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[Closed] Help with Garmin Edge 520 and Strava Live Segments

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I cant for the life of me get this to work and it is making me very angry.....

I have been out for a ride with the 520 and uploaded the activity to Strava via Garmin Connect without any problem. I have also created Strava segments which are showing in the 'created segments' tab on Strava.

However when I then disconnect my 520 and go to the device and look for segments, there are no segments saved.

Am I missing something?

Thanks for your help.


 
Posted : 14/09/2015 3:10 pm
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You need to "favourite" the segments via Strava, click on the little star. You don't need to have created them yourself.

You need to be a premium Strava member too.


 
Posted : 14/09/2015 3:16 pm
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Thanks Njee

I have already starred them and I do have a premium membership.

Seems like there is a step missing where I transfer them to the device?

Thanks for your help its driving me mad!


 
Posted : 14/09/2015 3:24 pm
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Once starred they sync automatically when you sync your device. I do mine over Bluetooth using my phone.


 
Posted : 14/09/2015 3:57 pm
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Yep, without wifi on the device you have to pair with your phone. I'd expect it to do it when you plug it in though. I've got a 1000, so not an issue 😉


 
Posted : 14/09/2015 4:01 pm
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You need to make sure that your Strava account is linked appropriately with your Garmin Connect account. When I had a similar problem to you I had to do another log-in to strava from GC, creating a strava segments tile on my GC homepage. This was despite my having used GC to upload to strava for months beforehand.


 
Posted : 14/09/2015 4:18 pm
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Stevious - sounds like thats the issue, do you remember where you got the walkthrough from to do this?

Thanks


 
Posted : 14/09/2015 4:21 pm
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Sorry, I just faffed about until it worked. Wasn't hard though, I think I just added a new panel (or used an existing one) to the homepage of GC.


 
Posted : 14/09/2015 4:35 pm
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Doesn't Garmin express try to link to strava? Also make sure its synch'd.


 
Posted : 14/09/2015 4:47 pm
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Finally got it sorted - thought I would share in case anyone has the same problem.

Even if you have already linked strava with garmin connect in some cases you need to unlink and re-link them before syncing with a new device.

The live segments should then appear in garmin connect for transfer to the device.

Hope that helps someone next time.


 
Posted : 14/09/2015 8:02 pm
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How many starred segments can you install on the 520?


 
Posted : 14/09/2015 8:47 pm
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Loads

The problem so far is turning the sods off. On a longish run I don't want to be told about segments, on some short runs locally then maybe

Or turn the tunes off...driving me nuts


 
Posted : 14/09/2015 8:58 pm
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Fair point- you can disable them if you don't want some or all of them coming up on a particular ride, but there is an element of ballache to it.....


 
Posted : 14/09/2015 9:02 pm
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Bloody thing ! I must have atleast 150 but only about 60 has sync'd ... I've even unlinked and relinked 😐


 
Posted : 14/09/2015 9:09 pm
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Holy thread resurrection! I canny seem to get the strava segments on there either, both accounts linked, segments started... Come on!!!


 
Posted : 05/03/2016 7:06 pm
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Starred, not started.


 
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