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Is there a way to creat a segment that I have not ridden yet ?

gigas10
over 4 years ago

Hello

I want to create segments for a upcoming ride that I have never ridden with a GPS, I have no electronic record of it.

I have drawn the course but I cant find a option to create a segment from the course.

Is there a way to create a segment that I have not ridden yet ?

Thanks !

  • +1 over 4 years ago

    I did it in the following way - I created a GPX track of the desired segment, imported it as an activity, created the segment from it, and then deleted the activity. I used Plotaroute.com for the GPX, but you can likely use other apps too.

  • 0 over 4 years ago in reply to trux

    Hello Trux

    Clever eay to solve the need, thanks.

    I did it and it worked.

    It would be nice for Garmin to make something to cover this need without going around it.

    Safe rides !

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to trux

    Been trying to do that as well, I'd used a GPX track and added speed with Gpsvisualizer but didn't get a segment tab, only Stats and Laps. I tried Plotaroute with GPX but no difference. I also tried a tcx and a fit but they would not import. Anything obvious I could be missing ? Thanks !

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to hollyoak94

    I've done this before. You basically need to create a "fake" activity, then create a segment from that activity. If you're having trouble, zip the file and attach it to your post so we can have a look - 

    Insert >> Image/video/file >> click Upload >> browse for file >> OK.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to hollyoak94

    Thanks, actually I noticed that the activity was under the "Other" type, switching it to "Cycling" made the segments appear. I'm not sure about the Climb/Descent values but I guess we'll see on the road on Sunday. The "Clilmb" feature on the Edge 530 is pretty good but only allows for 2 fields unlike the "Segment" where you can have 6 fields so Speed/Power/Grade/VAM/Distance to Go etc...can be shown.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to hollyoak94

    Ok great. The only thing I would add is that if you care it does sort of mess up your stats in Garmin Connect. If you remove the fake activity it also removes the segment. If you're syncing with Strava, you might want to at least remove the activity from that site.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to seilogramp

    Thanks for the tip, I had indeed deleted the fake activity after sending the segment over to my 530 but it seems I could have waited a long time ! So I reuploaded the route and recreated the segment with a "secondary" account. I'll recreate the segment with my usual account once I've ridden it.

  • 0 over 3 years ago in reply to hollyoak94

    So I had trouble getting it to sync to my 530, it seems the segment needs to be completed by another GC member apparently. I had refreshed the segments in the fake activity but apparently that was not enough. Maybe another option would be to somehow download the segment (not sure how) and then transfer it manually ?