Turn, Turn Turn
06-16-16, 01:54 PM
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Turn, Turn Turn
Tonight's club ride is 35 miles long and there are thirty two cues. I think the longest gap between cues is 3 miles. Jeez.
06-16-16, 01:56 PM
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Thought this was going to be a cadence post, but you went another way.
06-16-16, 02:02 PM
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3 miles is a long distance between turns in my experience.
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I can never follow cue sheets while riding. Ride with GPS for turn by turn seems to work OK.
06-16-16, 02:40 PM
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You need to try making some Strava drawings.
https://www.bikeforums.net/general-cy...-drawings.html
I tried my hand at it (Giro d'Italia). Whew, a LOT of turns.
https://www.bikeforums.net/general-cy...-drawings.html
I tried my hand at it (Giro d'Italia). Whew, a LOT of turns.
06-16-16, 04:04 PM
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There was a local supported ride that I was supposed to help as a volunteer on event day, so I went and pre-rode the Metric course to get the lay of the land, as it were. The cue sheet was 65 turns. The middle of the ride had a 19 mile stretch with 2 cues, and then 12 of them in the last 3 miles (where they tacked on some loop-de-loos to make the distance.) Oy.
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06-16-16, 04:48 PM
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Here are a couple of moderately convoluted rides I went on recently.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/7382901?no_redir=1 (156 entries on RWGPS cue sheet for 50 miles)
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/4390111?no_redir=1 (151 entries on RWGPS cue sheet for 50 miles)
Every corner was marked, with very few repeats. So, one might arrive at the same corner in different directions with unambiguous pavement markings.
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/7382901?no_redir=1 (156 entries on RWGPS cue sheet for 50 miles)
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/4390111?no_redir=1 (151 entries on RWGPS cue sheet for 50 miles)
Every corner was marked, with very few repeats. So, one might arrive at the same corner in different directions with unambiguous pavement markings.
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1. Follow the crowd.
2. If I'm in the front, I repeatedly ask the ride leader behind me if this next road is the one we turn on.
3. If those 2 fail, And I am in. Front, I miss the turn, and as everyone else turns, I do a quick u-turn and go back and end up at the back of the group.
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06-16-16, 11:56 PM
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Hmm, I guess it did fall under Rampant
Anyway, they were the route markers to follow. There were a half dozen to mark the zoo entrance. The route markers did well, although we lost the route once... only to see riders wizzing past heading downhill... so we just missed an extra climb somewhere and just re-joined the ride.
One can program the routes into Strava. One doesn't get the fancy cue sheets, but even the free version supports routes (without verbal cues).. Segments can get a bit distracting for a complex route in town though. But, they can be turned off.
Anyway, they were the route markers to follow. There were a half dozen to mark the zoo entrance. The route markers did well, although we lost the route once... only to see riders wizzing past heading downhill... so we just missed an extra climb somewhere and just re-joined the ride.
One can program the routes into Strava. One doesn't get the fancy cue sheets, but even the free version supports routes (without verbal cues).. Segments can get a bit distracting for a complex route in town though. But, they can be turned off.
06-17-16, 11:23 AM
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Depends where you ride. In the Northeast there can be more turn cues than miles in a ride. Places out West it might average 1 every 10-20 miles...or fewer. I only needed a GPS riding in the East.
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