Maps or directions for new routes. How do you do it?
 

When you're planning to ride a new route, someplace you haven't done before, how do you carry or attach the directions so you know where to turn, how far to travel on each leg, etc? We're planning to try a couple of new routes that have lots of turns and we're trying to figure out how to attach the directions for easy reference so we stay on track. I offered to staple them to my buddy's back and ride behind him to call out the turns but he's pretty adamant about finding an alternative.

Thanks for any insights you might have.

Use a bar bag with a map holder.
or


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There are lots of different cue sheet holders out there. Here's one: http://www.cueclip.com/

You can tape or zip tie one of those black metal paper clips to your stem. It's pretty Fredly, but I've done that before. You can always just use an index card in your pocket, but that can be a PITA sometimes.

Then again, you could always get a Garmin.

Holy crap, 10 Wheels. Where do you put your hands? ;)

Bar Bag

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Another fast, fredly alternative: attach with clothespins to front cables.

On a recipe card, in a ziploc sandwich bag, in my jersey pocket.

In your Shorts:

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Uses a clothes pin:

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I use www.ridewithgps.com to plan the route and produce and print the cue sheet and map (FREE!) Within the next few weeks they plan to have the ability to sync the route on to a Garmin. I look forward to riding in upstate NY this summer with routes from RWGPS on my new Garmin 305.

I also carry my Palm Treo 680 that has Tom Tom Navigator 6.0 on it. It as full turn by turn maps and directions, but the route planning, even the "biking" choice, is never quite what I would like. But it can really help in a pinch.

Finally, I keep a map in a plastic bag for the real emergency. Coupled with the GPS I can figure out where I am, and plan a route ad hoc.

Thanks for the input and suggestions. I opted for putting the directions in a plastic ziplock baggie and clipping it to the cables. Seems pretty stable.
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I'd pshop out that tattoo, personally.

If you shorten those route directions up a bit (just put turn R or L and road name) you can tape them in a roll around your top tube. Scroll it around as you go.

Another interesting idea.

i think you're only allowed to snob on chainring tattoos if the person doesn't post a picture of them riding across the country.

Are those pepper spray cannons on the bar ends? :twitchy:

didn't know it was the middle of a 3k mile ride.

Air Horns for dogs and signaling.

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Nope. She was proud of that.

The Only Female to ride 4200 miles in 58 days with Zero Rest Days.

Enjoy the ride here:
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Garmin Edge 705.

Good old fashioned map in a ziploc in my jersey pocket.

Ah okay, great album as well.

Cue sheet holder I picked up in a Decathlon store in France on a handlebar bag I picked up in an MEC in Canada. :)

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I am/will be the cue sheet holder on our tandem. My wife wants to attach the cue sheet to the back of my jersey. We also have a Garmin 705, but no excuse for not having a backup.

I fold routeslips up and stick them in the gripper of my shorts. Then forget about them and drop them into toilets. Then follow other people.

Just an observation, not meant in any mean spirited way, but that is the most Fred cockpit I have ever seen. The mirror must be on you helmet.