Irritated Garmin Edge user lookin to commiserate

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

(duplicate post from Gear and Accessories - to make sure seen by other Edge/Forerunner users)

I just learned last night of MotionBased forcing all Garmin users to use GarminConnect instead of MB by July 31.

I gave it a chance, mind you. I went over to GC hoping since MB was forcing the change that GC had made changes to be similar or "as good". Much to my chagrin... NO.. it hasn't gotten better. You can't see "moving time" avg speed in the summary info.. You can't see max or average gradient info from your hill climbing... and there's no weather info from your ride either.

Sure, they say these things will be added later, but when? I paid a good deal of money for this fun little toy. Why buy a Garmin product if there is no reporting functionality at the tail end to fully analyze your ride? I don't "get" this move.

I'm p*ssed!

Are there other MB-like programs out there that can analyze data similarly or will we be forced to plug-along with GC? <pouting>

[SadieKate]

For a minute there, I thought i was seeing double.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/showthread.php?t=32566

[BabyBlueNTulsa]

Well, I did say I was duplicate-posting... Little did I know an industrious lady would reply to my first posting so quickly!

Thanks SK! I'm downloading ST as I type here! You made my day!

[SadieKate]

Sure! One of these days I'll post all the plug-ins I use, but if I wait long enough Oakleaf will.

Can you tell we like Sporttracks? Great forum there if you need hep.

[tctrek]

Looks like Sportstracks doesn't support MAC?

[gnat23]

I miss the "weather" info. I liked comparing rides based on the headwind I was experiencing at the time to see if that was a valid excuse for a lower speeds.

-- gnat!

[OakLeaf]

Sure! One of these days I'll post all the plug-ins I use, but if I wait long enough Oakleaf will.

Hah. Actually I really only use the Terraserver map plug-in, and the elevation correction plug-in for the Forerunner only. They say not to use elevation correction for the Edge models with barometric altimeter. What are your favorites?

Looks like Sportstracks doesn't support MAC?

From the latest release notes:

SportTracks builds for Linux
With the 2.1.3478 (July 10, 2009) release SportTracks is providing experimental support for Linux using Mono 2.0+...

A notable item in the Mono roadmap for 2.6 (planned release September 2009) is updates to OSX for Windows.Forms which SportTracks relies on heavily. At this point we cannot guarantee SportTracks will work on OSX with Mono 2.4, however it might. Ambitious and tech-savvy OSX users may want to try the install and post feedback on the forums. For others, check back after Mono 2.6 has been released for OSX.

I've been running SportTracks for Windows under Parallels on my Mac. I don't speak Linux, and I use the Terminal window only for the daily, weekly and monthly maintenance tasks - so this is beyond me.

[HoosierGiant]

What I hate is that not everything has migrated yet, and that's supposed to occur over the next couple of months. In the meantime we're just supposed to trust them that all our data will eventually show up. Right.

For me, nothing over 40 miles has moved from Motion Based to Garmin Connect, so it makes comparing long rides a real pain. And the fact that no rides since the middle of June are included is ticking me off something royal. Come on guys, you've been working on this roll-out for well over a year, do you think you could have had everything ready to go before you forced us to make the switch?!

And I want weather info, and I want it now!!!