Outdoor Screens
Main screen for riding around
Screen for doing intervals from memory (ie workout not pushed to head unit, manually pressing lap button)
Screen for my A event, which is a circuit race to see how many laps can be completed in a set time limit
I also have the default Laps, Maps, ClimbPro, and Segments screens enabled and use them when appropriate. I show speed and 3s power on each.
No workout loaded:
Primary interval screen:
zone2 into a headwind:
New summary screen with tire pressure:
and the other summary screen, another slow z2 night in crosswinds:
Garmin I think? Which model?
Garmin 530
Quite interesting.
People have some strange things on their head units 
I’m going seriously controversial…
I’m amazed how many people show cadence. I find it almost pointless for a majority of riding. I thought the data was pretty solid on self selected cadence being ideal for most riders, most of the time. I’d go as far as saying, I’ve almost never looked at it in 7 years.
There’s also a recent study demonstrating that more data has a negative impact on peak performance, as it is too much cognitive load. I’ll try and dig up the study.
In terms of screens I have the usual bunch, with a multitude of options. However, if I’m training I just use a very simple screen. It took me a long time to workout what you actually need to display. Bin anything superfluous.
3sec power
30sec power
HR
That pretty much tells me everything I could possibly need to know.
How hard I’m going.
How hard I’ve been.
How I’m responding.
If you know your LT1 HR, LT2 HR and your other HR zones etc. There’s a bunch of info to be had from that single HR number.
Time. Normally irrelevant as I never do regular intervals. They are based on climb length etc. I choose the segment to ride for length of interval. Obviously, this only works if you have the terrain etc. It is less info and best deleted if you can.
Speed. Irrelevant in training. I’m training me, not going for a KOM.
All that extra info is on other screens for amusement.
Bin HR! See my primary interval screen above.
That’s a damn cool screen.
@bbarrera
Further proof that the world is really flat! 
What is the data field in the 2nd row down in “no workout loaded” screen?
I find it’s a useful metric for me. I don’t pay close attention to it but I do glance down occasionally and see I’ve lazily slipped below 70rpm on hill. That seems to be the grind threshold for me, spin above it and I can go on all day and recover faster, but fall below it and I’ll start to tire.
I’m also guilty of upping the gears to keep power targets and perceived speed but again letting the cadence fall towards a grind. A quick glance a cadence will tell me I am falling into that trap and I drop the gears which actually makes me faster and more sustainable.
I’ve tried pacing TTs on cadence and power and I found it was just one too many metric to monitor when you’re flat out. It gets a good fast and sustainable time for me but not a pb time though.
10s. I tried 3s and it was too jumpy, i like more smoothing—then I’m less likely to pay too much attention.
My training screen:
Lap Time
Avg Power (Lap)
10s Avg Power
Heart Rate
General screen:
Heart Rate
Lap Time
Distance
Time of Day
Racing screen:
Lap Time
Time Remaining (will likely replace with distance)
10s Avg Power
Speed | Heart Rate
Graphical > Power Graph
I wasn’t paying attention and thought that was a real time elevation profile 
Yes the 530 has real-time elevation, but I live in flatland and so it usually looks like this:
3s AVG power
HR
Cadence
Lap power | Lap time
This is on my screen 90% of the time. Haven’t used speed or distance fields for years. Funny how that freaks out my non PM buddies. 
Given my slight position change last year and also being half blind in my next TT. I think I’ll ditch the 130 for my larger 1000 and ditch the cadence to make the screen bigger again
I might lose a second dragging the bigger unit but I’ll probably gain a few being able to see targets.
Or I could strip it right down to the minimum and just have a power zone target
I’m looking to set up a race screen on the roam. Got a .75mi x 20 laps crit coming in a few weeks and would like to really only have important bits. 3sec power and HR are must haves, what else are you crit guys using for your race page?
Thank you!
I thinking about my setup I run for TTs. Ive been running:
3/10s power,
Average Speed (I find actual speed freaks me out downhills, average speed takes so long to settle and on some courses into a headwind it can be too demotivational )
Distance
% Max HR
I’ve been particularly thinking about the latter (4. % Max HR) I’m finding I don’t blow up using it but perhaps on a good day I’m limiting my self too much I might swap that for %FTP as my brain can process a % better than a number or NP or a target power.
For TT, I’d go with 
NOTES:
I’ve got a 100k mtb race coming up & I’ve been thinking about what to use for my primary screen for the event. Power data isn’t gong to do much for me because I’m not going to be limiting myself & truly won’t be able to on the climbs so I think I’m going to go with Elapsed Time & Miles. I may also run a Course which will give me a Climb Pro screen option on the Gramin. The only issue I foresee is the route not tracking well -it can be wonky in the woods in my experience. I think I’ll have a chance to try it out a day or two before the race but either way, I’ll also be using the elevation profile with key climbs clearly marked with mileage figures taped to my handlebars.
