TCX files for Garmin 500

daveyruthers
daveyruthers Posts: 129
edited July 2013 in Road beginners
Hi I'm riding a sportive this weekend and the site says I can download the route as a TCX file to my Garmin. I've never done this before but all that happens when I click download is that another web tab opens with a load of text in it. Can anyone help me?


Many thanks
Bianchi Via Nirone
Focus Izalco Pro 2.0

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  • jp1970
    jp1970 Posts: 134
    Need to state what Internet browser your using ... IE / Chrome / Firefox etc... Each one downloads files slightly differently.. Also it may depend on your browser settings.
  • daveyruthers
    daveyruthers Posts: 129
    It does it wether I use Internet explorer or chrome. The website is velo29
    Bianchi Via Nirone
    Focus Izalco Pro 2.0
  • freezing77
    freezing77 Posts: 731
    daveyruthers wrote:
    It does it wether I use Internet explorer or chrome. The website is velo29

    Your browser is opening the file, try to right click and depending on your browser, save target or similar to save the file.

    Just tried it the page appears malformed, choose "save link as" works in firefox.

    Internet explorer wants to download them as xml files which in reality is what they are . Choose save target as and ensure the file extension is tcx and not xml. Youmay need to do this manually.
  • daveyruthers
    daveyruthers Posts: 129
    Cheers for the help. Think I've got it sorted now.
    Bianchi Via Nirone
    Focus Izalco Pro 2.0

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