This just popped into my inbox. for those looking to use the phone as a gps and want turn by turn, a realistic option? I guess the phone can be kept safe and charging as you go for those of us with Dynohubs. Not a big fan of using my phone/gps that much when riding as the screen can be hard to see in bright light( yeh, I know, Scotland: but still) I am interested in this though maybe, given that it looks a lot like a bike computer in terms of display.

http://ridewithgps.com/help/rflkt?utm_s ... _id=208127

I'm guessing this wouldn't be much use for off road routes, unless you manually put in where you have turns somehow?

Richard G wrote:I'm guessing this wouldn't be much use for off road routes, unless you manually put in where you have turns somehow?

That.

Can you imagine trying to plot a normal MTB route with any level of accuracy and the thing giving you instructions every few metres?

Surely that would just be like having the significant other along, no?
I admit I was thinking for more road based tours. Though I do wonder if you can import any GPX route that was created outwith Ridewith?

You can import any gpx etc into ridewithgps, and you can manually add cuepoints. I did exactly this for my first BB200 in 2013, I got the official gpx, added cuepoints about 20m before turns, especially ones that would be easy to miss. Then exported as a .tcx for my garmin 800. Worked a treat.

mountainbaker wrote:You can import any gpx etc into ridewithgps, and you can manually add cuepoints. I did exactly this for my first BB200 in 2013, I got the official gpx, added cuepoints about 20m before turns, especially ones that would be easy to miss. Then exported as a .tcx for my garmin 800. Worked a treat.

Good plan! I reckon I lot about 20 mins by not doing something like that given I was navigating by breadcrumb trail on an edge200 that zoomed out to show the whole route when you stopped