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Just some of the many TUTORIALS on the site…

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How to backup and transfer your Garmin edge 800 settings

It can take a while to personalise your Garmin exactly the way you want it. Here’s the easy way to back up and restore all those settings.

Here’s a Chrome extension to make Strava more about YOU.

What’s the first thing you do when you’ve just uploaded a ride to Strava? Check out the segment list to see if you got any decent rankings?

How to set your Home location on a Garmin Edge 800

Remember when you got your first car sat nav, and you could set your Home location, so that no matter where you were, you could always get it to navigate you back home? Read on to find out how your Garmin Edge 800 can do the same thing.

Garmin Edge Elevation

How to use your Garmin Edge elevation screen to climb hills more effectively.

Hills are the marmite of cycling. Some love them, others will do anything to avoid them. Here’s a technique anyone can use to gain a psychological advantage when climbing hills, using a Garmin edge GPS.

Liven up your Strava feed with Instagram cycling photos

Strava has enabled links with Instagram for at least 6 months, but very few people seem to use it. Perhaps they’re all too busy riding their bikes. If you’ve seen photos on other people’s activities and wondered how they got there, read on. It’s very easy to do.

Transfer GPX file to Garmin

Readers questions: Transfer GPX file to Garmin?

I frequently get questions from readers, and one that crops up quite often goes something like this – “I’m doing a sportive event soon and I’ve downloaded the GPX of the route. How do I transfer the GPX file to my Garmin?”

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