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But I have read that they have a limit of 500 trackpoints for any saved track.

Tracks, routes, waypoints, route points? I don't care. All I want is to be able to record a ride on a gps and be able to follow it again at a later date. I also want to be able to create one, ether on Memory Map or on the web (such as bikehike) and be able to download that in it's entirety into a gps to follow and finally, I want to be able to download a gpx file etc from an organiser's website into a gps and be able to follow it. All without any faffing around or changing things, as simply as possible. I can't do that at the moment but I am prepared to spend the money so I can, I just don't know which unit to buy.

My present garmin E-Trex will only upload 125 trackpoints, which when I reduce the number of trackpoints to that, accuracy is seriously compromised, making it next to useless really. Apparently it uses a different part of the memory to record tracks than to store them, thus giving the situation where a track that has been created on it and saved on memory map cannot be loaded back into the GPS.

So judging from the replies so far, am I to assume that there isn't a unit on the market that will do what I want it to do? If money were no object, is there nothing out there designed to cope with what I feel is such a basic operation?

I have an early Garmin E-trex and enjoy doing local sportives. I have found that the organisers websites provide GPS data files for most events these days. The problem is that these files are too large for my E-Trex to accept. Has anyone else found this? I would like to buy another one but having looked into this a little, I have discovered that all but the most expensive units are unable to accept such track files. I do not want the device to act as a HRM or cycle computer, I merely want to be able to load in trackfiles from websites etc and use it to navigate me around without having to consult a map or route sheet. Can anyone advise me what devices the organisers expect people to use and what would be best for me?