A Tale of Two GPS
07-16-22, 12:25 PM
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Epic fail on my part. I spent 20 minutes or so entering in the map yesterday only to have it not work at the beginning of the ride. Took a few wrong turns, the garmin kept telling me to make a u-turn lol. I had to go the whole ride not knowing speed, where I was, where to go, etc. Looks like I'll need to spend more time figuring it out or maybe even read the manual 
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07-16-22, 01:03 PM
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That sounds similar to my first attempt to follow a route sent to my Garmin. I planned to start and stop at my house and as soon as I got around the corner Garmin tried to reroute me back home.
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07-16-22, 01:30 PM
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Do you know what you did wrong? I still don't really know. My only guess is that I started the garmin about 400 yards or so past the start point I entered.
07-16-22, 01:40 PM
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Honestly I don't know what I did wrong. I really didn't get my Garmin for navigation, I wanted it mostly to be more visible than my watch I had been recording rides with. I think I may have used it one other time to follow a route and I don't recall that I had an issue the second time. Also this was a couple or three years ago and the Garmin to Strava integration has improved since then. When I tried it, it was necessary to have a Strava widget or something installed on the Garmin for sending routes from Strava to the computer.
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07-16-22, 01:41 PM
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That is, wherever you start the course, you want to be closer to the start of the course than the end of it.
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07-16-22, 05:47 PM
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I grew up on tech. old dude here. I hate touch screen in the car ( radio, heater & A/C ) prefer buttons. I hate ipads/tablets prefer a laptop/desktop. I hate typing on my iphone, will always switch over to my desktop to text someone on FB or whatsapp. I prefer my fenix watch with buttons to my friends iwatch touch screen when using it for hiking/running.
On the bicycle though I love my touch screen 1030+ I have tried several wahoo products with buttons and the garmin 130+ with buttons. I was lucky enough to try the products side by side while riding my bike 20+ miles.
On the bicycle though I love my touch screen 1030+ I have tried several wahoo products with buttons and the garmin 130+ with buttons. I was lucky enough to try the products side by side while riding my bike 20+ miles.
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