mumbo jumbo
Senior Member
- Location
- Birmingham
I recently bought a Garmin Touring Plus. One of the features I was attracted by was the circular route option i.e. plug in the sort of mileage you want to do and it will give you three alternative routes to choose from. I've done this twice now and both times ended up totally frustrated with the device. I just want to ride on roads. Yet it seems to insist on trying to send me down canal towpaths and other tracks which I positively do not want to do. And the recalculating route feature seems only to want to take me back to where I went wrong, not reconnect me with my chosen route a mile or two further along.
My settings under Routing Options are currently:
Route Mode = Cycling (the alternatives are Tour Cycling (which is what it was on for my first ride) and Mountain Biking)
Calculation Method = Minimise Distance (the alternatives are Minimise Time or Ascent)
Lock on Road = On
Avoidance Set-up = There are two items to avoid. I've set both: Unpaved Roads and Narrow Trails
Recalculation = Automatic (alternative are Off or Prompted)
Thoughts anyone?
My settings under Routing Options are currently:
Route Mode = Cycling (the alternatives are Tour Cycling (which is what it was on for my first ride) and Mountain Biking)
Calculation Method = Minimise Distance (the alternatives are Minimise Time or Ascent)
Lock on Road = On
Avoidance Set-up = There are two items to avoid. I've set both: Unpaved Roads and Narrow Trails
Recalculation = Automatic (alternative are Off or Prompted)
Thoughts anyone?