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  1. #1
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    Aug 2012
    Location
    Columbus, IN
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    I hate the new Garmin Site too. I usually just keep my rides/runs in Strava (I don't care how I compare to people, it's easy for me to use and intuitive as well), but unfortunately Strava stopped supporting uploading directly from my garmin devices and just now connects to the Garmin Connect Site. Luckily, its been working but I still have to have the garmin plugins on my computer.

    I have plotted rides in Ride with GPS and downloaded them to my garmin. I'll have to check out uploading rides there too, maybe I'll like it better than Strava (and not have to deal with all of the plugins).

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Sep 2012
    Location
    Fort Worth, TX
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    Strava for reviewing rides, Ride with GPS for mapping new routes, and Garmin Connect for device interface.
    A lot of people in my area upload to Strava including several of my friends. I get to see how and where my peers are riding and track my personal performance.
    I'm a numbers girl and enjoy the post-ride stats analysis.

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    Uncanny Valley
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    I hate the new Garmin Connect, too. For the time being, you can still use the Classic interface for everything except Workouts, but I don't know how much longer they'll support it.

    IAE, for my training log I've been using SportTracks since forever, like since it was true shareware. Their desktop app (Windows only - it's the only thing I use in Windows) can be used independently of their cloud service. Really like it, highly customizable, can view all the data from a Garmin watch including some that Garmin's own site won't show me, lots of plug-ins available.

    RideWithGPS for mapping new routes, also.
    Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
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    Quote Originally Posted by OakLeaf View Post
    For the time being, you can still use the Classic interface for everything except Workouts, but I don't know how much longer they'll support it.
    Yep. They keep threatening to kick me off. When the old site absolutely stops working, I guess I'll move (probably somewhere other than Garmin). Until then....
    Most days in life don't stand out, But life's about those days that will...

  5. #5
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
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    The only reason I started using Garmin Connect at all is because when I was working with a coach two years ago, that's the site he uses. Then when I got a watch with wireless upload, it's not only really convenient to hit that button at the end of a workout; it's also reassuring when I travel to a race without my laptop, to be able to upload it via my phone right away, rather than worrying whether I might physically lose the watch or have a software issue lose the record of the race, before I get home.
    Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Jun 2005
    Location
    Illinois
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    I downloaded the Ride With GPS app to my phone - but the Garmin is what I've got a handlebar mount for until I figure oiut something for the phone (and we'll see what it does battery-wise but there may be some creativity happening there, too).

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Sep 2007
    Location
    Uncanny Valley
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    You can upload and download to/from RwGPS to a Garmin device.

    Used to be you had to crunch a route through BikeRouteToaster to get it into the multi-sport watches for navigation purposes, but it's been so long I don't even know if that's the case any more.
    Speed comes from what you put behind you. - Judi Ketteler

 

 

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