Is it possible to ride against yourself

terry_woodley
27 days ago

I have not been out for some time, but am about to get riding again, and was wondering if it is possible to load a previous ride, and see how you are currently doing on the map, similar to a group ride, but with your previous location showing on the map. I think this would be a great feature to offer incentive to challenge yourself.

  • 0 27 days ago

    This has been possible since Edge devices have been available.

    Go to “Search for a course” or “Navigation”-"Courses”
    press “+”
    Create a course “from an activity”.

    You will receive a course from a previously ridden activity and the virtual partner (gray triangle) will ride at the speed you were riding at the time.

  • 0 27 days ago

    Thanks, that is great.

    I have had an Edge for about 15 years, but have never ridden with navigation. Will use it on next ride

  • 0 27 days ago in reply to terry_woodley

    Btw: no need for turn by turn navigation. Simply load the course and disable turn guidance!

  • 0 14 days ago in reply to mcinner1

    How do you disable the turn guidance? In general, how do you get the Garmin Edge (840 in my case) to just stay on the data screen you choose? Generally I love the way it rotates to climb page and navigation but when racing against myself I don't want it. Also, was there some other way to see how you're tracking to the course without creating a data page with the TIME AHEAD field? That's what I've done but feel like maybe I missed an easier way.

  • 0 14 days ago in reply to jonbartbeck

    I have no 840, but here some hints:

    - disable turn guidance: search for the course on the screen where the stored courses are listed. Now press the context menu (3lines or dots on right upper corner?), disable turn guidance

    - auto rotate datapages can be disabled also: Profile - Datascreens - 3dot menu right upper corner: turn off auto scroll.

    - to show your position in comparison to the virtual partner (your previous ride): set the datafield „Time Ahead“ from the Timer section to your main screen. (Or watch the gray position triangle of virtual partner on map screen)