The pot hole thread.

[Milzy]

The other day my Garmin head unit alerted me to a few pot holes. How do you report them for us Garmin users to see? One looked like it was already filled. Sadly many were not inputted.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

https://www8.garmin.com/manuals/web...UID-B10C8BAD-B836-4D32-848A-63EE6B108650.html

 

[Dogtrousers]

The other day my Garmin head unit alerted me to a few pot holes. How do you report them for us Garmin users to see? One looked like it was already filled. Sadly many were not inputted.

I'm not terribly keen on that new feature. I found it would start nagging me about a pothole, repeatedly from quite a distance. That pothole could well be on the other side of the road. Then afterwards it started nagging me about whether I'd seen it or not. I decided that all that attention would be better spent looking out for potholes. So I switched it off.

 

[Mike Ayling]

The other day my Garmin head unit alerted me to a few pot holes. How do you report them for us Garmin users to see? One looked like it was already filled. Sadly many were not inputted.

I have no intention of ever acquiring a garmin

 

[Chief Broom]

I have a 'favourite' pothole on a regular route which ive sworn at umpteen times its a sneaky stealth pothole and not very visible until ive jarred my fillings yet again. I keep thinking to get some yellow grease chalk and mark it for myself and others but still havent got round to it. Spose i could get a garmin and beat it into the hole with a hammer that would level it up a bit....

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I'm not terribly keen on that new feature. I found it would start nagging me about a pothole, repeatedly from quite a distance. That pothole could well be on the other side of the road. Then afterwards it started nagging me about whether I'd seen it or not. I decided that all that attention would be better spent looking out for potholes. So I switched it off.

Same here. It’s useful seeing them shown on Garmin Connect when planning a route. But a pain when actually out riding.

 

[wiggydiggy]

Does Garmin pass on this info to the local authority? Because the only site I use to normally report PHs is https://www.gov.uk/report-pothole

 

[Milzy]

Does Garmin pass on this info to the local authority? Because the only site I use to normally report PHs is https://www.gov.uk/report-pothole

Sadly they don’t it’s just for the users. It also has animals, obstruction & slippery surface reporting. I think it will become a distraction and get turned off.
However on a group ride people should just point to them. Some shout very loud & make people jump. There’s just no need for it.

 

[wiggydiggy]

Sadly they don’t it’s just for the users. It also has animals, obstruction & slippery surface reporting. I think it will become a distraction and get turned off.
However on a group ride people should just point to them. Some shout very loud & make people jump. There’s just no need for it.

I'll have a play with my Garmin Edge later, I mostly use it for tracking not following a route but some things (road closure?) could be useful.

 

[Milzy]

I'll have a play with my Garmin Edge later, I mostly use it for tracking not following a route but some things (road closure?) could be useful.

Yep, I’m not that far from fish lakes near Doncaster and after heavy rain roads can be blocked unless you walk through knee deep.

 

[Profpointy]

How about Cueto Coventosa in Northern Spain.

A short entrance tunnel leads to a 300m vertical shaft, though there is a ledge 200m down. A rather exciting abseil but you don't have to come back up as you can walk out the bottom - which takes some 12 hours or so.

Picture is a side view so to speak rather than a plan.

Ah, you didn't mean that sort of pothole ...