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load course mid-ride from komoot/strava or sync garmin courses mid-ride

Hello Forum,

One thing which annoys me is that I cannot load a course from e.g. Komoot or Strava or sync my courses in Garmin connect during a ride without ending its recording

Just two examples why I keep needing this function which is not available:

I am navigating on a course and the road is blocked and I have to change my course completely.

I decide mid-ride that I want to do a different course than the one loaded.

So now I can go to Komoot or Strava and create quickly a new course on my mobile phone but I cannot load it onto my Garmin GPS computer without ending the recording of my ride. without ending the recording of the ride I cannot also sync a course from my Garmin connect account. Why is this not possible? Wahoo allows for doing this for example.

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0 hotdogpartysausage over 3 years ago

With the GRouteLoader CIQ widget you can download courses from Connect or RideWithGPS while recording an activity, It doesn't however work with courses on Strava or Komoot

for connect routes you do need to know the course number, which is in the URL when you access the course in connect from a web browser

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/6b770e92-2cc6-437e-8de2-0efae208a455

0 paulek666 over 3 years ago in reply to hotdogpartysausage

Thanks for this tip! Gave it a quick try and it seems quite complicated.

I would just expect Garmin to have this function or possibility built in into their software. I can see no reason why syncing shouldn't work during a ride when mails, messages and social media stuff can be synced to the Garmin device without any problems as the Bluetooth connection is there anyway…

But for now I will give the GRouteLoader widget a more detailed try…

+1 meltonboy over 3 years ago

I know not ideal, but if you have a bunch already on your edge you can chose one whilst riding. I will often have a plan B ride already on there, normally a shorter way home i can pick up if time pressure becomes an issue.

0 paulek666 over 3 years ago in reply to meltonboy

thanks for this hint anyway!

0 webvan over 2 years ago in reply to hotdogpartysausage

Ah so it is possible after all to generate a new route on the fly like on my former Bolt, too bad it can't be done with Komoot but if memory serves RidewithGPS can do it for free so in a pinch it will be perfect...oh but wait, routes can't be created from the Mobile app without a subscription, right ? Hum...

0 Ashley_S_007 over 2 years ago in reply to hotdogpartysausage

Maybe I don't know how to use it correctly, but I tried to run the GRouteLoader app on my Garmin and you cannot run an IQ app while a ride is in progress either, so that didn't work. I also loaded the GRouteLoader widget on my Garmin too, but not sure what this does or if that is what you need to use whilst recording a ride rather than the app, are you able to help please?

0 hotdogpartysausage over 2 years ago in reply to Ashley_S_007

IQ apps can't be used when recording a ride so you need to use the widget if you want to download a course mid ride.

The widget has the same UI as the IQ app so you use the widget as you would use the IQ app to download a route from one of the supported sources GC, RWGPS or locally from your mobile via the GExporter companion app

0 Ashley_S_007 over 2 years ago in reply to hotdogpartysausage

Ok I see, but I don't seem to be able to access the widget, should I see a new icon somewhere on the home screen, or can you advise where is it located? Thanks for your help

0 dpawlyk over 2 years ago in reply to Ashley_S_007

https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/webhelp/edge530/EN-US/GUID-AF1D7557-1CE9-4953-AA0C-06C2F16111DE.html

From the status page, select Widgets.
Select ^ or v to view more widgets.

0 mtbandi255 over 2 years ago

Hey there,

does anyone know if something changed for this question? I have an Edge 830 and can not sync routes while an activity is running.

My friend got an Edge Explore an he says, its possible for him to sync new routes via Garmin Connect App (iPhone) to his Edge Explore, while an activity is runing/started.