, so as i wrote before, the Phone pairing is not necessary after registration and/or put into travel mode. Maybe it is a bug in the Connect app or i dont know, this BLE connection should have terminated after putting into travel mode

0 AMIDROC 14 days ago in reply to Luko79

No. Unfortunately ANT+ is not enough. From the support article the Rally 210 needs a BLE secure connection for the force data.

https://support.garmin.com/en-HK/?faq=QkAWdUFs8j2xhreTGrZQc7&partNumber=010-02875-70&tab=topics&topFaq=true

Phone pairing is necessary to put the pedals in travel mode. If I remove the pairing of the pedals from my phone there is a way to manually re-enable pairing. That required removal of the pedals.

https://support.garmin.com/en-US/?faq=7R00JD4m9XAgqa3JSg6On5

Manually Enabling

Remove the pedals from the bike.
Hold the left pedal horizontal.
Turn pedal vertical facing, hold for two seconds.
Turn pedal horizontal, hold for two seconds.
Turn pedal vertical facing down, hold for two seconds.
Turn pedal horizontal, hold for two seconds.
The light on your Pedals will start flashing purple to indicate they are in pairing mode.

Sounds like you're you not taking advantage of all the features of your Rally 210 pedals having them in just ANT+.

0 Luko79 13 days ago in reply to AMIDROC

And do You have Pedal Smoothness and Torque Effectiveness also via this secure BT?

honestly, this force data is an another new gimmick imho, the torque has more sense but that is not supported. but it is not just my opinion : https://youtu.be/GIx7zCFt078?t=596&si=Ax2P7KqeHQqjIdG5

btw, the secure BT has a serious issue: https://youtu.be/GIx7zCFt078?t=759&si=3UTr97m3-seDiWjp

i think new firmware(s) will come soon.

0 AMIDROC 13 days ago in reply to Luko79

Yes, I have all those data points on my garmin edge. Your and GPL opinions are valid and your own. I have invested in the Garmin environment. When I buy a product, I have expectations. If they are promoting a feature and it doesn't work I have issues with that. My main concern is with the battery life and taking the pedals out the travel mode before a starting a ride. If that is fixed with a firmware update that would be ideal.