Edge® 1040 Solar
Edge® 1040 Solar
Overview
POWERED BY THE SUN
Never stop cycling with the ultimate solar powered GPS bike computer you can depend on when you need it most. Edge 1040 Solar is ready for any ride, from remote gravel trails to epic climbs.
Keep on pushing. Power Glass™ solar charging1 extends battery life up to 42 minutes per hour in battery saver mode.
Ride farther, charge less. With solar charging, get up to 45 hours of battery life in demanding use cases and up to 100 hours in battery saver mode1.
Go deep. Dense tree cover and the urban canyon are no match for its spot-on accuracy with multi-band GNSS.
Your cycling ability2 and the course demands help you understand your strengths and weaknesses.
Ride like a local with ride type-specific maps and navigation.
Know how much is left in your tank with stamina2 insights.
The peak of performance.
SOLAR CHARGING
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 cases1.
STAMINA INSIGHTS
While you ride, get stamina2 insights so you can keep an eye on how much you have left in the tank.
CYCLING ABILITIES AND COURSE DEMANDS
Classify your strengths as a cyclist2, focus on improvement, and prepare for the demands of a specific course.
POWER GUIDE
Recommended power targets2 help you manage your efforts throughout a course.
DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE MONITORING
Get more insight about how your body is responding to training. Track VO2 max, recovery time, training load, training load focus and more2.
TRAINING STATUS
Using new indicators such as HRV status, your recent exercise history and performance, get insight into your overall effort2 — and whether you're training productively, peaking or strained4.
GARMIN COACH
Train for an event, achieve a milestone, or improve your fitness with Garmin Coach training plans for cyclists. Just set it up in the Garmin Connect™ app, then let Garmin Coach create personalized daily workouts to help you reach your goals. This includes Garmin Cycling Coach, which creates training plans that adapt based on your performance, recovery and more.
INTENSITY MINUTES
How hard did you ride? Your Edge device will tell you when you earned your intensity minutes with each activity2.
DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS
For training guidance that takes you and your fitness level into account, get daily ride suggestions based on your current training load and VO2 max2.
SYNC TRAINING PLANS
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.
HEAT AND ALTITUDE ACCLIMATION
Prepare yourself for any environment. See how your body is holding up in different environments with heat and altitude acclimation2.
CLIMBPRO FEATURE
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 postride review on your device or in the Garmin Connect app.
NUTRITION AND HYDRATION ALERTS
Get the insight you need to stay fueled, mile after mile. Edge 1040 will notify you when it's time to hydrate or eat.
CYCLING DYNAMICS
Take advantage of advanced cycling metrics2 designed to give insight into how your performance changes based on variable conditions such as position, bike setup, ride duration and more.
MTB DYNAMICS
Track the epic details of every ride with mountain biking metrics such as jump count, jump distance and hang time.
GRIT™ AND FLOW™ METRICS
Grit rates 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.
Find more than just routes.
ROAD HAZARD ALERTS
Get alerts for road hazards reported by fellow cyclists, and contribute your own edit3.
ROAD SURFACE TYPE
See road surface type, including unpaved roads, on the map for more awareness while planning and riding.
MULTI-BAND GNSS
Get better positional accuracy and coverage — even in the most challenging environments — with multi-system,multi-band GNSS technology.
RIDE TYPE-SPECIFIC MAPS
Ride like a local, whatever your bike type, with improved maps that highlight popular roads and trails plus searchable points of interest (POIs).
TRAILFORKS APP
With routable worldwide MTB trail data and POIs from Trailforks, easily search for trails directly on your Edge. Or download the Trailforks app to transfer your planned routes from the Trailforks website.
FORKSIGHT MODE
This mode automatically displays upcoming forks in the trail and gives you context by showing where you are within a trail network.
TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS
Never get lost with turn-by-turn directions and alerts that notify you of upcoming turns.
OFF-COURSE RECALCULATION
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.
Protect yourself and your bike.
INREACH® DEVICE COMPATIBILITY
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 alerts5.
