Poll

Do you use a routesheet or a GPS unit when navigating on AUK events?

Only a GPS, routesheet or map is very much a backup
100 (47.6%)
Only a routesheet, might have a map as a backup
34 (16.2%)
Have both a GPS and a routesheet available and refer to both
46 (21.9%)
Have both a routesheet and paper (non electronic) map available
27 (12.9%)
I have a routesheet/GPS but usually follow someone else
2 (1%)
I only do events where I know the route so I don't need anything like that
1 (0.5%)

Total Members Voted: 202

Voting closed: 22 April, 2014, 08:47:05 am

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Nelson Longflap

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Re: Seems to be fewer and fewer riders relying on a routesheet now [poll]
« Reply #50 on: 20 April, 2014, 10:00:48 pm »
I do like routesheets that provide intermediate distances as well as cumulative.  It can be very comforting to know at a glance that you have say 20 km to go along a road with nothing to watch out for. 

Given a well written route sheet a GPS doesn't really add much for me, although a paper map is a great backup if you wander well off course - this is more likely in my case when I know vaguely where I am and switch to auto-pilot. 

No distances given other than at controls are the worst as one might be unsure when the next event will turn up.  Obviously GPS is a great tool to take away the stress in this case.
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Ian H

Re: Seems to be fewer and fewer riders relying on a routesheet now [poll]
« Reply #51 on: 20 April, 2014, 10:13:46 pm »
When I started riding randonnées, no routesheets had distances except, possibly, at controls. GPS was unknown. As Mr Rigby said elsewhere, the Bryan Chapman 600 was on a single sheet of A4.
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