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My Edge 1030 shows an incorrect distance, it shows 10 meters while the indoor bike shows 100 meters (Johnny G Spirit bike)

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My Edge 1030 shows an incorrect distance, it shows 10 meters while the indoor bike shows 100 meters (Johnny G Spirit bike). It seems like a problem with decimals when it reads the data from the bike. 

The bike shows 2 decimal on display, for example, 10,20km in total and the Garmin Edge 1030 shows ,1,02km. The comma separator is shifted one digit.

The manufacturer tells me that it is Garmin's problem and instead, other manufacturers work well, even apps like Zwift or Kinomap.

Do you have any solution? 

Thank you in advance!!

  • Assume you are using a Garmin wheel sensor ?  

    Have you checked the sensor battery is ok ?

    If it’s data coming from the indoor trainer then sounds like an issue with the data being sent from the unit either being incorrectly formatted or decoded incorrectly by the unit. 

    Is the bike on garmins supported list ?

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to symo007

    Hello ! No, I'm using the bike sensors thought ANT+ (my indoor bike: https://www.johnnygspiritbike.com/connectivity). You can read suported protocols ANT+ for Garmin, Bluetooth, etc.

    The apps Kinomap or Zwift detects power and distance correctly but Garmin 1030 not. I think that is a problem on Garmin. The bike shows 2 decimal on display, for example, 10,20km in total and the Garmin Edge 1030 shows ,1,02km. The comma separator is shifted one digit.

    I have tryed to change units and again I put metric but same problem.

    Do you have any idea?

  • I looked at the spin bikes specs. I don't see any reference to connectivity with Garmin. Garmin computers connect fine with the major brands but since yours is not a well known brand, I doubt Garmin will support it.

  • I believe it acts as a standard wheel sensor. Just check wheel circumference of your sensor configured on your garmin edge.

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to cheracogoff

    Hello .

    On the website that I have indicated you can see it:

    Johnny G Bike by Spirit

  • If it does communicate with Garmin products, then as randybb said, the correct wheel circumference needs to be entered into the Garmin. What wheel circumference are you using?

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    0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to cheracogoff

    Hello . I've put the wheel size (1473mm) but I have same problem, no difference. If I change the value to other numbers I continue having same problem. 

  • If if you have a power meter on that bike, zwift totally ignore the speed sensor and computes speed based on power so it is normal it gets it right. On the Edge did you calibrate that speed sensor ? There is a parameter that sets the circumference of the wheel. You must set it right for that particular bike. With some indoor only bikes without a real wheel it can be tricky or even impossible because for some their rotation speed does not correlate with real speed - they have no gears and their freewheel rotation speed has nothing to do with that of a real bike wheel. 

  • Do your numbers change if you put in another wheel size? How are you putting in the wheel size?  For you to put in a manual wheel size, the sensor has to be connected to the Garmin.

  • Former Member
    0 Former Member over 5 years ago in reply to cheracogoff

    Hello .

    Problem solved. The manufacturer sent me a new firmware for the bike and now works fine!! The Garmin device worked well, it was a problem with the bike.

    The bicycle is a very new model, but it has the great advantage of being able to update firmware to support new connections or fixes like this one.

    Thanks to all!