I gave up and sold my 820 (at software version 7.00) because, among other things, its display of my current gradient was terribly slow and inaccurate (talking about gradient, not elevation). I'm happy with how the function performs on my Edge Explore 1000, but, because I'm always considering the latest and greatest (even at the risk of being a beta tester), was wondering how folks are finding the gradient accuracy and lag (or lack thereof) on the 1030.
It does not work well. Gradient recalculating is extremely slow. The effect is that you never know what the current value is. Specialy on varied climbs, downhills. They should use my 510 software which works great.
It's now october 2018, and my recent addition, Garmin Edge Explore 820 is having the same problems described here by all users. Could it be that GPS+Glonass enter in conflict with gradient values?
Garmin seem to have fixed the gradient problem with recent FW. I've been touring Europe recently with a 1030 on FW 6.00, using GPS+Glonass, and the gradient readings pretty much agreed with the published values for the climbs I did. e.g. the final climb for the mens road race at Innsbruck was widely publicized as having a max gradient of 28%, and that's exactly what my 1030 reported when I rode up it a couple of days before the race.
The final climb for the mens road race at Innsbruck was widely publicized as having a max gradient of 28%, and that's exactly what my 1030 reported when I rode up it a couple of days before the race.
Post a link to the activity. I want to see how much walking you did......
I didn't have to walk, because the Rohloff hub on my touring bike gives me a 17" low gear, so I could grovel my way up at 4kph or less on the steepest bits. But I did see plenty of people walking who didn't have such a gear. I checked out some of the Pros bikes outside the team buses after the race, and the ones I looked at were using 32t cassettes with a compact chainset. On the steepest section (about 300m long) I had to stand and lean forward over the saddle to prevent popping a wheelie on each pedal stroke.
There was a competitive amateur ascent of the Höll climb the day before the elite mens race - some photos from it here:
