Garmin Edge 1040 Solar GPS Bike Computer with Stamina Tracking and Long-Lasting Battery (Black)

Never stop cycling with the ultimate solar powered GPS bike computer you can depend on when you need it most. The Garmin Edge 1040 Solar GPS Bike Computer is ready for any ride, from remote gravel trails to epic climbs.

The Peak of Performance

The Power Glass solar charging lens extends battery life, giving you up to 100 hours in battery saver mode or up to 45 hours in demanding use cases. During daytime rides, it adds up to 42 minutes per hour in battery saver mode and up to 20 minutes per hour in demanding use cases. While you ride, get stamina insights so you can keep an eye on how much you have left in the tank. Classify your strengths as a cyclist, focus on improvement, and prepare for the demands of a specific course. Recommended power targets help you manage your efforts throughout a course. Get more insight about how your body is responding to training. Track VO2 max, recovery time, training load, training load focus, and more. Using new indicators such as HRV status, your recent exercise history, and performance, get insight into your overall effort - and whether you’re training productively, peaking, or strained. Stay race-ready with training tips and daily suggested workouts. Plus, view your entire week of daily suggested workouts - which adapt to match your performance, recovery, and the demands of upcoming events - in your Garmin Connect smartphone app calendar directly on your Edge device. For training guidance that takes you and your fitness level into account, get daily ride suggestions based on your current training load and VO2 max. Get your indoor and outdoor training plans from the Garmin Connect smartphone app, or sync seamlessly to your Edge device from other apps, including the TrainingPeaks app. Plus, get prompts to complete a missed workout.

Secondary Features

Prepare yourself for any environment. See how your body is holding up in different environments with heat and altitude acclimation. Automatically see the remaining ascent and grade when you’re climbing while following a route or course. This helps you gauge your effort and see how much you have left to suffer. You can even save your climbs for post-ride review on your device or in the Garmin Connect app. Get the insight you need to stay fueled, mile after mile. Edge 1040 Solar will notify you when it’s time to hydrate or eat. Take advantage of advanced cycling metrics designed to give insight into how your performance changes based on variable conditions such as position, bike setup, ride duration, and more. Track the epic details of every ride with mountain biking metrics such as jump count, jump distance and hang time. Access the Grit and Flow metrics. Grit measures the difficulty of a ride using GPS, elevation, and other data. Flow measures how smoothly you descend a trail, so you have a score to beat next time. When you want to know how hard you rode, your Edge device will tell you when you earned your intensity minutes with each activity.

Find More than Just Routes

Get better positional accuracy and coverage - even in the most challenging environments - with multi-system, multi-band GNSS technology. Ride like a local, whatever your bike type, with improved maps that highlight popular roads and trails plus searchable points of interest (POIs). With routable worldwide MTB trail data and POIs from Trailforks, easily search for trails directly on your Edge device. Or download the Trailforks app to transfer your planned routes from the Trailforks website. Forksight mode automatically displays upcoming forks in the trail and gives you context by showing where you are within a trail network. Never get lost with turn-by-turn directions and alerts that notify you of upcoming turns. Feel free to pause route guidance and off-course notifications while you go off-course to explore. When you’re ready to get back on track, Edge 1040 Solar will show you the way. The Edge 1040 Solar is Shimano steps eBike system compatible. View a dedicated eBike status screen, data fields, and support for system status and warning messages. Even see assist level, gear position, battery life, and more during a ride.

Protect Yourself and Your Bike

Stay in touch wherever you ride by pairing Edge with a compatible inReach device. View and reply to messages, share trip data, and trigger interactive SOS alerts. Pair the Edge 1040 Solar bike computer with your Varia rearview radar and lights so you can easily see and be seen. This Edge automatically sends a message with your location to preloaded emergency contacts if it detects an incident. The pin-protected bike alarm will notify you on your compatible smartphone if your bike is moved while you’re inside getting water or making a pit stop. Stay in touch with your riding crew when you get separated from the pack. Keep an eye on your riding companions, even when they fall out of sight - and let them keep an eye on you. GroupTrack can keep tabs on up to 50 of your friends at once. Just look at your screen to see updates.

Get Connected

Plan a group ride, then share a code to see the route and more on compatible Edge devices. Control music on the trail or the trainer. When paired to your smartphone, you can control your music - right on your Edge. Easily connect your compatible eBike via ANT or ANT Plus technology. To view custom eBike data, adjust assistance levels, and even see the remaining range based on your planned course. Receive texts and alerts right on your Edge device when paired with your compatible smartphone. The Garmin Connect app is home to a thriving online community where people on the go can connect and compete - and even share their triumphs via social media.