Open Preparation › Routes, tap Plan then Import a GPX/FIT/TCX track, and choose the file. You can also open the file from another app and choose BikeCompanion.
From the app #
- Tap Choose a file and select your .gpx, .fit or .tcx file.
- Check the name and set the options: Navigation instructions, Public route, Place the route in a collection (PRO).
- Tap Save route.
From another app #
Tap the file (attachment, download, Komoot or Strava export), then Open with or Share, and choose BikeCompanion. The import screen opens with the file already loaded.
If the app shows “Error: Invalid GPX file.”, the file isn’t a readable GPX, FIT or TCX, or it contains no track.
The “Navigation instructions” option #
On by default, it snaps the track to the roads on the map and creates the voice guidance instructions (PRO). Turned off, the track stays as it is, without voice guidance. Turn it off if the track must be followed to the meter, or if it goes along a trail that isn’t on the maps.
For a road route, set the bike type to Road before importing (see Why does the route take a dirt path?).
Adding navigation afterwards (PRO) #
On the page of a route imported without instructions, tap “Tap here to add navigation to this route.”, check the proposed path, then tap Save. The route then becomes editable.
On a computer #
On the web planner, choose Import, then drag and drop the file.
For a ride you’ve already done, see Import your activities.
