Garmin Edge 705

Ten kilos to go

I have recently bought a Garmin Edge 705 specifically for downloading .GPX files from the sportive sites that I intend doing.
For example the next being The Forest Of Dean Spring Classic.

Downloaded the .GPX file just fine, however when I come to open it I get some message about only 100 points can be used??

I see that this site uses Memory Map, is there any way of dowloading a file that will work??

Ten Kilos to go

dd1

The 100 point limit is on the Garmin 705. It only allows 100 waypoints.

The best site I have come across for the Garmin is http://frank.kinlan.co.uk/ which may help you overcome this. There is a lot of info on there which takes a bit of time to go through, but it is a good source for any technical problems.

FCE2007

Convert gpx to tcx here
Or draw the route yourself on Bike Route Toaster and download direct to the 705 via 'To Garmin GPS' (tcx).

sampras38

FCE2007 wrote:

Convert gpx to tcx here
Or draw the route yourself on Bike Route Toaster and download direct to the 705 via 'To Garmin GPS' (tcx).

+1 for converting to TCX and BikeRouteToaster. The TCX file will then go into the Courses folder.

jimmcdonnell

GPSies will also let you reduce the number of waypoints - I have to do that a lot for the gf when she gets .gpx routes for her trail running marathons. 30 or 50 max seems to work well.

Ten kilos to go

That fantastic I managed to convert it to .tcx and uploaded it to the garmin.

Its a new machine to me does anyone know if when I do the course it will bleep at the change of direction or not??

dd1

If you are using BikeRouteToaster you can set these up.

When planning the course make sure on the options under Auto route that the box for "add course point at junction" is ticked.

Then once the route is planned, go to the summary page and make sure the "add course point warning" is ticked. You then have an option of how far away from the junction you want the warning.

Should also bleep at you if you go off course.

Wheelz

One of the best sites for the Garmin Edge 705 is www.bikehike.co.uk as you can export files as GPXX files, which upload straight to an Edge 705 with no messing around.