Doggone Ride Planner
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Cruiser
Joined: Jun 2016
Posts: 154
Likes: 100
From: Wisconsin
Thanks. I did this and it worked. Now the entire ride shows up on the Nav display, with my previous destinations now converted to waypoints.
Novice
Joined: Mar 2019
Posts: 23
Likes: 11
From: The Woodlands, TX
If it is a 4 lane or more road you may have to zoom in to make sure you have it on the proper side of the street. So if your rout is generally going east to west and you drag a part of it to a another road and plop it on the east bound side it will cause that. That has save me some frustration once I figured that out. Also, if i am not familiar with the area, I have clicked on a one way and gotten a strang double back. For the most part, once getting past the learning curve, I love the convenience of mapping out a route, having it automatically on my phone and having it easily get to the BB GTS from my phone.
Grand HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 3,820
Likes: 589
From: Michigan
Ride Planner DOES break up the route. Every destination to next destination is a separate route within the Ride Planner GPX file. If you want the Ride Planner GPX file to contain just a single route, all intermediate destinations must be converted to waypoints before saving/exporting. This is as designed. You can see this when importing a Ride Planner GPX file: you are given a choice to enter just the first route (file name) or you can select ALL & then select the individual routes that were imported from the same GPX file.
Ride Planner DOES break up the route. Every destination to next destination is a separate route within the Ride Planner GPX file. If you want the Ride Planner GPX file to contain just a single route, all intermediate destinations must be converted to waypoints before saving/exporting. This is as designed. You can see this when importing a Ride Planner GPX file: you are given a choice to enter just the first route (file name) or you can select ALL & then select the individual routes that were imported from the same GPX file.
If it is a 4 lane or more road you may have to zoom in to make sure you have it on the proper side of the street. So if your rout is generally going east to west and you drag a part of it to a another road and plop it on the east bound side it will cause that. That has save me some frustration once I figured that out. Also, if i am not familiar with the area, I have clicked on a one way and gotten a strang double back. For the most part, once getting past the learning curve, I love the convenience of mapping out a route, having it automatically on my phone and having it easily get to the BB GTS from my phone.
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 1,183
Likes: 719
From: Indianapolis
After a horrible experience with the point to point segmentation last year, I've been playing with the planner and using waypoints to get to the roads I want to ride. Predicting the behavior isn't fun. For example, I'm trying to plan a long ride. So waypoints to force the desired route will work. But, it's not single session ride. There will be stops for biobreaks, food, fuel, etc. So what happens? Does it restart automatically? Do you have to restart the trip and then remember how many waypoints you are into it so you can skip them and it won't route you back? I've been trying to do some little short rides around home to try and figure this all out, but it's not been going well.
Novice
Joined: Mar 2019
Posts: 23
Likes: 11
From: The Woodlands, TX
After a horrible experience with the point to point segmentation last year, I've been playing with the planner and using waypoints to get to the roads I want to ride. Predicting the behavior isn't fun. For example, I'm trying to plan a long ride. So waypoints to force the desired route will work. But, it's not single session ride. There will be stops for biobreaks, food, fuel, etc. So what happens? Does it restart automatically? Do you have to restart the trip and then remember how many waypoints you are into it so you can skip them and it won't route you back? I've been trying to do some little short rides around home to try and figure this all out, but it's not been going well.
I made a couple trips from home (Houston area) to Baton Rouge recently to see family. I put in my destination and simply took whatever route I wanted. I didn't need directions since I know where I was going but I wanted the stats from the trip. When I arrived I could see how long it took, how many stops I made, the average MPH and MPG, etc. One thing to consider is if you stop to get get gas at the pump then pull into a parking space to take an extended break it will count that as 2 stops since you are technically starting and stopping twice. I like to put the ride on pause for this as I approach my stopping point.
I know, kinda geeky, but I like to see the number of stops etc and an accurate average speed for the trip. Helps me get an idea of how long and how many stops to plan for on extended trips. First bike I have had that had these fancy bells and whistles!
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Road Master
Joined: Apr 2018
Posts: 1,183
Likes: 719
From: Indianapolis
I just want to make sure I understand how to use the tool. I think I goofed and I picked a destination other than a "trip" because I never got a waypoint. Since I wrote my previous post, I've created 3 different test rides just around my neighborhood so I know exactly where the waypoints and turns are and can focus on what the system is doing.
Road Captain
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 568
Likes: 147
From: Georgia
After a horrible experience with the point to point segmentation last year, I've been playing with the planner and using waypoints to get to the roads I want to ride. Predicting the behavior isn't fun. For example, I'm trying to plan a long ride. So waypoints to force the desired route will work. But, it's not single session ride. There will be stops for biobreaks, food, fuel, etc. So what happens? Does it restart automatically? Do you have to restart the trip and then remember how many waypoints you are into it so you can skip them and it won't route you back? I've been trying to do some little short rides around home to try and figure this all out, but it's not been going well.