Originally Posted by
HobbesOnTour
Because it works though an app, once you have your phone you can plan, load and ride routes on the fly.
Currently you need a wifi/data connection to load a route into the app (not the unit - the app), even if the route is already on your phone. Wahoo have assured me that this will be eliminated in an update. When that happens, if you have a maps app on your phone with downloaded maps (eg OSMand), you will have a fully offline ability to plan and then ride a route
Another thing I'll say is that they customer service is top notch.
Sorry for dragging up an old thread, but I wanted to update some info.
Last year I was assured that the need to have a data/Wifi connection to process aroute in the App would be dropped.
In fact, the ticket item was dropped!
Currently a data/Wifi signal is still needed to ping the cloud.
I have been told that the ticket has been reopened, but this is not a priority.
It would help if other users who see the advantage of this would contact Wahoo and ask for the same.
So the situation is that (currently) to create/import a new route you must have a data/wifi signal.
Just wanted to update the information.
Oh, I'm a little less impressed with the customer service too ;-)
Frank