Powered by the sun - bike computer with innovative solar technology
Never stop cycling - a solar powered GPS bike computer you can rely on. The Edge 1040 Solar is ready for every tour: from remote dirt roads to incredible climbs.
Get everything out of you.
solar charge
The Power Glass solar charging lens extends battery life. You get up to 100 hours in sleep mode or up to 45 hours with heavy use. For daytime rides, you get up to 42 minutes more per hour in low-power mode, and up to 20 minutes per hour for demanding use.
Stamina residual energy
With the stamina data you can estimate how much power you still have during the tour. This allows you to optimize your energy consumption during your activity and avoid premature exhaustion.
cycling ability and route requirements
Find out your strengths as a cyclist and compare them with the requirements of a route so that you can assess what to expect.
powerguide
Find the optimal use of power for your route and its elevation profile in order to create a performance strategy2 for your route.
Find the right intensity
Get more insight into how your body responds to exercise. Store VO2max, recovery time, training load, training load focus and much more
training condition
How efficient is your training? Automatically evaluates your recent workouts and performance indicators and find out if your workout is building your form, you're at your best, or you're overloaded.
Discover great places.
Multi-frequency reception
Precise positioning in narrow mountain valleys and urban canyons thanks to multi-frequency reception.
Tour specific maps
Find your way around like a local, no matter which bike you ride. Popular roads and trails are highlighted on optimized maps. They also provide searchable points of interest.
Trailforks app
Search for trails right on the Edge with routable global MTB trail data and POIs from Trailforks. Alternatively, download the Trailforks app to transfer your planned routes from the Trailforks website.
turn-by-turn directions
Never miss a turn with turn-by-turn directions and next-turn alerts. Arrive safely and relaxed at your destination.
Route recalculation
Pause route guidance and off-route recalculation to explore off-track. If you want to follow the route again, the Edge 1040 Solar will show you the way.
stay connected
Smart notifications
Get notifications and alerts right on your Edge when paired with a compatible smartphone.
All data - Garmin Connect
The Garmin Connect app is a popular online community for athletes who want to analyze their achievements and compete with others.
Fast setup
Get started right away instead of wasting time configuring settings. Get pre-populated, custom tour profiles based on data from your previous Edge bike computer, tour types, or sensors. If the tour profiles are on the Edge, you can manage them directly from the device or a compatible smartphone.