VARIA™ COMPATIBILITY
Pair the Edge 1040 bike computer with your Varia rearview radar and lights so you can easily see and be seen.
INCIDENT DETECTION
This Edge automatically sends a message with your location to preloaded emergency contacts if it detects an incident6.
BIKE ALARM
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.
GROUP MESSAGING
Stay in touch6 with your riding crew when you get separated from the pack.
GROUPTRACK FEATURE
Keep an eye on your riding companions, even when they fall out of sight — and let them keep an eye on you6. GroupTrack can keep tabs on up to 50 of your friends at once. Just look at your screen to see updates.
Get connected.
GROUPRIDE
Stay connected on group rides3 with in-ride messaging, live locations and incident detection alerts6; see in-ride leaderboards for climbs and real-time data compared to other riders.
GARMIN SHARE
Easily follow the same course or workout with your friends. Share saved locations, courses and workouts with other nearby Garmin Share compatible devices.
MUSIC CONTROLS
Control music on the trail or the trainer. When paired to your smartphone, you can control your music — right on your Edge.
EBIKE COMPATIBILITY
If you ride a compatible eBike — including those with a Bosch smart system or Shimano E-Bike System — you can wirelessly connect your Edge® cycling computer to view data such as battery status, assist level, smart range routing and more (options vary by eBike model). Select eBike systems can also show power and cadence data.
SMART NOTIFICATIONS
Receive texts and alerts right on your Edge device when paired with your compatible smartphone.
SYNC WITH GARMIN CONNECT
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.
ON-DEVICE GEAR TRACKING
Assign and edit gear or gear collections directly from your Edge® device for every ride in order to track the life of each unique bike setup —based on details you already set up in the Garmin Connect™ app. Even get notifications when gear is approaching its end of life.
LIVE EVENT SHARING
When paired to your smartphone, automatically send ride updates to family and friends — without lifting a finger. So while you're powering through, they can stay up to date with your speed, miles completed and more.
SPECTATOR MESSAGING
Enjoy your ride, and stay motivated with text messages from your family and friends.
CONNECT IQ™ STORE
Download custom data fields, and get apps and widgets from our Connect IQ Store app downloaded to your compatible smartphone.
SMART TRAINER COMPATIBILITY
Pair Edge 1040 with your Tacx® indoor trainer so you can ride when you want and where you want.
AUTOMATIC SETUP
Be ready to ride in moments, instead of wasting time configuring settings. Get prepopulated custom ride profiles based on your previous Edge bike computer, ride types or your sensors. Once on your Edge, you can manage your ride profiles directly from your device or compatible smartphone.
- Assumes continuous 75,000 lux conditions during daytime rides
- When paired with your compatible sensors (sold separately)
- When used with your compatible smartphone and the Garmin Connect™ app
- Activity tracking accuracy
- Active satellite subscription required. Some jurisdictions regulate or prohibit the use of satellite communications devices. It is the responsibility of the user to know and follow all applicable laws in the jurisdictions where the device is intended to be used.
- When paired with your compatible smartphone. For safety and tracking feature requirements and limitations, see Garmin.com/safety.
- Screenshot shown is for ANT+ LEV compatible eBike
Maps
Maps for New Regions
Need maps for regions other than the ones that came on your device? See all maps that are compatible with your device.
Need a map update?
Update the maps that came with your device for the best navigation experience.
