Sportive route

Vaughan1
Vaughan1 Posts: 65
edited October 2015 in Road general
I have a garmin 810 and want to down load the route so far I have failed my options are Routes or tracks and gpx 1.0 or gpx 1.1 . Any help would be great . Thanks

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  • homers_double
    homers_double Posts: 8,291
    Where are you downloading it from?
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  • poppit
    poppit Posts: 926
    I suppose the question is do you want to upload it to the garmin or download it from the garmin. If you are uploading it the garmin then create the route using your preferred site, save it as a gpx file, plug in your garmin, open up the new files folder and drop the gpx file into it. Close the folder, unplug the garmin and when you power up it should be in courses. If you are downloading it from your garmin, create a gamin account, install the relevant garmin software on your pc, plug in your garmin and it should download from your garmin automatically. Link your garmin and strava account together and it'll automatically upload to your strava as well.
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  • Vaughan1
    Vaughan1 Posts: 65
    The route is on the Web site and I was hoping to download from the Web site and upload to garmin
  • grenw
    grenw Posts: 804
    As above. Plug in your Garmin and copy the GPX file to the 'newfiles' folder. Unplug, switch on the Garmin and the GPX file will appear as a course
  • StillGoing
    StillGoing Posts: 5,211
    And switch Bluetooth off to avoid the screen freezing issue.
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  • Vaughan1
    Vaughan1 Posts: 65
    Not had the Garmin long. 5 or 6 weeks. Some 4 weeks not riding because I hurt my back. Went on my first sportive Sunday. Due to lack of practice I was unable to use navigation
    . Route was very well sign posted. And being slow the garmin was flat after 80 miles at 6 hrs.
  • bobmcstuff
    bobmcstuff Posts: 11,435
    810 should not be flat after six hours. Mine has done sixteen.
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    [url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=19717323#p19717323]Vaughan1[/url] wrote:
    Not had the Garmin long. 5 or 6 weeks. Some 4 weeks not riding because I hurt my back. Went on my first sportive Sunday. Due to lack of practice I was unable to use navigation
    . Route was very well sign posted. And being slow the garmin was flat after 80 miles at 6 hrs.

    How much backlight do you use? Should be able to read the screen clearly enough unless it is brightly sunny with no backlight at all. That saves a lot of power.
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  • Vaughan1
    Vaughan1 Posts: 65
    Yes Rolf I did use it on full back light. I thought I had set it low.
  • Vaughan1
    Vaughan1 Posts: 65
    Ok after a slow and painful sportive I have decided to have another go at cannock. How do I down load a KML to the garmin? I have tryed the new file folder what next?

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