Cue Sheet and GPS Files for March 27 Urbana 200K ACP Brevet
The cue sheet for the Urbana 200K ACP brevet starting at the Waffle House in Urbana, MD at 7:00AM on March 27, 2010 is now posted at Cue Sheet - 20100327 Urbana 200K Brevet. Be sure to park either at the Park and Ride indicated on the map or at the shopping center at the finish. If you park at the shopping center, park as far away from the stores as possible. Do not park at the Waffle House or nearby businesses.
The link to the GPS files is posted below. But please read this information before downloading them. Always get a copy of the final cue sheet. That final cue sheet contains the official route, so in case there is a conflict with the GPS file, you should resolve the conflict in favor of the cue sheet. Use the GPS as a handy-dandy adjunct. Keep your wits about you, as the GPS cannot notify you of road hazards — it is up to you to ride safely.
We strongly recommend that you set your GPS to the settings below. We cannot guarantee that these will keep you on the official route, but if you have your GPS set some other way, it is entirely possible that it will take you off route, possibly onto unsafe roads. Go to the Setup->Routing page and set as follows:
Guidance Method: Follow Road
Follow Road Method: Shortest Distance
Next Turn Pop-Up: On
Follow Road Options:
Off Route Recalculation: Prompted
Calculation Method: Best Route
Calculate Routes for: Car/Motorcycle
Avoid: (set to none – the route itself should control this)
By the way … make sure that your GPS either has maps already downloaded, or select the relevant maps around the routes.
GPS files are posted at GPS Files - 20100327 Urbana 200K Brevet. Be particularly alert to following the cue sheet near the end of the brevet. The GPS maps do not know about the bit of Caledonia Dr that bridges from Royal Crest Dr to Carriage Hill Dr. Rather than start a new GPS route two miles from the end, the GPS route just takes you up to Carriage Hill, then turns around to loop back around to where Carriage Hill meets Royal Crest Dr. But having read this note, you won’t be puzzled about why the GPS file doesn’t match the cue sheet, and you’ll follow the cue sheet! Once you make the turn from Royal Crest to Sugarloaf Pkwy, the GPS should stop complaining that you’re off route.”