Dougie Mac bike ride gpx files

morgs2001
morgs2001 Posts: 159
edited May 2013 in Road general
Hi
Please help,I am doing the Dougie Mac ride to LLangollen on Sun 19th ,the 110 mile route.
I want to download the route file to my Garmin 500 ,there is a link on the web site through Mapometer which enables you to do this.
I am able to get the file onto my Garmin,or at least it looks like I have when I check the files but I cant find it when I fire my Garmin up and look for it under courses or anywhere else.
I am transfering my file to the new files, file on the Garmin and have tried this on both a PC and MAC but I cannot find it when I restart my Garmin after ejecting it.

Any clues what Im doing wrong.

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  • freezing77
    freezing77 Posts: 731
    The route is probably called "RPT001 to RPT1414" on your device or something like. If not post a direct link to the gpx file.

    This is because the gpx file name is not always the route name within the file, sloppy file handling.
  • morgs2001
    morgs2001 Posts: 159
    http://gb.mapometer.com/cycling/route_1105353.html

    Thanks for that freezing,
    Must be something I'm doing but I can't find any file at all that looks anything like.
    I'm going into the menu selecting training then courses.
    At this point I'm see a file called BIKE000 which is a recent ride I did and I select below this where it says NEW which comes up with a list of my most recent rides.
    Can't see anywhere else where the file would be.
    Appreciate the help.
  • freezing77
    freezing77 Posts: 731
    morgs2001 wrote:
    http://gb.mapometer.com/cycling/route_1105353.html

    Thanks for that freezing,
    Must be something I'm doing but I can't find any file at all that looks anything like.
    I'm going into the menu selecting training then courses.
    At this point I'm see a file called BIKE000 which is a recent ride I did and I select below this where it says NEW which comes up with a list of my most recent rides.
    Can't see anywhere else where the file would be.
    Appreciate the help.
    Did you download it as a GPX route as I see it has 1400 plus waypoints, this may be too many for the 500.
    Maybe try to download it as a gpx track.
  • morgs2001
    morgs2001 Posts: 159
    Tried both ,still can't see it.
    Might try deleting the history see if it will make a difference

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