Big Spin

If you want "big cadence" this is the datafield for you! This datafield displays your cadence data using the biggest possible number size to fill up the available space. Optionally, the background color will change according to your current cadence zone. Install the app from the ConnectIQ app and add the BigSpin datafield to a screen profile. You can find BigSpin inside the ConnectIQ list when adding a datafield. In your screen profile, choose the nunber of datafields that you want and select BigSpin in the biggest available space. This will make the cadence number easy to find and easy to read. No space is wasted on a label or units. The datafield automatically adjusts to the number of digits in your cadence output: 1-3 digits. Please see the "what's new" section for a description of the available settings and features. Edge computers are almost always used in a portrait orientation. But it is also possible to mount the Edge cycling computer rotated by 90 degrees to give a landscape orientation. If you set up a screen profile with a single datafield, BigSpin will then give you the biggest possible cadence nunber!! Even if you are using portrait mode and multiple datafields on the screen, BigSpin will still be able to make your cadence number bigger and stand out better on the display. Some things to note for landscape mode: 1. Look down at your mount - if there are two small screws facing upwards, you can undo them and rotate the inner part of the mount by 90 degrees. This changes the tab alignment so that you can mount your Edge rotated. You want the Edge power on/off button at the top right (from the cyclist's perspective). 2. None of the other datafields, screens or Garmin menus will be rotated, so keep that in mind! 3. The Edge screen is POLARIZED, so if you also wear polarized sunglasses you won't be able to see anything on the display in the rotated orientation. Sorry, this just doesn't work. If you have questions, feedback or ideas for other features, please send an email to [email protected] Also, please take a look at our other apps at https://lapdeltapro.com including BigPower and BigHeart. BUY ME A COFFEE? I've been using Garmin devices for a long time and started writing ConnectIQ apps to provide some missing features that I wanted for my training and racing. I think they will be useful to other Garmin users so I've been releasing them through the ConnectIQ store. If you would like to support and encourage this work, please feel free to buy me a coffee. It would be much appreciated! https://buymeacoffee.com/biketelemetry

VERSION HISTORY 1.0 - first released version of BigSpin SETTINGS The following options are available through the settings page on the ConnectIQ app: 1. Screen Orientation: you can choose between: (a) Portrait: the standard Edge orientation. (b) Landscape: if you want to mount the Edge in a sideways orientation. (c) Automatic (default): the datafield will choose the mode automatically based on the aspect ratio of the datafield on the screen. This is the default since it generally does the right thing. 2. Smoothing (1-60s): cadence can be smoothed (averaged) over 1 to 60 seconds. The default is no smoothing (value of 1). 3. Display Mode: this switches BigSpin between light mode and dark mode: (a) Automatic (default): BigSpin will follow the device's setting. (b) Light Mode: BigSpin will use light mode regardless of the device's setting. (c) Dark Mode: BigSpin will use dark mode regardless of the device's setting. 4. Show Heart Icon (default enabled): this enables or disables a small spin icon to indicate that this is a cadence datafield. 5. Heart Rate Zones: this determines whether BigSpin changes the background color to indicate the current cadence zone: (a) Off (default): cadence zones are disabled. (b) Percentage of Maximum Cadence: cadence zones are enabled, and the Z1-Z7 maximum values are specified as a percentage of Maximum cadence. This is convenient since the percentages can be set up once, and then only the Maximum cadence number needs to be adjusted if that changes. (c) RPM: cadence zones are enabled, and the Z1-Z7 maximum values are specified in RPM, and the Maximum Cadence value is ignored. 6. Alternative Colors (default disabled): when enabled, background and font colors are modified as preferred by some users. 7. Maximum cadence (1-250RPM): specifies the Maximum Cadence in units of RPM (default 150RPM). This is used only if "percentage of Maximum cadence" is enabled. 8. Z1-Z7 Color: the color of each cadence zone can be selected independently using drop-down menus. The default settings are gray, blue, green, yellow, orange, red and purple (from Z1 to Z7). Different shades are used for light mode and dark mode. 9. Z1-Z7 Maximum: the maximum cadence for each cadence zone is specified here (range is 1-250). These can be interpreted as percentages or RPM based on the "Heart Rate Zones" setting. The default values are intended for use as RPMs. You can interpret the zones as follows: Z1 color is used until the Z1 maximum is hit, then Z2 color is used until the Z2 maximum is hit, and so on. More precisely, the cadence zone is the lowest numbered zone where the current cadence is less than or equal to that zone's maximum value. If you want to use fewer zones, use the lower numbered zones only and set the maximum value for unused higher numbered zones to 0. Note that the Garmin device's color palettes are limited, particularly on Edge devices prior to the 550, 850 and 1050 generation. The color mappings have been chosen to be the best available. It may be necessary to increase screen brightness to improve legibiility, or switch to the alternative colors settings.