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I meant for other rides here - training rides and audaxes where I don't have a 'race' SPOT tracker and my missus might want to know where I am.
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With Garmin's Live Tracking all the GPS device is doing is sending GPS info to the Garmin Connect app on a phone via BlueTooth. It's the phone that then uses its data connection to update the service.
Can't imagine (even with Garmin's level of fuckwittery) the GPS device being the problem. But being reliant on the battery in both the GPS and the phone, and worrying about having data coverage is going to be the bigger concern.
I've only used the Live Tracking once (on a run) to test it out and see what it gives (not a huge amount of info). If I go for a run on Sunday morning I'll try and remember to set it up and post the link here (the link stays live for 24 hours I think so it might not be great for endurance events anyway).
I meant for other rides here - training rides and audaxes where I don't have a 'race' SPOT tracker and my missus might want to know where I am.
Buy your own SPOT tracker. A SPOT Gen3 can be found for £80 or so second hand (eBay) and the service plan (for online tracking) is roughly ~£100 a year: http://www.findmespot.eu/en/index.php?cid=110
You can then use your own SPOT tracker in any of the big races (TCR/TransAm/TourDivide/etc).
Greenbank
In the TransAm and TCR they give you a tracker that uses batteries, don't know how it will upload GPS data, but for sure the Edge 1000/810 will need to be paired with the mobile phone via bluetooth, so it can upload live data using whatever connection the phone can get on the road (remember to get an american SIM card)