Converting a via to a shaping point
Posted: Fri May 12, 2023 3:22 pm
I am finalizing routes for a long ride to West Virginia next month and am curious about behavior of vias that I subsequently mark as shaping points.
The pre-planned routes from New England Riders are excellent, but they have some scenic overlook detours/stops that I would like to eliminate. In some cases the easiest thing to do is delete them and make sure there aren't any shaping points left that guide you to/from the overlooks when they are located a short distance off the main route. And for some of the vias, which are right on the route, telling them not to announce obviously has no effect on the route. Will simply marking a via as "do not alert" turn it into a shaping point? And if do skip the former via for any reason (detour, etc.), will marking it as a shaping point avoid the problem of the XT thinking I have skipped a via and calling for U-turns?
I will be riding with someone using a zumo 660, which doesn't know from shaping points, so this is an important question for us.
-dan
The pre-planned routes from New England Riders are excellent, but they have some scenic overlook detours/stops that I would like to eliminate. In some cases the easiest thing to do is delete them and make sure there aren't any shaping points left that guide you to/from the overlooks when they are located a short distance off the main route. And for some of the vias, which are right on the route, telling them not to announce obviously has no effect on the route. Will simply marking a via as "do not alert" turn it into a shaping point? And if do skip the former via for any reason (detour, etc.), will marking it as a shaping point avoid the problem of the XT thinking I have skipped a via and calling for U-turns?
I will be riding with someone using a zumo 660, which doesn't know from shaping points, so this is an important question for us.
-dan