Check for Updates
In the Box
- Edge 1040 Solar
- Black silicone case
- Mounts (MTB, standard and out-front)
- USB-C cable
- Tether
- Documentation
Specs
General | |
| In-ride power compatible (Power Mount and Garmin Charge battery pack) | yes |
|---|---|
| Dimension | 2.3" x 4.6" x 0.8" (59.3 x 117.6 x 20.0 mm) |
| Weight | 4.7 oz (133 g) |
| Water rating | IPX7 |
| Touchscreen | yes |
| Display Type | transflective TFT |
| Display Size | 3.5" (88.9 mm) diagonal |
| Display resolution | 282 x 470 pixels |
| Color display | yes |
| Battery Type | rechargeable lithium-ion |
| Battery life | 45 hours |
| Battery save mode | yes |
| Power glass solar charging | yes |
Maps & Memory | |
| Ability to add maps | yes |
|---|---|
| Wi-Fi® map manager | yes |
| Basemap | yes |
| Integrated TrailForks trail data | yes |
| External memory storage | 64 GB internal memory only |
| Waypoints/favorites/locations | 200 |
| Navigation Routes | 100 courses |
| History | up to 200 hours |
Sensors | |
| GPS | yes |
|---|---|
| GLONASS | yes |
| Galileo | yes |
| Barometric altimeter | yes |
| Gyroscope | yes |
| Accelerometer | yes |
| Ambient light sensor | yes |
| Multi-band GNSS | yes |
| Magnetometer | yes |
Daily Smart Features | |
| Connectivity | Bluetooth®, ANT+®, Wi-Fi® |
|---|---|
| Connect IQ™(downloadable watch faces, data fields and apps) | yes |
| On-device Connect IQ™ Store | yes |
| Smart Notifications | yes |
| Text response/reject phone call with text (Android™ only) | yes |
| Weather forecasts | yes |
| Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect™ mobile | yes |
| Controls smartphone music | yes |
| VIRB® Remote | yes |
| Smart trainer control | yes |
| Smartphone compatibility | iPhone®, Android™ |
| Garmin Share | yes |
Safety and Tracking Features | |
| Assistance | yes |
|---|---|
| LiveTrack | yes |
| GroupTrack | yes |
| Group Ride (cycling) | yes |
| GroupRide competitions and awards | yes |
| Rider-to-rider messaging | yes |
| Incident detection | yes (includes off-road) |
| GroupRide incident detection | yes |
| Community generated hazards reporting | yes |
| Find My Edge® | yes |
| Bike alarm | yes |
| Weather alerts | yes |
| inReach® compatible | yes |
Activity Tracking Features | |
| Calories burned | yes |
|---|---|
| Intensity minutes | yes |
Training, Planning and Analysis Features | |
| Customizable data pages | yes |
|---|---|
| Downloadable training plans | yes |
| Daily workout suggestions | yes (event specific) |
| Primary and secondary workout targets | yes |
| Auto Pause® automatic timer halt | yes |
| Interval training | yes |
| Advanced workouts | yes |
| Auto Lap® interval tracking feature | yes |
| VO2 Max | yes |
| Training status - Cycling | yes |
| Training load - Cycling | yes |
| Training load focus - Cycling | yes |
| Real-time stamina - Cycling | yes |
| Cycling ability analysis | yes |
| Course demands analysis | yes |
| Training effect | yes |
| Recovery advisor | yes |
| Virtual Partner | yes |
| Race an Activity | yes |
| Segments | yes |
| Auto scroll | yes |
| Physio TrueUp | yes |
| Unified training status | yes |
Outdoor Recreation | |
| ClimbPro™ Ascent Planner - Cycling | yes |
|---|---|
| ClimbPro™ Ascent Planner - Courses | yes |
| ClimbPro™ Ascent Planner - Free riding | yes |
Cycling Features | |
| Courses | yes |
|---|---|
| Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories) | yes |
| FTP (Functional Threshold Power) | yes |
| MTB Dynamics | yes |
| Compatible with Varia™ radar (rear-facing radar) | yes |
| Compatible with Varia™ radar camera | yes |
| Compatible with Varia™ lights | yes |
| Compatible with Varia™ headlight camera | yes |
| Power meter compatible | yes |
| On-device course creator | yes |
| On-device location search | yes |
| Power guide | yes |
| TopoActive maps - Cycling | yes |
| Trendline Popularity Routing - Cycling | yes |
| Popularity heatmap | yes |
| Cycling Dynamics compatible | yes |
| eBike Smart range routing | yes |
Connectivity | |
| Edge® remote | yes |
|---|---|
| Varia™ remote | yes |
| ANT+™ electronic shifting | yes |
| Shimano Di2 Synchro Shift integration | yes |
| Extended display(allows a Garmin watch to share data screens on Edge®) | yes |