Wheelers' Audax routes 2024

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General advice

Event date: Sunday 8th September
H.Q: Allenbury Sport and Social Club Harris's Lane, Ware SG12 0DJ
Organiser Contact: Alex Powell, 07946294900, powerowl1yahoo.co.uk
Start times:

Blue Cross 100 km: 09:30
John Cannon Century Ride (160 km): 09:00
Northbynorthants (200 km): 08:00

Advice on the rides

Routes in GPX and (Garmin) TCX formats

Ride with GPS versions

(See below for the best way of using these).

Route sheets

E-Brevet

Audax UK has introduced an electronic means of recording your progress. This replaces having your brevet card stamped at controls. The system is available for our Audaxes should you wish to use it. There are instructions on the Audax UK website on how to download the E-Brevet app and how to operate it. Note that using the E-Brevet system does not relieve you of the responsibility of finding the controls. You have to stop and tap a button on your phone to prove you are at the correct location.

To set up the app before the ride you need the code for the ride. Codes for our rides are as follows:

  • Blue Cross 100 km: 24-719
  • John Cannon Century Ride 160 km: 24-721
  • Northbynorthants 200 km: 24-720

Navigation Devices and Audax Controls

We have included the locations of all the controls (including information controls) as waypoints in the GPX files and as coursepoints in the TCX files. The hope is that this will allow your navigation device to tell you how far it is to the next control and prompt you when you reach it. We have found that care is needed when loading routes onto Garmins (we really have little experience with other types) if this is to work.

How to get control locations onto Garmins

a) Loading routes by importing to Garmin Connect does not work (coursepoints and waypoints are deleted).

b) Loading TCX files via a USB cable does work.

  1. Connect your Garmin device to a computer via a USB cable.

  2. Locate the NewFiles folder and copy the TCX file into it.

  3. Safely disconnect the device from the computer.

  4. The track, complete with coursepoints should now be visible on your device.

c) Linking your RWGPS and Garmin Connect accounts also works (only the free accounts are needed). There are instructions on how to link the accounts here. Once the accounts are linked all you need to do is locate one of our Audax routes on RWGPS (see links above) and "pin" it. The route will be transferred to Garmin Connect thence to your Garmin device.

How to display distance to next control

This will not show by default. You need to add the field Crs. Pt. Dst. to one of your screens.

Good luck with all this!