1 May 2024, 18:27

Friends,

I will be riding around the French Alps starting in a little more than a week. See my post here for my question about using MRA as my GPS device for that:

https://forum.myrouteapp.com/topic/6737/best-practices-for-a-trouble-free-trip

In addition to stressing about what to bring and how I will fit it all on the rental bike, I am also stressing about routing! I plan to use MRA as my primary tool but I will bring my Garmin 396 along as a back-up GPS. I have created gpx 1.1 files for each route and transferred them to the GPS. I'm struggling trying to figure out the best way to use the routes in the Garmin that will have the best chance of preserving the routes we have planned. I assume there must be good information out there for people with little experience with gpx files.

Can anyone recommend an online reference where I can get a quick grounding in how to make best use of MRA and Garmin? e.g., converting routes to tracks, or using routes and still keeping original routing, etc. I need something like "MRA and Garmin for Dummies" because, wow, the jargon is dense and the software is not very friendly, IMO.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Vinnie