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Old 08-11-23 | 07:16 PM
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Upfisk
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I've ridden with an Edge 530 for several years and hate the buttons, zooming in and out on a trail junction to see which trail I want, and Don't use about 90% of the features. Contacted Garmin about the new Edge Explore 2, does it have Trailforks? Absolutely. Great. My local area opened a new trail about 2 years ago. It is not on my 530 Trailforks data base. I connected the 530 to my computer and via Garmin Express updated all Trailforks maps, took about an hour. The new trail is now on the map on my 530. Just bought an Edge Explore 2. Managed to connect to Garmin Connect and Connect IQ, then updated apps which gave me Trailforks and Connect IQ, and a Trailforks icon now appears on the Explore 2. Clicking on Trailforks it wants my user name and password. I do just happen to subscribe to Trailforks so not a problem. But on the 530 Trailforks is built in, no subscription is necessary. Once my account is accepted there are still fewer Trailforks maps on my device than exist. I click on local routes and only 10 or 12 show up, there are well over 100 trails. And now to get them on Explore 2 each has to be downloaded. I am returning Explore 2, just putting up with all the buttons on the 530 as Trailforks plus a good road map is what I want. When biking a very complex system such as Phil's World in Colorado there are sometimes 4 or more trails at a junction. I Don't preplan my riding, generally I want blue or green. I'll pick my next trail at the junction not at home. This cannot be done with the Explore 2. It is difficult zooming in and out with buttons on the 530, but at least all trails can be seen.
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