Was really wanting to wait for the 840/540 to come out, but caved to my own desires for a new toy and picked up a 1040 this week. Did first ride today and for the most part I like it so far.
I will say as a previous 500, 510, 520, & 530 owner the thing looks huge to me on my bars. I was on my MTB today which probably added to that “it looks out of place” feeling. I’m guessing I’ll get used to it over time. I figure I’ll run it until the 540/840 comes out and if I’m not that into it I’ll sell it and pick up one of those.
Welp, first ride was mixed, got it out the box, updated the firmware and pushed a random ride to it.
Had some loops on it and I had to cut one out for time purposes, the “reroute” option came up so I pressed it to see what happens, and it promptly crashed and restarted. Didn’t lose any data but annoying, and I never got any rerouting.
Also asked it to generate me 3x40k routes to see how that worked and it took literally minutes to generate each route. Maybe 12 minutes total. So nothing like the “instant routing” @dcrainmaker mentions in his review. I don’t know if that’s just because it is brand new and hadn’t downloaded all of the map and heatmap data yet.
Sorry this is happening to you. Historically, it takes several months before new Garmin models settle in and become reliable. Due to a previous horrible experience, I didn’t buy a 1040+ until May of 2021. I hope you’re not waiting that long.
Try exporting the route in different formats and load the one with the smallest file size. I had an issue with a .fit or .gpx file loading a few weeks back. Despite being the same route, the file sizes were vastly different, and (unsurprisingly) the much smaller file loaded without issue.
Maybe you got a bad unit. I just had mine create a random route and it created three 50mi routes from scratch in less than 45 seconds total. And with all the crashes, I’d reach out to Garmin. Mine has been flawless since I’ve had it. I’ve purposely gone off route many times and it’s almost instantaneous to get a reroute. Sounds like there is something wrong with yours.
I’m trying a factory reset on mine and will set it up again today. Rather hoping that helps, otherwise i’ll be taking my 810 this weekend and dealing with charging issues which is exactly what I was trying to avoid.
That sounds more like what I expected from DCR’s review, I would be happy with that!
I didn’t know if it was possibly some kind of sync issue or something. I’ve done a factory reset and will try again today… If that doesn’t work it’ll be back to Garmin.
OK edit to avoid keep spamming the thread - factory reset seems to have helped, seems to be working smoothly, built-in route creation was quick and easy, and it loads shorter routes no problem. I’ve also tried searching for addresses and creating routes, that also seems to work fine (even routing to my brother’s house 250km away).
However the Audax route (611k) won’t load when you select “ride”, it seems to come to the “navigate to start?” option, does the beep as that comes on screen then locks up… I have tried leaving it to think but it doesn’t help. I am going to break it down into sections (part 1 is 355k, then a ~3hr sleep, then 255k to finish…), see if that works, and if not break it down further. [another edit - this does seem to work no problem, both sections are loading… I am going to take my old 810 as a backup device but fingers crossed!]
I never had maps on my old 810 so I never used to deal with this (just followed the breadcrumb trail). The reason I wanted to upgrade was because it kept corrupting route files on the device, skipping the first 100km or drawing random scribbles, which is obviously a big risk when you have such a long route to follow.
Amazing this morning on the 1040 solar. Followed a route, segments, climbpro, varia, di2, etc and lost 2% battery after 2:20.
Gained 11 min back in solar as last 5 miles sun came out. 46 hours left on battery end of ride . 3K elevation gain on 37 miles.
Also noticed on GC which I use a lot you can no go into map and click on climbs and it shows your results. Even can drag over the elevation and does stats like other graphs. Also you can click on mile markers and shows you the lap times.
Nice! Looked at my last navigated ride with climbs from April 30th, and no such GC climbing goodness. New feature for all? Maybe, I’ll have to load a route with a climb.
FYI - the Quarq TyreWiz is not (yet?) supported on the 1040. This means if you, like me, have the TyreWiz to check starting tire pressure and possibly check during the ride (“the tire feels squishy”), you’ll have to use the SRAM app.
. 3K elevation gain on 37 miles.
