Originally Posted by
Steve B.
OK I'll bite.
The Edge Explore manual states you have 2 options when you choose "Back To Start". One of the options is "Along Same Route".
I assume that would mean the device will follow the ride/track in reverse. If you have been following a Course/Route without deviating, then the device should be simply reversing the planned route.
Is that not what happens ?
Not really.
"Follow the ride/track in reverse" and "simply reversing the planned route" aren't the same thing. (I'm
pretty sure you know that.) They are never the same (they could be fairly close).
These options (which I mentioned two days ago: the 1030 has the same options) only process the recorded track.
You don't need a course (it doesn't use the course information at all).
As far as the reversal feature is concerned, there is no course.
Also, you can't get these options from a course.
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Note that the units provide an option to convert a recorded ride into a course (I suspect the unit just copies the file!).
As it happens, the course file contains (more or less) the same kind of information as a recorded track. That is, a course and a track are, basically, the same thing (courses tend to have fewer points than tracks).
That is, there isn't really any reason the units can't provide the option to reverse a course. They just don't.