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Just some of the many TUTORIALS on the site…

Awesome tips for making the most boring bike videos ever.

With the growing number of GoPro and other sports cameras on the market these days, YouTube now hosts thousands of videos from riders eager to share their experience with the world. So why are most of them so goddamn boring?

How to reverse a GPS track of your bike ride, so you can follow the route the other way around.

In this post, you’ll learn how to reverse a GPS track quickly and simply, so you can ride the same route in the opposite direction.

garmin edge screen backgrounds

Customise your Garmin Edge 800 with these free background wallpaper images.

Here’s another cool way to customise your Edge 800. This time, it’s your own personal background image.

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.

Reader’s Questions: How to rename a Garmin course file?

Have you ever tried to rename a course for your Garmin but couldn’t get it to work? In response to a question from a reader, here’s a simple way to do just that.

How to use Strava to plan your bike maintenance.

Strava users know all about tracking their mileage totals, but did you know you can track mileage on individual components? How many miles have you done on those tyres since you put them on? What about that chain, or the cassette?

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Readers questions: Transfer GPX file to Garmin?

Handy tips and tricks for new Garmin Edge bike GPS owners.

Tutorial: how to install free OSM maps on your Garmin edge 800

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