Hey Rob ..... Paul from Shropshire here .

[Dexter fletcher]

Excellant discusion yesterday with the guys from Specialized .....very informative . I’ve got a Garmin edge and I was just wondering how John set up the “fake channel “ on his Garmin to accommodate information from my Levo

 

[Rob Rides EMTB]

Hey Paul cheers, glad you enjoyed it. @TheBikePilot might be able to help?

 

[TheBikePilot]

Hi Paul,

I've had an Edge 1000 and now use a Garmin Forerunner 235. It's robust, displays feet climbed (separate app), distance traveled and logs your ride for Strava far more accurately than your phone. Obviously, also on your phone, the GPS signal is weak in your pocket and bag and you miss a lot of Strava Segments. It also hammers your phone battery, and I would suggest keeping your battery with some charge in case of emergency especially if you ride alone.

The 235 works all day and you forget about it, and not I'm worried about it getting muddy or damaged in a crash. It also logs your heart rate, but it won't send that data to the Mission Control app as it transmits on ANT+ not Bluetooth so if that's your goal you'll need a separate heart rate monitor or ANT+ bridge but it all gets a bit complicated!!

I found the Edge too vulnerable in a crash and for trail riding. Great for touring and navigating but you can't or don't really use any of the data fields frequently when riding and prefer a clean cockpit. Navigating on it is OK, not faultless at all but these aren't waymarked roads, usually ambiguous GPX routes.

The Spesh TCU as alluded to in the stream will still show say 4 bars at 31% battery. The Garmin system will give you an exact battery percentage coupled with distance traveled and FT/M climbed so you can accurately asses your remaining range. I find it very hard at a glance to see the battery percentage/bars in any case. This is a simple unambiguous number.

All you need to do in the mission control app is select 'fake channel' and there are various options for this. The ebike field That's available in the Garmin IQ App store. The 'App' is a separate Field that you can customise in the watch settings from Garmin IQ. It's totally free and also displays the assist level if you want but I find the TCU fine for that. The link is here..

Chuck Yan a few quid I think if you want other options. You may have to tell the App the 'number' of your bike if it can't find it.

 

[Dexter fletcher]

Cheers John ....I’ll give it a whirl ! .....ps has Rob let you have a ride on the SL yet.....or are you still his Sherpa ? Lol

 

[TheBikePilot]

Cheers John ....I’ll give it a whirl ! .....ps has Rob let you have a ride on the SL yet.....or are you still his Sherpa ? Lol

Hehe! Yeh had a brief spin on the S-Works in SA ??, feels like it’s on rails..

Yeh still YouTube Sherpa!! Hope you enjoy the vids.