Great to know, this was the big reason I went for a 830 on my last head unit. Now, if only wahoo can stick around long enough until I need a new one!
Looking forward to seeing what the maps look like, the old mapping was terrible for mountain biking.
…so…tell us how you really feel Shane.
That’s awful. What’s the point? Looks like I’ll be sticking with Garmin
Bummer. I tried following Strava MTB routes before on my Elemnt and had a similar experience. I was hoping they had improved trail routing for implementing Trail Forks. Looks like they just rushed something out to improve the feature list comparison vs Garmin.
I need a video of you tearing this implementation apart. I love it when a company deserves a flogging and you give it to them. 
I’ve never been impressed by trailforks. The maps are all just jumbled messes of sharp angled lines that don’t actually show the full trails or intersections.
Have you tried this on Garmin? Was it different? I’m curious if it’s a function of the integration, the Wahoo UI, or maybe GPS accuracy.
I’ve always found Trailforks hard to follow when just napping, and in any situations where the trails are tight, twisty, and often overlap.
That’s with both Garmin (830) and Wahoo (Bolt V2).
I honestly carry my phone for this now. I often need a big screen with fast zooming to figure those kinds of things out…
Thanks! Sounds like it’s not specific to the Wahoo implementation then, but more of a similar problem across head unit manufacturers…
I’ve always used Trailforks on my 830 as somewhat of a “give me the general direction I need to go”. For the more popular trails around me, it seems fine, I agree, when there’s intersections, it gets confusing and I find myself pulling out the phone.
Few inherent problems in general…
- screen size and resolution makes it hard
- touch screen on garmin isn’t really sensitive enough to move around where you need so it’s often a pain in the ass panning on the map. Can’t even imagine using this on a 530 or wahoo where you pan around the map with buttons
- without a clear view of the sky, it’s often working off where it thinks you are, which is usually fine, pain in the ass at an intersection.
- agree, hammerhead could be great, but I use di2 on other bikes and my head unit is my main battery indicator. I know there’s workarounds but just want it to work
Roadie’s expectations of MTB trail navigation are super ambitious! It’s not a road. I’ve been in group trail rides of 20+ people and everyone’s trail path from their head unit is slightly different, not to mention their elevation gain/loss. There are no exact trail routes and if you expect precise directions at tricky intersections you’ll always be disappointed. In the forest, it’s just not that precise and technology is not there, probably never will be. It does well with left versus right but not slightly left versus straight for example.
And Outside owns PinkBike, so that all checks out….
yes, trails change season over season and I dont expect it to know where the big oak tree is, but having a usable map to keep you on course with established trails isnt a huge task to ask for, considering this is a paid feature.
Ill crap on outside as much as the next guy, but I havnt seen functionality go downhill on garmin since their takeover, and its never been a secret that pinkbike owns trailforks. Trailforks was the deciding factor to get a garmin over wahoo last year when I needed a new headunit, and i certainly dont regret that decision. I do miss the simplicity of a Roam and really hope they can figure this out!
I used this at the weekend. Agreed the trail mapping still sucks. It is like the 1980’s. There doesn’t seem to be any advantage of syncing the route from Trailforks than Strava or Komoot.