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Edge 1040 bike computer - More performance is not possible!

Show your best on the bike: with the Garmin Edge 1040, Garmin's ultimate GPS bike computer. Discover new paths to more performance and endurance by controlling your power input with Power Guide and keeping an eye on your remaining energy with Stamina. Determine your personal strengths and weaknesses and get feedback on the requirements of the planned route. Popularity maps recommend the most frequently ridden routes for road bikes, gravel bikes or MTBs from billions of kilometers. Record your ride data precisely thanks to multi-frequency reception of global satellite systems and adjust your settings conveniently via smartphone.

Highlights of the Garmin Edge 1040 bike navigation system

• Ultimate high-end GPS bike computer with 3.5" touchscreen for road bikes, gravel bikes and MTBs
• Physiological measurements and route-specific performance management with Power Guide and Stamina
• Extensive navigation functions with worldwide Garmin bike maps and Trendline Popularity map overlay
• Multi-frequency reception of global satellite systems
• Simple settings directly on the Edge or via smartphone
• New user interface with easy-to-reach overviews
• Connected features such as Smart Notifications and Live-/GroupTrack
• Compatibility with Varia Radar for more safety when cycling

Features and details of the Garmin Edge 1040 bike navigation system

• Design: Slim and aerodynamic design with a responsive, always easy-to-read 3.5'' touch display. With the new metal mount, your Edge sits firmly in the holder.
• Stamina residual energy: With the stamina data, you can estimate how much power you have left during the tour. This allows you to optimize your energy consumption during your
  optimize your energy consumption during your activity and avoid premature exhaustion.
• Cycling ability and route requirements: Find out your strengths as a cyclist and compare them with the requirements of a route so that you can estimate what to expect.
• Power Guide: Find the optimal power input for your route and its elevation profile to create a performance strategy for your route.
• Find the right intensity: Gain more insight into how your body responds to training. Save VO2max, recovery time, training load, training load focus and much more.
• Training status: How efficient is your training? Automatically evaluate your last training sessions and performance indicators and find out whether you are building up your form, have reached peak form or are overloaded.
• Daily training suggestions: You and your fitness level are taken into account in the daily training suggestions based on your current training load and VO2max.
• Sync training plans: Receive indoor and outdoor training plans from the app for your Garmin Connect™ smart device or sync them seamlessly from other apps like the TrainingPeaks® app to the Edge. Special prompts remind you to complete a missed workout.
• Heat and altitude acclimatization: Prepare for any environment. Find out how your body adapts to different conditions with heat and altitude acclimatization.
• Climbpro - divide climbs correctly: Automatically display the remaining ascent and gradient when you're riding uphill on a route or track. This allows you to estimate the effort that awaits you and see what lies ahead. You can even save the climbs to display them on the device or in the Garmin Connect app after the tour.
• Eat and drink alerts: Get the insights you need to keep your body properly fueled mile after mile. The Edge 1040 displays a notification when it's time to drink or eat.
• Improve your pedal stroke: Advanced cycling data provides insights into performance changes based on different conditions such as cycling position, bike configuration, ride duration and more.
• MTB Dynamics: Save the great details of all tours with mountain bike metrics. MTB Downhill Analysis provides extensive details about your last tour, such as number of jumps, airtime or flow and grit.
• MTB downhill analysis: Grit is used to classify the difficulty of the tour based on GPS, altitude and other data. Flow indicates how smooth your riding style is on downhill rides so that you have values that you can surpass next time.
• Extended battery life: The Edge 1040 delivers a battery life of up to 35 hours - even with demanding use - and up to 70 hours in energy-saving mode. Double it with the optional Garmin Charge™ power pack.
• Multi-frequency reception: Precise positioning in narrow mountain valleys and urban canyons thanks to multi-frequency reception.
• Tour-specific maps: Find your way around like a local, no matter which bike you are riding. Optimized maps highlight popular roads and trails. They also offer searchable points of interest.
• Trailforks app: Search for trails directly on the Edge with routable worldwide MTB trail data and POIs from Trailforks. Alternatively, download the Trailforks app to transfer your planned routes from the Trailforks website.
• Clearly displayed trails: In this mode, the next forks in the trail are automatically displayed. You can also see where you are in the trail network to give you a better overview.
• Turn-by-turn directions: Thanks to turn-by-turn directions and next turn alerts, you'll never miss a turn again. Arrive at your destination safely and relaxed.
• Route recalculation: Interrupt the route guidance and recalculation if you deviate from the route to go exploring off the beaten track. If you want to follow the route again, the Edge 1040 will show you the way.
• SHIMANO Steps e-bike system: View dedicated e-bike status pages, data fields, system status and alerts. Even display information on motor support, gear position, battery life and more during your ride.

Fitness and outdoor software update Q3 2024

Update your Edge bike computer automatically via the Garmin Connect app. Please note that the "automatic updates" function must be activated on your smartwatch. Alternatively, you can also update your Garmin product via Garmin ExpressTM on your computer. Please note that map updates for many bike computers are only possible via Garmin ExpressTM. To be able to use the full range of functions of your Edge bike computer, we recommend that you always keep the software and the maps installed on it (if available) up to date.

• Garmin Coach: The Garmin Coach helps you prepare for an event or supports you in improving your fitness. Garmin Run and Cycling Coaches offer training plans that adapt individually and dynamically based on your health and activity data. Coach Greg, Amy and Jeff, on the other hand, offer defined plans for different running distances.
• Community danger spots: Share information on danger spots with the community and get more tips on potholes or obstacles. Danger zones are also displayed in the Edge route planner so that routes can be planned more safely in advance.
• GroupRide: GroupRide makes it easy to organize group rides. Share the route and stay in contact with all participants during the ride, receive accident notifications, compare yourself in leaderboards and win awards.
• Bike map with surface information: Pre-installed bike maps on Edge bike computers now offer a map option that displays surface information on paved and unpaved roads.
• Power Guide: Helps you find the optimal power input for your route and its elevation profile to create a power strategy for your route. To support you even better, the Power Guide now also takes your stamina and wind conditions into account.

FIT / OUT Software Update 2025

Update your Garmin Edge automatically via the Garmin Connect app:

• EU RED Directive on radio transmission of sensor data: The EU's RED Directive (Radio Equipment Directive) will make certain cyber security requirements legally binding from August 1, 2025. As a result, devices with built-in radio technology must also comply with cyber security requirements from the Radio Equipment Act. Specifically, this means that users must be able to choose between open and closed transmission protocols between a bike computer and sensors (such as a chest strap).

Included in the scope of delivery:

• 1x EDGE 1040
• 1x standard mount
• 1x aero handlebar mount
• 1x mounting strap
• 1x charging/data cable (USB-A to USB-C)
• 1x documentation