If you don’t need to stay in touch with your bike computer, this might be your Edge. Whether you love riding in the rain or just don’t like touchscreens, the Edge 550 gives you almost all of the same features of the Edge 850, only with a button interface. The brilliant transmissive LCD screen from the Edge 1050 makes your rides look better than ever. A faster processor lets you swipe through modes and maps like you’re on your phone. Garmin’s powerful multiband GPS takes care of your speed and distance data. Free detailed maps make planning routes nice and simple. The 550 even gets all the features of latest Edge MTB, making this computer as useful off-road as it is on-road. When paired with your phone through the free Garmin Connect™ app, you can use your favourite fitness apps, receive notifications, download training plans and personalized daily workouts, review activities, and more. Tarmac, gravel, dirt, or even bike lanes—wherever you ride, the 550 gives you all the information you need and looks great doing it.
- Colour screen is bright and clear, making it easy to see in any conditions.
- Button interface simplifies navigation and isn’t bothered by the rain
- Faster processor and new UI provide a natural, more phone-like experience
- Road hazard mode uses data from other Edge users, to let riders know when there is a hazard coming up. Find a big pothole, report it and that data is uploaded to other riders
- Free global maps, with North America preloaded and more regions downloadable, for turn-by-turn routing to local points of interest, including cycling specific spots like bike shops.
- Point of interest navigation lets you search for places like restaurants, attractions, hospitals, accommodation and provides ETA
- Popularity routing uses Garmin Connect’s database of rider’s routes and tracks to let you ride local, anywhere you go.
- Power guide lets you load a course and desired finish time, then calculates your needed power output to achieve that time, even taking heat and altitude acclimation into account
- Cycling ability and course demands use data from previous rides to classify your ability, when you load a course the course demands are compared to your ability, giving you an idea of how hard or how easy you'll find the ride
- ClimbPro™ mode shows grade, total ascent, remaining ascent and elevation profile
- MTB features: A 5 Hz GPS recording rate improves accuracy on fast descents; multiple ride modes—including DH, Enduro, and eMTB—help tailor your experience; the improved Forksight mode uses TrailForks™ data to provide even more info when you hit the fork in the trail; timing gate feature lets you session splits to improve your times; and run tracking is there for park days
- TrailForks integration for access to TrailForks trail database without a cell connection.
- Strava Segment integration (requires premium) preloaded or on-the-fly through your phone
- Group ride shows the location of your fellow riders, displays their current and last 5-minute average: speed, heart rate, power, and more, lets you message back and forth, lets you compete on the climbs within your course, and even lets everyone know if there is an accident.
- LiveTrack shares your course with contacts
- Training plan takes you through the details of your ride: weather – including the recommended clothing for the conditions, food and water requirements based on your fitness.
- Environmental factors like heat and altitude are taken into consideration when calculating performance and recovery metrics.
- Weather forecast now includes radar map overlays.
- Training status and daily suggested workouts help you optimize your training, guiding you where you need to push and where you may need to dial it back
- Incident detection detects an accident and uses you phone alert predefined emergency contacts
- inReach® compatibility provides messaging and SOS support when your ride takes you away from cell signal
- Multiband signal reception and expanded GNSS support (GPS, GLONASS, and Galileo) and caches satellite positions, giving you a fast connection and a strong GPS signal anywhere.
- Shimano Steps e-bike integration displays, range, battery status, gearing, and more
- Trainer support provides ride data during your indoor training sessions
- In the box: Edge 550, mounts (standard and flush out-front), USB cable, tether and manuals
