Trailforks - yes, that old chestnut!

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Lloyd

When my Wahoo Bolt got smashed in a big off the new Bolt had just been released, but was out of stock. I didn't want a Garmin (just my personal preference) and so I looked around and came across the Karoo. I watched some YouTube videos on the Karoo 2 which had not long been released and it looked great.

Unfortunately I didn't even consider that it wouldn't include Trailforks integration, given I'd read that the original Karoo had it. I do road cycle, but I am predominantly a mountain biker and an e-mtb'er. Not having Trailforks integration has rendered by Karoo almost obsolete. It's a great little bike comp, but it's just not well suited at all for mountain bikers. In fact it's clearly and squarely aimed at road cyclists only. And before people say you can import GPX files, yes, I know. But you would be importing literally hundreds of them, even for a single location like Surrey Hills in the UK.

I've seen woolly commitment after woolly commitment to it coming at some point, but clearly mtb'ers are not the primary audience.

Today I ordered a Bolt 2, tomorrow my Karoo 2 will be on eBay.

Sorry Hammerhead, I tried to be patient, but it ran out. 

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    Ali

    Lloyd, sorry that we could not commit to a Trailforks integration yet. But we hope you will be back with us at some point in time. We do have it on our radar, and we will continue to work towards matching all our user's demands.

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    Ricardo Hernandez

    Any updates on Trailforks or any MTB focused application?

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    Ali

    Currently there are development efforts to recognise the MTB paths and improved routing for the MTBers on the Karoo itself. Trailforks still exists as an integration opportunity in our backlog.

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    Mark Zeman

    Any updates Ali, seems it has been 3 years since you mentioned MTB data is being worked on but so far nothing has shipped? No wonder people are giving up.

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    Ali

    Hi Mark, unfortunately there are discussion within the team but no concrete date for the integration. We know we want to do this, but other priorities are currently blocking the path for the Trailforks. I will push our team to consider this request once again and use your recent comments to upvote.

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    Reinhard Plietsch
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    wow, this is the call I needed to sell off my K2 and move on to Garmin. Thx 4 making the choice so easy for the nany of us who are riding MTB.

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    Tom Mueller

    Just throwing in another vote to see Trailforks integration.   Just bought a K3 and that's something I'm missing.  Aside from that, liking the unit.

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    Reinhard Plietsch

    Hi y'all - pls throw all your votes on a single thread / feature request, otherwise it will be diluted in votes and never be considered, I'm afraid. This is what past HH practice has shown, unfortunately.

    Thread with highest votes to finally integrate Trailforks (after 3+ yrs begging for it!) > https://support.hammerhead.io/hc/en-us/community/posts/1260802074889-Really-hoping-Trailforks-gets-added-to-the-K2

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