'H' ride, Sat 30th

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:48 am

I understand that Howard D is away next weekend, however, following a discussion with Dave C yesterday it looks as if there will be at least 2 of us planning on doing an 80ish mile 'H'ride on Saturday. Anyone welcome as usual!

HowardD · Post by **HowardD** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:08 am

Hi, yes I'm away for the next two Saturdays; should be back for the Reliability on Sun 7th.

I think that, IMHO, it would be a good idea to keep the h rides going this year. They fulfil a certain "niche requirement". I intend to lead one on Sat 13th and it's great to read that Dr D's already sorting something out for this weekend.

ps I notice that Bikehike's route database has been removed for, er, legal reasons apparently. Anyone know of an alternative route mapping site that also gives free access to OS 1:50000 mapping and which also permits direct route downloads (in .tcx format) to my beloved Garmin 705?

I'd be lost without my Garmin, no, really, I would!

lugster77 · Post by **lugster77** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:16 am

you can still do your routes on bikehike just not save them to the site's database can't you? i've done 1 myself today just had to put it straight on the garmin (or you can save it to file on your pc)

dave c · Post by **dave c** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:46 am

Hi Howard

Yes, I found that out as I was posting the Reliability link, for that I used BikeRouteToaster (which as you know was the first one you suggested to me) It seems to work and you can download a TCX file. See if this one works.

http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=98906

Cheers

Dave

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:49 am

Double posting

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:50 am

lugster77 wrote:you can still do your routes on bikehike just not save them to the site's database can't you? i've done 1 myself today just had to put it straight on the garmin (or you can save it to file on your pc)

I think the point is that it makes distributing planned routes to members of a group ride more difficult.

Any chance that the Clifton CC site could host files for sharing with members? I'm not an IT pro so don't how easily this could be done without 'virus distribution issues'

HowardD · Post by **HowardD** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:50 am

Yes, thanks, it's just that I like to post a link to the planned route on this forum. I'm used to posting a bikehike database url...

HowardD · Post by **HowardD** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:51 am

sorry Daves just posted without seeing your latest posts!

will try bikeroutetoaster link shortly

thanks again

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 11:52 am

Shouldn't we be working?

Arthur · Post by **Arthur** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 2:11 pm

IF they are just plain files, we can host them without any problems. Currently Cath or myself can put them up but I could easily create a directory where they could live and show Horward/Dave how to upload them.

HowardD · Post by **HowardD** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 3:12 pm

Thanks Arthur, appreciated. I think .tcx files are just pretty innocuous data files, but then I'm no expert...

Arthur · Post by **Arthur** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 4:06 pm

Horward - can you drop me an email (arthur@clune.org) and we'll sort it out

IanH · Post by **IanH** » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:06 pm

I will be up for the H ride this Saturday, what time will it be starting I am easy with 9am or 10am.

Really enjoyed the Saturday and Sunday training rides last weekend, its good to see the interest from the guys who did them for the first time.

Ian H

Dr Dave · Post by **Dr Dave** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:50 am

Hi Ian

Shall we say 9 as usual? Not sure if Howard will 'relent' on the early start once the days get longer but for now I feel we should stick with the time the ride usually starts.

Cheers!

Mr_Striped_Hat · Post by **Mr_Striped_Hat** » Thu Jan 28, 2010 5:49 pm

I'm up for a longer ride if we get enough bodies. See y'all in the square either way.

Mark I