Garmin Edge 550 Cycling Computer – Black

Garmin Edge 550 Cycling Computer – Black

Please note this product is only available to be shipped to UK addresses.

SMALL IN SIZE. BIG ON PERFORMANCE
Edge 550 is the compact GPS bike computer featuring a vivid colour display with buttons to give you the right insights, guidance and fuelling advice to perform better than ever. Some training and performance features require a compatible heart rate monitor, power meter or both.

SMART FUELLING ALERTS
When using power guide or following a workout, get guidance on how many grams of carbs and millilitres of water you should be taking on throughout your ride with alerts based on your current fitness, course demands, heat and humidity.
GARMIN COACH TRAINING PLANS
Train for an event, achieve a milestone, or improve your fitness with personalised Garmin Coach training plans; Garmin Cycling Coach plans even adapt to your training, recovery and demands of the course.
ADVANCED TRAINING FEATURES
See insights backed by sports scientists with power guide, real-time stamina, cycling ability and more.
REAL-TIME WEATHER UPDATES
Monitor the weather, and make more informed decisions in-ride with radar and wind direction overlays when used with your smartphone and the Garmin Connect™ app.
GROUPRIDE
Stay connected on group rides with in-ride messaging, live locations and incident detection alerts; see in-ride leaderboards for climbs and real-time data compared to other riders.
ROAD HAZARD ALERTS
Get alerts for road hazards reported by fellow cyclists, and contribute your own edits.

Features:

• Training status – Evaluate your performance indicators to see if you’re training productively.
• HEAT AND ALTITUDE ACCLIMATION – See how your body is holding up with heat and altitude acclimation.
• CYCLING ABILITY AND COURSE DEMANDS – Compare your cycling ability to the demands of a course to focus your training.
• DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS – Get daily ride suggestions based on your fitness level, current training load and VO2 max.
• RIDE-SPECIFIC ROUTING – Get routing suited to your ride, and see favourite routes from other Garmin cyclists.
• BIKE-SPECIFIC MAPPING – Ride with preloaded maps that include worldwide MTB trail data from Trailforks.
• FORKSIGHT MODE – See the names of trails up ahead, their distance, elevation and more.
• MAP MANAGER WITH WI-FI® CONNECTIVITY – Add, swap or update maps for free via Wi-Fi on your device.
• REAL-TIME STAMINA INSIGHTS – Stamina insights show how much energy you have left at your current effort.
• POWER GUIDE – Manage efforts with recommended power targets based on real-time stamina and wind1.
• ClimbPro ascent planner – See remaining ascent and grade when climbing to gauge your effort and view nearby climbs on the map.
• CYCLING DYNAMICS – Advanced cycling metrics give insight on performance from variable conditions.
• ENDURO AND DOWNHILL RIDE PROFILES – The enduro ride profile tracks total ascent and descent from each run and for the ride overall. The downhill profile laps each time you finish a descent.
• 5 HZ GPS RECORDING – See greater detail about the lines you take down the trail with multi-band GPS with 5 Hz GPS recording while using the enduro or downhill ride profiles.
• SET TIMING GATES – Set timing gates throughout a course to track split times and better understand your performance in real time.
• MTB DYNAMICS – Track mountain biking metrics such as jump count, jump distance and hang time.
• GRIT® AND FLOW™ METRICS – Grit rates the difficulty of a trail. Flow measures how smoothly you ride it.
• TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS – Stay on track with turn-by-turn directions and alerts.
• BACK TO START – Get back on track — or back to start — if you’re lost or want to go home early.
• NUTRITION AND HYDRATION ALERTS – Stay fuelled on a ride with notifications when it’s time to hydrate or eat.
• GEAR RATIO ANALYSIS – After the ride, see time spent in each gear ratio when paired with your electronic shifting.
• COMPATIBILITY WITH VARIA™ DEVICES – Pair your Edge bike computer with your Varia rearview radar and smart lights to see and be seen.
• INCIDENT DETECTION – This feature sends a message with your location2 to emergency contacts after an on- or off-road incident.
• LIVETRACK™ SHARING – Loved ones can follow your location in real time and see data such as speed and course plans1.
• BIKE ALARM – A PIN-protected alarm loudly sounds from your Edge bike computer if your bike is moved. You can also receive a notification on your compatible smartphone that your bike has been moved when your Edge device is paired and within range of Bluetooth® connectivity on your smartphone.
• INREACH® DEVICE COMPATIBILITY – Stay in touch wherever you ride by pairing with a compatible inReach device3.
• SMART NOTIFICATIONS – Receive texts and alerts on your Edge cycling computer, when paired with your smartphone.
• SMART TRAINER COMPATIBILITY – This Edge bike computer can pair with your indoor bike trainer to track your home rides.
• EBIKE COMPATIBILITY – Connect to your eBike that’s compatible with ANT+® technology.
• CONNECT IQ™ STORE – Download custom data fields, and get apps and widgets from our Connect IQ Store smartphone app.
• ELECTRONIC SHIFTING CONNECTIVITY – Configure select shifting systems to control your Edge bike computer and view battery life, swipe through data pages and more.