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Day 80: How to Show Garmin Watch Heart Rate on an Edge Bike Computer

If you ride with a Garmin watch and an Edge bike computer, you do not need to keep looking down at your wrist to check your heart rate. Your watch can broadcast its optical heart rate data so the Edge sees it like a normal heart rate sensor.

That keeps your heart rate on the handlebar screen where you are already looking for speed, power, cadence, route guidance, and lap data.

Why broadcast heart rate to your Edge?

On the bike, wrist checks are awkward. They pull your hand position out of shape, make you glance away from the road, and are especially annoying during climbs, intervals, or group rides.

Broadcasting heart rate solves that by turning your Garmin watch into an external sensor. Garmin notes that many watches can broadcast heart rate, and devices that broadcast over Bluetooth also broadcast over ANT+ wireless protocol. That is why an Edge cycling computer can usually pair to the watch just like it would pair to a chest strap.

Step 1: Start heart rate broadcasting on your watch

1. Open the Heart Rate glance or heart rate widget on your Garmin watch.
2. Open the menu. On many watches this is a long press on the middle-left button, but the exact button can vary by model.
3. Select Heart Rate Options or Broadcast Heart Rate.
4. Choose Broadcast or Broadcast During Activity.

If your watch has a Broadcast During Activity option, that is usually the cleaner setup for cycling: start your bike activity and the watch begins broadcasting automatically.

Step 2: Pair the watch to your Edge

1. Wake up your Edge bike computer.
2. Open Menu, then Sensors.
3. Select Add Sensor.
4. Choose Heart Rate and let the Edge search.
5. Select your watch when it appears, then confirm the pairing.

After pairing, add heart rate to one of your Edge data screens if it is not already visible. You can then ride with heart rate, heart rate zone, average heart rate, or lap heart rate right on the Edge display.

What to expect from wrist heart rate on the bike

This setup is convenient, but it is still optical wrist heart rate. For steady endurance rides it is usually good enough. For hard intervals, rough terrain, cold weather, or sprint work, a chest strap or upper-arm optical sensor can react faster and stay more reliable.

For many rides, though, the watch-to-Edge setup is perfect: no extra strap, no extra battery to remember, and no wrist-glancing while you are trying to hold a line.

Quick troubleshooting

• The Edge cannot find the watch: make sure broadcasting is actively running before you search.
• Heart rate drops out: tighten the watch slightly and wear it above the wrist bone.
• You already paired a chest strap: check which heart rate sensor the Edge is using before the ride.
• The value looks wrong: clean the optical sensor, warm up for a few minutes, or use a strap for high-intensity sessions.

Once it is paired, the Edge should remember the watch for future rides. Start broadcasting, start your Edge activity, and your heart rate is where it belongs: on the screen in front of you.