ride with gps routes for lanzarote

willdill

Heading over this friday guys and was looking to download some of the routes around the island from ridewithgps.Just wondering should i go with the tcx or gpx for my garmin edge 800.Would hate to get there and realise iv downloaded the wrong or worse ones.

jamesd

WHAT FILE FORMAT SHOULD I USE?

The Edge 810 can use either a GPX Track or a TCX. A TCX Course has the advantage of embedding your planned route s cuesheet. So, alongside Garmin s dedicated navigation, you get beeps and text for each pre-planned cue entry in the cuesheet. This is especially helpful if you have custom cuesheet entries, as well as a nice double check to Garmin s own navigation.

The downside to a TCX file for navigation is the Virtual Partner. When we create a TCX Course file for a pre-planned route, we have to embed fake timestamps on each point, which is used for the virtual partner speed on the GPS unit. As a result, you ll end up racing against the virtual partner.

If you load a TCX Course or a TCX History of an uploaded ride on the site (a ride that you or someone else recorded and uploaded to our site) you will get virtual partner speeds identical to the speeds actually ridden along the ride. This is helpful when riding against your previous time, or someone else s previous time

killalanerr

It's not a very big island not much chance of getting to lost. Best plan is to ride out into the wind for a hour of so then blast home .enjoy cool place to ride this time of year it's full of cyclist

Exiled1

killalanerr wrote: »

It's not a very big island not much chance of getting to lost. Best plan is to ride out into the wind for a hour of so then blast home .enjoy cool place to ride this time of year it's full of cyclist

Agree with that. Can be a windy place so it is often best to fix a route just before you set out. No shelter anywhere but a great place to cycle. Enjoy.

mossym

killalanerr wrote: »

It's not a very big island not much chance of getting to lost. Best plan is to ride out into the wind for 2 to 3 hours or so then blast home .enjoy cool place to ride this time of year it's full of cyclist

fixed that for you...;)

savage cycling. normally best to head NE first, usually into the wind and has you heading towards tabayesco which is the best bit on the island IMHO

willdill

I'm in Puerto del Carmen so head back up north that's usually in to the wind.am I right?

mossym

been that way last few times i've been there, november being the last.

this is my favourite route out of PdC, i try to keep under 4 hours per day so not gone from family all day. this is about 80km, 1300m elevation gained

Eamonnator

willdill wrote: »

I'm in Puerto del Carmen so head back up north that's usually in to the wind.am I right?

Correct

willdill

mossym wrote: »

been that way last few times i've been there, november being the last.

this is my favourite route out of PdC, i try to keep under 4 hours per day so not gone from family all day. this is about 80km, 1300m elevation gained

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mossym

willdill wrote: »

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It's just a picture. Is it not showing up?

mossym

trying with another source

Enduro

LZ-67 there is worth a spin. Great lava views, the occasional camel, and a climb or two. (West of that would be great on an MTB if it was legal, or if you only find out its illegal as you read the signs on the way out )

willdill

mossym wrote: »

trying with another source

have you a gpx or tcx for this route mate.Does it go up to tabayesco.Is that as tough as it looks ha ha

mossym

if you pm me an email address i'll mail it to you.

goes up tabayesco, it's my must do section of road on every trip out there. it's not that tough at all, a nice steady climb, just goes on and on and on.

mossym

for reference, here is the elevation profile for that route above. pretty easy to spot tabayesco