Originally Posted by
TimothyH
Also, you have to be a premium (paid) member of RwGPS to do direct write to a Garmin, correct?
Yeah, that's right. What (I think) most people do is use the free RwGPS and then use other means to get the route onto their GPS.
Again, Garmin upgraded the route builder on their own site recently, and it supports turn-by-turn now. I think the only thing RwGPS gets you over Garmin Connect anymore is the ability to edit the text that'll be displayed. So if the default "<- Left on Main" doesn't work for you, RwGPS lets you change that to anything you'd like. I haven't used the newest Garmin routes yet.
Originally Posted by
TimothyH
Again, I use a Polar V650. Flow Web Services allows GPX or TCX route (course) import into what it calls Favorites. Anything marked as a favorite - routes, workouts, etc. - gets synced to the device. Here is what it looks like...
You can sync routes (to be followed), workouts, tracks (historical ride records), user profile info (zones and weight), and probably personal records with a Garmin. But it all looks different as a user. For example, Garmin has the concept of favorites, but that's for your log book, you can favorite things you've done to make them easier to find. You'd use a totally different process to put it on your device.
I've heard that Polar Flow's greatest strength is its training load feature. I haven't used it and don't know anything about how it works. But I've heard Polar does a very good job of this, and Garmin does not. FYI.