Elemnt Roam v1 stops navigating after the START/STOP of Ride With GPS Loop

Equipment
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I’ve had my first go at navigating loops downloaded from Ride With GPS with my Elemnt Roam v1 and encountered some hiccups. Not sure if I have not yet fully understood how the Roam works with these kinds of downloaded routes or have simply done something incorrectly.

I downloaded two loop rides for an area that I am visiting. My starting point was not on the routes but not far off - perhaps a kilometre away. When I tried to use the “take me to the route feature” of the Elemnt app, I got an error measure on the Roam screen saying that it could not calculate a route. What would cause this kind of message?

I was able find my way to the routes and from that point on saw the route marked on the Roam with black chevrons and received turn-by-turn directions. However, I did not join the routes at the officially designated start/stop of the ride on the Ride With GPS map and when I reached this point the navigation stopped. No big fanfare congratulating me on finishing the ride, just no more navigation. Is this normal? Is there a way to join a route at something other than the officially designated start/stop and have the navigation continue for the whole route?

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I don’t know why the “take me to the start” feature failed, regarding your other questions:

Yes, once you ride through the end of a route navigation just stops - there is an audible cue but that’s all.

If what you are asking is “I have a route where the start and end are the same point, if I join the route somewhere other than the start, when I reach the end is there a way to make it automatically continue to the point where I joined the route” I think the answer is “No”.

A workaround would be once you pass the end point manually restart navigation, ride to the point where you originally joined the route and then (manually) end navigation.

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Thanks for the feedback. I’ll take up the error in the “take me too” option with Wahoo tech support and report back if they suggest an explanation or solution.