Anyone else have trouble sinking Strava and Garmin Express. Last few times one or two rides have synced but the rest haven't. It says the two services are connected and I've deleted and reloaded the link but no change. It's a pain manually uploading to Strava off my Garmin. Never been an issue before?
Trevor.
Working ok for me still.
Worked for me 2 hours ago, sorry!
Have you installed any other software recently?
I used to have this problem and found it was another program running that was blocking Garmin Express sending the info for some reason.
I forget what program it was that caused the issue now, it may have been a music service.
With the 520 now it just automatically sends via Bluetooth to my phone, easy as 🙂
I got a 520 on Saturday and both times i've used it it's done it automatically straight after finishing the ride. Both times it's been connected to my phone via Bluetooth.
I had some trouble earlier in the week. It synced to garmin connect but not to strava. Deleted the ride from garmin connect, re uploaded and then it synced. Been OK since then.
Not installed anything new on the laptop but I'll have a look. There were 13 rides to sync but it only synced 4 for some reason.
If it's synced to Garmin Connect, then issue is between Garmin and Strava, which happens occasionally. Wait a while, but if nothing happens, just manually upload to Strava.
If it's not syncing to Connect, then Garmin Express is the problem.
Personally, I've had various issues with Express messing up my computer and rejected syncing (admitted a while ago), and I don't like it trying to force update my Garmin with latest firmware, which is frequently full of bugs. I prefer to wait for a good stable firmware, or stick with what works fine anyway.
So, without Express installed, I just plug the Garmin into the PC and copy the FIT files then upload them to Garmin Connect, which syncs with Strava. Or if you don't use Connect, just upload direct to Strava.
Alternatively you can "get an app for it", i.e. Garmin Connect Mobile and sync with a Garmin that has bluetooth, and it can sync via the phone. Though I find it near impossible to get my 510 to pair with a phone.
I find if I've more than one ride, the most recent will sync to strava ok. The rest might take some hours or even next day before they appear. Does eventually sync up ok.
That has only happened maybe last few weeks, before then everything synced same time.
Works for me within seconds most of the time. There was a period a few weeks ago where it could take a couple of hrs to appear on Strava, but not recently.
Seems to be broken for me now. Synced to Garmin Express last night, still not showing up on Strava. (Katie's having the same problem).
I had a similar problem last night. Got the ride to Garmin Connect but not over to Strava. I just manually uploaded the file into Strava straight off the USb connected Garmin