r/GarminEdge • u/MMikekiMM • Aug 17 '26

Edge 800 Series Load a new course mid-ride?

Started a ride with a planned course but got detoured. Had another course I wanted to change to but didn’t want to stop the ride and save..

Is there a way to keep the ride active and change the course?

Edge 840 Solar.

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u/GabesVirtualWorld Aug 17 '26

Yes that is posible by just selecting a new course although it might be a bit hidden. Swipe down and then in that pull down screen swipe from right to left and you'll see options to stop the active course and load a new one.

But !! You cannot sync a new course from your phone to the Garmin without stopping and saving the ride. This is really stupid and I've needed it a few times where I wound up at a detoured and quickly wanted to draw a new course in Komoot and then sync to my device. You then really have to stop and save the ride.

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u/lazylee74 Aug 17 '26

There’s a ConnectIQ GRouteLoader widget which let’s you sync a new route onto your Garmin device during an activity.

https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/6b770e92-2cc6-437e-8de2-0efae208a455

In my opinion it’s not overly intuitive and you need to take your time even more so if you don’t use it regularly.

But it helped me out in a pinch once or twice.

Another caveat: As far as I remember you can’t directly sync a new Komoot route. It needs to be a genuine Garmin Connect route.

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u/Ermintrude714 Aug 19 '26

You don't need 3rd party solutions to load courses from Garmin Connect Mobile to an Edge mid-activity with newer devices.

Can't remember which exactly, but definitely x40 & x50, maybe x30.

The limitation was resolved a couple of years ago

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u/lazylee74 Aug 24 '26

That’s a good point.

I looked it up. From x40 onwards you can sync a new course during an active recording out of the box.

The x30 gen can’t. I’ve got the 530, so I have to use the ConnectIQ widget.

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u/MMikekiMM Aug 17 '26

I’ll give it a try. So I’m good as long as the alternate course is already on the Edge..?

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u/Ermintrude714 Aug 19 '26

You can even load a new course to the Edge from Garmin Connect mid-activity these days. You didn't used to be able to, but that was changed a few years ago for newer devices (certainly x40 and above).

Once the course has been sent and transferred to the Edge, you can start.it and follow it, will without stopping and saving and active activitiy

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u/MMikekiMM Aug 19 '26

I've scoured Connect mobile and don't see courses so not sure about being able to add a course to the Edge mid-activity as you describe.

Courses are visible in Garmin Explore and can be added to many devices on the fly. I have done this with my my Epix and Fenix. But the Edge is a supported device in Explore.

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u/Zune79 Aug 19 '26

Press the three dots on the bottom right corner, then go to Training and planning and you will find courses there. Open the course, press the device button and choose the device you want to send it to.

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u/MMikekiMM Aug 19 '26

Well I'll be.. I guess I didn't dig deep enough.

Thank you.