Totally worth it if there's a Trailforks Apple Watch GPS tracking app soon. Newsletter Settings, Viewing 15 posts - 1 through 15 (of 15 total), Premier Partners for Singletrack issues & exclusive subscriber perks, Metcheck MTB Weather Forecasts At A Glance, Singletrack Wisecracker Headset Spacer Bottle Opener, Canyon suspends UK order shipments blaming Brexit uncertainty. For this we have come up with a simple plan that will incorporate the social distancing practices, if we can’t follow simple protocols we will cancel the plan. The Takeaway: A polished and refined GPS cycling computer with great features and few flaws. With the Trailforks app, you can save your favorite trail routes or browse for routes nearby. Do most GPS use there own mapping software? If the Garmin runs out i can use the phone as a back up to get me back to the car. The 935 reportedly has better GPS accuracy due to that plastic casing not causing interference with the GPS signal. Trailforks scans ridelogs to determine which trails are ridden the most in the last 9 months. That’s super sweet, but I’m doing that now by quadlock and an iphone. ‎Trailforks is a mountain bike trail database with over 130,000 trails. I’d like to get a gps but they appear very expensive, would I be better off getting a second hand smart phone and using trailforks? (Happy to pay) When I use the app you get tiny little sections of trail, Jacobs ladder for example. Your IP: 128.199.164.111 They are expensive but at least no supscription is needed and you can use the Trailforks overlay for free. @pampmyride what battery life do you get out of the Cubot? Great Britain Topo Maps is great for route following & finding new tracks. Harold makes a good point about how GPS navigation is very road centric. Generally I ride trail centres as I live in a fairly crap place for mtb, recently I did the ladybower loop with a friend. Pretty much. I pinch routes off Strava ,upload gpx then create route. If you are at an office or shared network, you can ask the network administrator to run a scan across the network looking for misconfigured or infected devices. But more importantly, rub our mate’s nose in it … *lots of mapping/route finding uses google maps as a base which isn’t often brilliant when it comes to off road. I see trailforks are starting to charge. Premier Club I get maybe 90 minutes on the phone vs 24 hours on the edge 530 (screen-on time). Remi Thirion and Commencal parts ways after 8 years! Is trailforks the best option for this? Beautiful screen, easy to use, and smooth integration with Strava, Training Peaks, Ride With GPS… The jury is still out. When looking at devices to buy, do look at the DC Rainmaker website, very in depth reviews which are really helpful. It was okay for giving you a general idea of where you were going but not that good for following a proper route on a map. Trailforks is the worlds largest mountain biking trail map that now also supports other trail activities such as hiking, moto, skiing and horseback. Where I do find Trailforks good is on trips to USA/Canada where the number of mapped trails and routes seem much higher. Posted: Sep 19, 2017 at 8:50 Quote: Elevation gain can be really inaccurate. He’s got a Garmin so I went on trailforks downloaded the route and sent to him. When plotting or stealing a route I will now check ahead for these and then mark them in Garmin Connect so it beeps and just remember at x beep keep left or right. Here is my guide to help you choose the best mountain biking GPS watch. Classifieds Rules Login/cookie issues? Data Fields; VO2 Max. The biggest perk for me is the battery life of a GPS unit. So obvious! More recently started using the Cubot Kingkong mini – cheap, small & large memory, but battery is small, so now add a small powerbank £2.80! I like mtb project, and other non-strava, non trailforks apps. Another way to prevent getting this page in the future is to use Privacy Pass. They are expensive but still cheaper than buying a replacement phone and ebay always has loads of deals. Back Country Navigator is good, £7.99 I think for the app and you get full UK OS maps. And if you use the Trailforks App to record your rides you also earn 2x Entry points per mile ridden. I pinch routes from where-ever (magazines, websites, strava etc) and import them to my Garmin 530. Just need to know where I am sometimes. Added protections against injecting bad GPS ephemeris data that could come from older versions of Garmin Express. Trailforks CIQ app now works on the Garmin wearables like the Forerunner and Fenix watches.Check out the article about some of the useful features when following a route with a watch. If you are on a personal connection, like at home, you can run an anti-virus scan on your device to make sure it is not infected with malware. 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