RussG Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 I thought I ran across a post from someone who wrote that you could set the gps (perhaps with Navagtor) to select bike routes when asking for routing to a location. Has anyone had any experience with this and/or with using your 60csx with your road bike for rides either in town or long rides out a ways. thanks. Quote Link to comment
RussG Posted July 20, 2006 Author Share Posted July 20, 2006 meant 60csx not gsx. not to my second cup of coffee yet. Quote Link to comment
rickertk Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 You can set the Follow Road options to route for a Bicycle. This will keep you off of limited access freeways, and it will give ETA's for a much lower speed than for a car. (When I'm riding by myself, it's ridiculously slow compared to what I'm actually doing). However, it may or may not do a good job of picking a good route if you leave it to it's own devices. It could well pick a lot of very busy (but not limited-access freeway) roads. I've used a VistaC (similar firmware), but almost all the routes I've done I've picked the route myself from a map or someone's cue sheet, added a lot of via points, and just had the unit running so I could remember all the turns and get guidance if I had to detour. Keith Quote Link to comment
RussG Posted July 21, 2006 Author Share Posted July 21, 2006 You can set the Follow Road options to route for a Bicycle. This will keep you off of limited access freeways, and it will give ETA's for a much lower speed than for a car. (When I'm riding by myself, it's ridiculously slow compared to what I'm actually doing). However, it may or may not do a good job of picking a good route if you leave it to it's own devices. It could well pick a lot of very busy (but not limited-access freeway) roads. I've used a VistaC (similar firmware), but almost all the routes I've done I've picked the route myself from a map or someone's cue sheet, added a lot of via points, and just had the unit running so I could remember all the turns and get guidance if I had to detour. Keith Thanks. this makes sense. I wouldn't really expect it to appreciate what roads are better for bikes. I didn't know if, for some reason, it recognized roads with bike lanes. Looks like I'll route with my bicycle map. Quote Link to comment
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