Penfolds11 wrote:Going back to the OP, are you planning an off-road part of your route? When I plan a route in Garmin Connect, there is a check box within the right-hand menu panel called Stay on Roads.
About a mile from my house there is a lane which is "mapped" but the small alleyway from the nearest road to the lane isn't mapped so if I create a route going that way, and forget to uncheck the Stay on Road box, Connect will route me back past my house onto the main road and another mile out of my way to the point where the alley joins the lane (if you see what I mean...). Once the box is unchecked it will allow me to mark a route the 10 metres along the alleyway to the lane.
So double-check that the Stay On Road box is unchecked. If that works, then you can re-check the Stay on Roads box to continue your route along mapped roads/lanes/bridlepaths etc.
Yes, I have found the same...Ive made three routes up using that technique and they appear to have been sync'ed to the Touring when I plugged it in to the computer via USB. Ill try to ride these at the weekend and see what happens.
If this works then its doing what I want. Its a bit disappointing that the unit itself can't produce sensible routes. i don't want to spend more than I already have - especially if the more expensive models still have shortfalls. Importantly the device will track exactly where I am when on a ride so thats the most important thing for me.
The satnav in the car doesn't use the same route that I would choose....but a few extra miles in the car doesn't matter as much.