Edge 1040 Solar

Advanced GPS Cycling Computer with Solar Charging

Part Number 010-02503-28

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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 strained³.

TARGETED ADAPTIVE COACHING

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.

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 smart-device 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

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.

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.

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.

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 alerts³.

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 incident⁴.

BIKE ALARM

The PIN-protected bike alarm will notify you on your smartphone⁵ if your bike is moved while you’re inside getting water or making a pit stop.

GROUP MESSAGING

Stay in touch⁵ 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 you⁵. GroupTrack can keep tabs on up to 50 of your friends at once. Just look at your screen to see updates.

Get connected.

MUSIC CONTROLS

Control music on the trail or the trainer. When paired to your smartphone, you can control your music — right on your Edge.

ENHANCE YOUR eBIKE RIDE

Easily connect your compatible⁶ eBike — via ANT® or ANT+® technology — to view custom eBike data, adjust assistance levels and even see remaining range based on your planned course.

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.

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.

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What is Cycling Dynamics?

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¹Assumes continuous 75,000 lux conditions during daytime rides

²When paired with your compatible sensors (sold separately)

³Activity Tracking and Fitness Metric Accuracy

⁴Active 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.

⁵When paired with your compatible smartphone. For safety and tracking feature requirements and limitations, see Garmin.com/safety.

⁶Screenshot shown is for ANT+ LEV compatible eBike

TrainingPeaks is a registered trademark of Peaksware, LLC.

General
Dimension	2.3" x 4.6" x 0.8" (59.3 x 117.6 x 20.0 mm)
Touchscreen
Color display
Display Size	3.5" (88.9 mm) diagonal
Display resolution	282 x 470 pixels
WEIGHT	133 g
POWER GLASS SOLAR CHARGING
BATTERY TYPE	rechargeable lithium-ion
BATTERY LIFE	Up to 35 hours / 45hours with Solar* Battery saver mode: up to 70 hours / 100 hours with Solar* *Assumes continuous 75,000 lux conditions during daytime riding
BATTERY SAVE MODE
WATER RATING	IPX7
IN-RIDE POWER COMPATIBLE (GARMIN CHARGE BATTERY PACK)

Maps & Memory
Ability to add maps
Basemap	Preloaded Garmin cycle map
External memory storage	yes (64 GB internal memory)
Waypoints/favorites/locations	200
Navigation Routes	100 courses
History	up to 200 hours

Sensors
GPS
GLONASS
Galileo
Multi-band GNSS
Barometric altimeter
Magnetometer
Gyroscope
Accelerometer
Ambient light sensor

Daily Smart Features
Connectivity	Bluetooth, ANT+, Wi-Fi
Connect IQ (downloadable watch faces, data fields, widgets and apps)
On-device Connect IQ Store
Smart Notifications
Text response/reject phone call with text (Android only)
Weather
Realtime settings sync with Garmin Connect mobile
VIRB Remote
Smartphone compatibility	iPhone, Android
Garmin Share

Safety and Tracking Features
LiveTrack
Group LiveTrack
Rider-to-rider messaging
Incident Detection
Assistance
Find My Edge
Bike alarm
Weather alerts
InReach compatible
GROUPRIDE
GroupRide competitions and awards
Rider-to-rider messaging
GroupRide incident detection
Community generated hazards reporting

Activity Tracking Features
Calories burned

Training, Planning and Analysis Features
Customizable data pages
Auto Pause
Interval training
Advanced workouts
Downloadable training plans
Daily workout suggestions
Primary and secondary workout targets
Auto Lap
VO2 Max (Run)
Realtime stamina
Training Status
Training Load
Training load focus
Cycling ability analysis
Course demands analysis
Training Effect
Recovery advisor
Virtual Partner
Race an Activity
Segments
Trendline Popularity Routing
Auto scroll
Physio TrueUp

Outdoor Recreation
ClimbPro Ascent Planner

Cycling Features
Cycle Map (routable cycling-specific street map)	yes (multi-region)
Alerts (triggers alarm when you reach goals including time, distance, heart rate or calories)
Courses
On-device course creator
On-device location search
Power guide
Popularity heatmap
Cycling Dynamics compatible
MTB Dynamics
Integrated TrailForks trail data
Power meter compatible
Compatible with Varia radar (rear-facing radar)
Compatible with Varia lights

Connectivity
Edge remote
Varia remote
ANT+ electronic shifting
Shimano Di2 Synchro Shift integration
Smart trainer control
Extended display (allows a Garmin watch to share data screens on Edge)

Edge 1040 Solar
Black silicone case
Mounts (MTB, standard and out-front)
USB cable
Tether
Documentation

Edge 1040 Solar

Edge 1040 Solar

Advanced GPS Cycling Computer with Solar Charging

POWERED BY THE SUN

The peak of performance.

SOLAR CHARGING

STAMINA INSIGHTS

CYCLING ABILITIES AND COURSE DEMANDS

POWER GUIDE

DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE MONITORING

TRAINING STATUS

TARGETED ADAPTIVE COACHING

INTENSITY MINUTES

DAILY SUGGESTED WORKOUTS

SYNC TRAINING PLANS

HEAT AND ALTITUDE ACCLIMATION

CLIMBPRO FEATURE

NUTRITION AND HYDRATION ALERTS

CYCLING DYNAMICS

MTB DYNAMICS

GRIT AND FLOW

Find more than just routes.

MULTI-BAND GNSS

RIDE TYPE-SPECIFIC MAPS

TRAILFORKS APP

FORKSIGHT MODE

TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS

OFF-COURSE RECALCULATION

SHIMANO STEPS EBIKE SYSTEM COMPATIBLE

Protect yourself and your bike.

INREACH DEVICE COMPATIBILITY

VARIA COMPATIBILITY

INCIDENT DETECTION

BIKE ALARM

GROUP MESSAGING

GROUPTRACK FEATURE

Get connected.

MUSIC CONTROLS

ENHANCE YOUR eBIKE RIDE

SMART NOTIFICATIONS

SYNC WITH GARMIN CONNECT

LIVE EVENT SHARING

SPECTATOR MESSAGING

CONNECT IQ™ STORE

SMART TRAINER COMPATIBILITY

AUTOMATIC SETUP

Garmin CyclingDedicated Website

What is Cycling Dynamics?

Looking for the best cycling follow on Instagram? Check out @GarminCycling now!

General

Maps & Memory

Sensors

Daily Smart Features

Safety and Tracking Features

Activity Tracking Features

Training, Planning and Analysis Features

Outdoor Recreation

Cycling Features

Connectivity

CONNECT IQ^™ STORE

Garmin Cycling
Dedicated Website