Garmin 500 Help

bianchibob
bianchibob Posts: 306
edited May 2013 in Workshop
I am using a Garmin 500 and downloading my ride details onto my laptop in the Garmin Training Centre supplied software.
As my number of rides builds the Garn=min 500 is taking longer and longer to download onto the laptop.
I would like to delete all the past rides on the Garmin 500 but leave the past rides or history on my laptop.
I am concerned that if I do this when I reload my next new ride I will loose all my history on the laptop.
What I want to do is basically store all my rides on the laptop and add new rides as and when from my Garmin....any help would be appreciated.

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  • shadow4532
    shadow4532 Posts: 133
    you wont loose the history on the laptop dont worry.
    if you want to back it up a simple memory stick will suffice.
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  • antfly
    antfly Posts: 3,276
    You can save time without deleting anything from yur device by just downloading the new file.
    Click file, import to current user account, history, garmin, activities and select your last ride. Job done, no waiting. Garmin Connect is better anyway, and you can use that from any pc.
    Smarter than the average bear.
  • foiegras
    foiegras Posts: 18
    I can confirm what shadow4532 says.
    I always delete the rides stored on my 800 after having stored them on Garmin Connect
  • smoggysteve
    smoggysteve Posts: 2,909
    If you use Garmin connect, all your uploaded rides are saved on the Garmin website. You can retrieve them and re download them as routes at a later date.
  • forward_loop
    forward_loop Posts: 314
    bianchibob wrote:
    I am using a Garmin 500 and downloading my ride details onto my laptop in the Garmin Training Centre supplied software.
    As my number of rides builds the Garn=min 500 is taking longer and longer to download onto the laptop.
    I would like to delete all the past rides on the Garmin 500 but leave the past rides or history on my laptop.
    I am concerned that if I do this when I reload my next new ride I will loose all my history on the laptop.
    What I want to do is basically store all my rides on the laptop and add new rides as and when from my Garmin....any help would be appreciated.

    I also use GTC - storing your archive rides offline is useful and access is often quicker and easier than connect. You can delete all your rides on the 500 and they will remain in GTC

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