Garmin Edge 550

Small in Size. Big on Performance.

Edge 550 is the compact GPS cycling computer featuring a vivid color display with buttons to give you the right insights, guidance and fueling advice to perform better than ever. Some training and performance features require a compatible heart rate monitor, power meter or both.

Smart Fueling Alerts:

When using power guide or following a workout, get guidance on how many grams of carbs and milliliters of water you should be taking on throughout your ride with alerts based on your current fitness, course demands, heat and humidity.

Garmin Coach Training Plans:

Train for an event, achieve a milestone, or improve your fitness with personalized Garmin Coach training plans; Garmin Cycling Coach plans even adapt to your training, recovery and demands of the course.

Advanced Training Features:

See insights backed by sports scientists with power guide, real-time stamina, cycling ability and more.

Real-Time Weather Reports:

Monitor the weather, and make more informed decisions in-ride with radar and wind direction overlays when used with your smartphone and the Garmin Connect^™ app.

Road Hazard Alerts:

Get alerts for road hazards reported by fellow cyclists, and contribute your own edits.

Prepare:

Training status:

Evaluate your performance indicators to see if you’re training productively.

Heat & altitude acclimation:

See how your body is holding up with heat and altitude acclimation.

Cycling Ability & Course Demands:

Compare your cycling ability to the demands of a course to focus your training.

Daily Suggested Workouts:

Get daily ride suggestions based on your fitness level, current training load and VO2 max.

Ride Specific Routing:

Get routing suited to your ride, and see favorite routes from other Garmin cyclists.

Bike-Specific Mapping:

Ride with preloaded maps that include worldwide MTB trail data from Trailforks.

Forksight Mode:

See the names of trails up ahead, their distance, elevation and more.

Map Manager with WI-FI Connectivity:

Add, swap or update maps for free via Wi-Fi on your device.

Train & Perform

Real-Time Stamina Insights:

Stamina insights show how much energy you have left at your current effort.

Power Guide:

Manage efforts with recommended power targets based on real-time stamina and wind.

Climbpro Ascent Planner:

See remaining ascent and grade when climbing to gauge your effort and view nearby climbs on the map.

Cycling Dynamics:

Advanced cycling metrics give insight on performance from variable conditions.

Enduro & Downhill Ride Profiles:

The enduro ride profile tracks total ascent and descent from each run and for the ride overall. The downhill profile laps each time you finish a descent.

5 HZ GPS Recording:

See greater detail about the lines you take down the trail with multi-band GPS with 5 Hz GPS recording while using the enduro or downhill ride profiles.

Set Timing Gates:

Set timing gates throughout a course to track split times and better understand your performance in real time.

MTB Dynamics:

Track mountain biking metrics such as jump count, jump distance and hang time.

Grit & Flow Metrics:

Grit rates the difficulty of a trail. Flow measures how smoothly you ride it.

Turn-by-Turn Directions:

Stay on track with turn-by-turn directions and alerts.

Back to Start:

Get back on track — or back to start — if you’re lost or want to go home early.

Nutrition & Hydration Alerts:

Stay fueled on a ride with notifications when it’s time to hydrate or eat.

Gear Ratio Analysis:

After the ride, see time spent in each gear ratio when paired with your electronic shifting.

Electronic Shifting Connectivity:

Configure select shifting systems to control your Edge device and view battery life, swipe through data pages and more

In the box:

Edge 550 GPS cycling computer

Mounts (standard and flush out-front)

Charging/data cable

Tether

Documentation