Wahoo Element

[dbnm]

If you belong to the Rapha Cycle Club, you can get 20% off Wahoo products.

[jgarrett]

Originally Posted by Mikej

I think you wanted the “Bolt”? Unless you got a killer deal?
I have an element and it’s nice.

I was torn, went with the bigger one for mapping reasons. Hope its not overkill

[dbnm]

I ordered both and kept the bigger one.

It's the perfect size.

[shovelhd]

Yup. My old diseased eyes need the larger screen.

I'm having some trouble with data recording now, but I don't know if it's the Elemnt or something else.

[jruhlen1980]

Love my Bolt, and it's worked flawlessly for me in gravel events. (Just have to create the route in RideWithGPS, and sync RideWithGPS to your Wahoo account to make sure you get turn by turn. Downloading the route and then uploading it to your Bolt doesn't give you turn by turn for some reason, have to sync accounts.)

After 6+ months I finally found my first negative, and it's not really a big deal -- I put some clip on aero bars on my gravel bike and when I'm in aero for too long it loses satellite connection, I assume because my fat head is between the computer and the satellite.

This is easily solved (for me) by using the BarFly aerobar mount, and moving the computer further forward so I'm not blocking the satellite as much with my body.

[KVN]

The biggest negative IMO is that you can’t pan the map.

[tuxbailey]

Sorry for the non-experienced question. I just switched to the 520 from a 305 (big leap.) I have been pretty impressed by it. Why are there so many complaints about it? FWIW, I don't use the map feature.

[supercharger]

Evidently I'm in the minority but I have used the 820 for a year without any issues and bought a Wahoo Bolt because I thought it was going to be better than the Garmin. I sold the Wahoo after a week because preferred the Garmin 820. I wanted to like the Wahoo because I thought the buttons would be better than the touch screen (of the Garmin) but in my experience the Garmin was just easier to use in conjunction with my laptop. I like to download routes and found it much easier with the Garmin than the Wahoo.

[R3awak3n]

For maps the garmins with touch screen are still better but wahoo will overthrown em soon if they dont get their ass in check. Been hoping forever for a ridewithgpa integration or a way to map on phone and send to garmin...

Wahoo gotta be coming out with a new element, they have released thag a long time ago now

[Lewis Moon]

Originally Posted by R3awak3n

For maps the garmins with touch screen are still better but wahoo will overthrown em soon if they dont get their ass in check. Been hoping forever for a ridewithgpa integration or a way to map on phone and send to garmin...

Wahoo gotta be coming out with a new element, they have released thag a long time ago now

There was a notification about sumpin to do with maps when I turned my Elemnt on this morning. Your wish may have been granted.

[mcteague]

Originally Posted by Lewis Moon

There was a notification about sumpin to do with maps when I turned my Elemnt on this morning. Your wish may have been granted.

https://support.wahoofitness.com/hc/...ftware-Updates

BOLT WB09-1836 - 11 Jan 2018

UPDATES

Added support for uploading workouts to 2Peak
Added turn-by-turn notifications for Ride With GPS routes exported with course-points in TCX and GPX format
Added new data field for TrainingPeaks Variability Index
Bug fixes and other improvements

OTHER ELEMNT FIXES

Force 4iiii power meters to connect using ANT+
Improve layout for turn-by-turn popup notifications
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Tim

[shovelhd]

^This is also for the Elemnt. The turn by turn feature is going to fix one of the drawbacks I had with it.

[old fat man]

Originally Posted by KVN

The biggest negative IMO is that you can’t pan the map.

I strongly agree with this statement. Another nice to have feature would be road names on the Wahoo.

[batman1425]

I got one for christmas and haven't had the ability to play with it much, but the limited indoor interaction I have had with it has been great. The app integration is stellar, it's fast, connectivity is great. Miles ahead of anything else in this segment.

[b3pkay]

Originally Posted by old fat man

I strongly agree with this statement. Another nice to have feature would be road names on the Wahoo.

I'll third that (regarding the inability to pan)... however, the work around is pulling the phone out and looking at the map. Not ideal.