Is there an easy way to do this, stupid garmin froze halfway up the hill. So I’ve got the first part and the second.

suggestions – I know mtfu, but I did a lot of climbing on the weekend!

https://www.fitfiletools.com/#/top

You can upload your rides, then download the gpx. Copy and paste the second ride into the first ride inside the <whatever></whatever> tags using notepad and then re upload. It takes a bit of tinkering to do but it can be done. There’s probably a program out there that can stitch rides together for you.

Here you go: You’ll need them as GPX’s though first
http://joewein.net/bike/gpxmerge/

[/quote]https://www.fitfiletools.com/#/top

How do I make my gpx into a fit file?

You can upload your rides, then download the gpx. Copy and paste the second ride into the first ride inside the <whatever></whatever> tags using notepad and then re upload. It takes a bit of tinkering to do but it can be done. There’s probably a program out there that can stitch rides together for you.
WHOA – just opened it in notepad…that’s beyond me!

[/quote]http://joewein.net/bike/gpxmerge/

have just tried that all I get is

gpxmerge: Unexpected Content-Type in file upload form data

🙁

I use Fit File Tools as indicated by dirtyrider.

Plug your Garmin in to your computer. It should now appear as a device in Explorer (on Windows) or Finder (on Mac).
Find a folder on the Garmin called “Activities”. In here are all the recordings of your rides, they have odd looking names but you can figure out which ones you are interested in as they will have the most recent date.
Copy these files to your computer, ideally to a new folder with an obvious name.
Now go to fitfiletools.com and chose the “File Combiner”, this will then ask you for the files – go to wherever you copied the files to and select them and follow the instructions.
FFT will create a new file for you, save it with a suitable name.
In Strava, choose “Upload from file” and upload your ride.

HTH

thanks all, will try tonight x

If you have a look at the header and footer information of the two GPX files in Notepad, it is quite easy to identify which bits you need to cut and combine to make one unbroken record. Then just save it as a [NEWNAME].gpx file and you’re all done.