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Surface Types

Brian Hanley — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 02:24:23 +0000

Want to know if there’s going to be a gnarly gravel section in the middle of your road ride? Or perhaps not be taken off guard by all the tarmac on what you thought was a backcountry bikepacking adventure? Good…

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Cue Review Tool

Tomas Quinones — Thu, 03 May 2018 18:11:26 +0000

The Cue Review Tool is the fastest and easiest way to make sure your cuesheet is just how you want it. It will walk you through each of your cues so you can ensure they’re accurate and make any changes…

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The Split Route Tool

Tomas Quinones — Wed, 02 May 2018 21:11:40 +0000

The Split Route tool allows you to take a longer route and split it into as many smaller routes as you want without affecting the original route. These new routes will also include the POIs of the original route within…

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Working with Adventure Cycling Association Digital Data

Tomas Quinones — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 19:22:47 +0000

Get the most out of routes purchased from the Adventure Cycling Association with Ride with GPS. Using the advanced editing tools available with a Premium subscription, you can combine an ACA route file with the corresponding ACA Services(Points of Interest)…

Keyboard Shortcuts

Tomas Quinones — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 20:32:34 +0000

When planning or editing a route, you can help streamline your workflow by using the keyboard shortcuts listed below. At this time, the shortcuts only work when planning and editing routes, not when viewing a route or ride.

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Advanced Route Planning and Editing

Tomas Quinones — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:22:00 +0000

As a Premium subscriber, you gain access to more advanced tools to help you plan and edit multi-staged routes, combine or split routes, delete entire sections of routes, and easily turn rides into routes. Quick Jump: Delete Section Remove Control…

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The Elevation Profile for Routes

Tomas Quinones — Thu, 12 Feb 2015 00:15:33 +0000

The Elevation Profile offers so much more than just analyzing the difficulty of hills. Interacting with the profile allows you to make selections, place cues, create segments, trim the route, change the color of a route, and more. Outline: Mouse-over…

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Switching Map Styles

Tomas Quinones — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 20:21:44 +0000

When you’re planning a route or viewing a route/ride, you can switch map styles to work in your preferred style. Not all maps have the same routing functionality, so switching maps allows you to gain additional information, or work around…

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Combining and Splitting Routes

Tomas Quinones — Wed, 21 Jan 2015 18:01:59 +0000

Premium subscribers can combine multiple routes or split a long route into many using our simple split and combine tools. For advanced route splitting where you can retain all cue and POI data, please use the Advanced Route Splitting Tool.…

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Flatten Elevation

admin — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:34:56 +0000

Learn how to use our Flatten Elevation tool to correct elevation inaccuracies caused by bridges, tunnels, and tall buildings. All Ride with GPS users can utilize this tool to correct rides they’ve uploaded and routes they’ve planned. This tool will…

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Edit Color On a Section of Route

admin — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 18:14:48 +0000

Learn how to edit the color of any section of a route from the route planner. This is especially useful for highlighting busy roads, tough climbs, segments you want to call out, or anything significant about the route. This feature…

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Create & Customize a Cue Sheet

admin — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 16:26:22 +0000

Premium and Basic members get access to our PDF maps and cue sheets for any route that has cues. These are great for navigation if you don’t have a GPS unit or smartphone, or to pass out to riders participating…

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