Seeing a route on a Garmin

[Always Cross]

i was out on a nice trike ride today. I had down loaded a route to my Garmin a Tour model. I was out for about 20 mile the only problem is I couldn't see the line of the route very well I had to hold it quite close to my eyes to see it. Towards the end of the ride I took my glasses of to wipe some sweat of my brow and lo and behold I could see the route really clearly. I've figured it out that my reactalight glasses were hiding the route line. So from now on I think I will cycle in clear glasses and a baseball cap to keep the sun out of my eyes. You live and learn. I spent a lot of the ride trying to fix the GPS.

 

[ianrauk]

Never had a problem seeing the track on my Touring whilst wearing reactalights (Transitions)

 

[Pale Rider]

There may be an option to change the colour of the track for better contrast, depending where the route has come from.

As you can tell, I don't know a lot about it, but someone else might.

If you go for a cap, I suggest a traditional cycling one.

The big peaks on baseball caps restrict vision a bit too much, although that might not be such a problem on a trike on which you are, presumably, not bent forward.

 

[Always Cross]

Yes I agree about the baseball cap only wear it on a recumbent trike I wear a plastic thing on an up right as I have farther to fall

 

[Jenkins]

Your glasses weren't polarized were they? They can make LCD screens viewed at certain angles difficult to see.

 

[PK99]

Set the Garmin map view to Automotive mode. Track shows as broad black edged white line and perspective view rather than overhead