Originally Posted by
HobbesOnTour
In my experience most gps units that can plot a route do so poorly. They simply do not have the capacity to get from A to B in the most suitable way for a bicycle. They go for the direct route. In urban situations that may not be ideal.
In my VERY limited experience using a new Edge Explore, I find this to be true. I have not used it on tour yet, but just on local roads within 25 or so miles of home that I know well. When asked to plot a route, it tends to favor more major roads, and where I live that means traffic. I have preferences set to avoid highways and to use "popularity routing" as I believe it is called, but my known routes are much nicer albeit marginally longer.