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@Hubert-Thoring said: Especially if you want to discuss the route with friends in the evening over a beer and want to insert changes quickly, it all works on your mobile phone or iPad and everyone can access it directly. The whole thing is a special function among MRA friends and groups that we like to use all together. Fair points. It goes back to the focus of the App vs. Garmin. There is a social tilt on the MRA side that doesn't exist in a Garmin unit. Certainly, that's a benefit if everyone is on the same page and using the MRA platform. I've yet to ride with any group that has that kind of discipline. For reference, the latest Garmin you used (BMW Navi VI) is almost 10 years old. Since then, Garmin has introduced the Zumo XT, Zumo XT2, and the current Zumo XT3. The 3D map technology and other evolutionary improvements have taken their GPS units far beyond what you owned. Even going from the XT to the XT3 was a shocker to me as far as improvements. In comparison to using a phone, a dedicated "for purpose" GPS device will always have HW capabilities that are superior. The SW in a phone app can only compensate so much. Still, I'm rooting for the MRA development team. It's impressive what they've done with NEXT, and there will always be a navigation audience that prefers a phone, even if it doesn't have all capabilities of a dedicated GPS. That's the way the total Navigation Demographic is moving, so they're smart to satisfy that growing demand. I'm just glad for MRA Routeplanner. It's superior to Basecamp, and I've 90% migrated to it. I think we can all agree to that.

My 2 cts: motorway is in German: Autobahn. Motorcyclists have no business being there, otherwise they would have called it "Motorradbahn"

It is now 16 days since @corjan-meijerink announced the quick fix. But I haven't seen it yet on Google! Has anyone seen it yet? The way Google treats its customers is becoming a real disgrace! At this point, I’d really like it if we could do without Google!

...sending the link as @con-hennekens wrote, is fine for let me say single action. If it happens often, I prefer to have a dedicated folder "for friends" - always with access right "for friends", as @peter-zehentreiter wrote. If it's needed to share a route, I simply move or copy my root into this folder. My friends knows about this folder...

The combination of Tread and Garmin external storage (i.e. Explore DB) are dangerous to the health of your routes. This means your routes can be manipulated by Garmin without your knowledge. As noted by others here, transfer routes using the wired method where you copy your GPX file directly into the Gamin/GPX folder on your XT2. This will guarantee that your route will not be altered. I know -- it's more work than using the Tread app for copy. It's not really that much more, but an annoyance all the same.

enjoy the country side. hope it isn't raining cats and dogs

Rij je wel een route en geen track?

@Brian-McG als ze het verzoek nog goedkeuren

Hartelijk dank voor het warme welkom. @superg: ik ben nogal een impulsieve rijder, én digibeet zonder pc dus routes maken gaat gewoonweg niet

To operate tracks isn't the main competence of MRA. May in future...

@Lynchy67 It is on the list for major maintenance of the website, just like being able to export multiple routes in one go. Please be patient.

@Garry-Davis exactly, that would have been my second advice, but you are one step ahead. You can choose your beloved app, to count a route to the petrolstation

Hi ! So, the bad news is that Transfagarasan is still closed for now, but it should be opened in the next two weeks. You can check the live cam from time to time: https://www.roxy-world.ro/webcam-transfagarasan Good news is that Transalpina was opened about 5 days ago, some of my friends went there already and confirmed this. Enjoy Romania !