Strava Route Planner

[WR 1.0]

Slightly off topic but maybe also other peoples bugbears as well. I can only save the course as a GPX which when downloaded to my Garmin the Garmin 520 doesn't pick it up. Am I doing something wrong and is there a way to save it as a FIT file? Or an easy way to convert it to a FIT file.....

Why not create the route in GC and sync to the 520?

[Frosty]

The Strava app will show the heat map, but it defaults onto defined 'roads' to plot a course - i.e. it will not follow a line on the heat map. You switch to Manual mode and then it allows you to plot points freehand, which are then joined by straight lines.

 

It sounds like a lot of people aren't using manual mode when they're plotting off road routes.

Manual mode works for me, as well as known tracks (off-road). However, it often shows “off route” when riding on the heat map line which also happens to be as the same line as I plotted manually.

 

Below is an example of the manual mode not working - it plots it where it wants to, not where I want it.

Edited January 13, 2021 by Frosty

[Frosty]

Slightly off topic but maybe also other peoples bugbears as well. I can only save the course as a GPX which when downloaded to my Garmin the Garmin 520 doesn't pick it up. Am I doing something wrong and is there a way to save it as a FIT file? Or an easy way to convert it to a FIT file.....

Try exporting the TCX format from Strava, otherwise import the GPX file into Garmin Connect and sync to your 530.

Edit: will add screenshots shortly

Edited January 13, 2021 by Frosty

[lechatnoir]

Slightly off topic but maybe also other peoples bugbears as well. I can only save the course as a GPX which when downloaded to my Garmin the Garmin 520 doesn't pick it up. Am I doing something wrong and is there a way to save it as a FIT file? Or an easy way to convert it to a FIT file.....

 

Did you copy it into the 'new files' folder? (i think that's what it is) i normally restart, and it picks it up as a new course, and i can access it via Navigation