Can I upload multiple strava segments onto my edge 800 so that they come up when I am near them on my map. I don't want the whole route, just the segment.
You can load a bunch of them (uploading one at a time) from raceshape.com so you can do a search for the nearest one, then display it on a map and race virtually against the KOM etc.
But I can't think of any way to display them on the Garmin map screen as you're just riding along.
yeah, loading them isn't the problem. it's the displaying them all at once or having the GPS warn you when you approach one that isn't going to happen.
Originally Posted by shawnt2012
...the other two morons are bellowing like wookies in a bush waiting for a response back
You can load a bunch of them (uploading one at a time) from raceshape.com so you can do a search for the nearest one, then display it on a map and race virtually against the KOM etc.
But I can't think of any way to display them on the Garmin map screen as you're just riding along.
Ok cheers for that, doesn't sound to bad.
What about just flagging all the starts of the segments and have them come up as waypoints? I've got 180 segments so doing this idea somehow en masse would be an advantage.
What about just flagging all the starts of the segments and have them come up as waypoints? I've got 180 segments so doing this idea somehow en masse would be an advantage.
I know some handhelds let you set proximity alarms.
You can follow this guide to see if the Edge 800 could make that work.
Originally Posted by shawnt2012
...the other two morons are bellowing like wookies in a bush waiting for a response back
I'm very late to this discussion, but i just found a site that creates segment-maps for Garmin, which you can use as an overlay map on the Edge 800: Strava Segment GPS Basemap
That's a pretty slick idea. With the proliferation of segments and riders over the summer, that map seems a bit minimalist, they only have the "Big Five" segments out of the hundreds around here.
And of course, most of the top times have been beaten over the summer as well. But it's the only solution to the issue (without using a handle-bar-mounted smart phone) that I have seen.
It would be a massive undertaking to try to keep an up-to-date garmin-ready database of even 10% of the segments in north america, they would need to break it down regionally.
There are a few ways to partially accomplish what you are after.
You could download gpx files of each segment you want to see and them upload them to your edge. It cnn display multiple gpx files at once. You will see them on the map but I don't know of a way to have it tell you one is coming. You just have to watch the map.
You could also just set a waypoint for the beginning and end of a segment. Then see those on the map.
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