Is it pushing it to ask which OS Explorer maps I might need to buy to cover BB200 this year? It’s kind of too late once the route is published.

…. I don’t object to buying a few more than needed if you want to keep an air of mystery

In all truth, I can't actually tell you just yet

Lovely bit of forward planning there Stu
No problems.
I have all the 1:50,000 maps I should need and now you’ve given me all the permission I need to over buy the Explorer’s

Lovely bit of forward planning there Stu

I'm pretty much there with the 200 route but just a little unsure about a section that would push things over onto another map.

Will there be a Spotwalla Spot Tracker Map that we can add our trackers too this year?

Will there be a Spotwalla Spot Tracker Map that we can add our trackers too this year?

Nope and I'd ask that no one sets up any public on-line tracking for Oct as that will then put Nov riders at a potential advantage / disadvantage.

No worries!

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Mon Sep 27, 2021 11:12 am

Will there be a Spotwalla Spot Tracker Map that we can add our trackers too this year?

Nope and I'd ask that no one sets up any public on-line tracking for Oct as that will then put Nov riders at a potential advantage / disadvantage.

Drat!

And I would have got away with it if it wasn’t for you pesky kids!

Explorer 201, 214, 215, 216. Add 217 for the 300.

Ah, most of Mid Wales then

Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Sun Oct 03, 2021 2:08 pm Explorer 201, 214, 215, 216. Add 217 for the 300.

Thanks Stu.

I dont want to tempt fate (doh to late) but the weather in the run up to BB (around mid wales) is looking dry so far!!!! Hoorah!

Alexinthepeaks wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 11:33 am I dont want to tempt fate (doh to late) but the weather in the run up to BB (around mid wales) is looking dry so far!!!! Hoorah!

I'd imagine it would need to be properly dry to get over all this recent rain, but I've not been in the area recently so I couldn't say for sure.

When I was in Keswick recently the Oxfam shop had a whole bunch of old OS maps for mid Wales so I picked up a 7 sheets. Hopefully when the BB 200 route gets put up Ill be able to plot it on the sheets. Better use of time than another Netflix series!

Is there a date when the October BB 200 will go out to riders?

Cheers
Adi

outonmybike wrote: ↑Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:43 pm the Oxfam shop had a whole bunch of old OS maps for mid Wales so I picked up a 7 sheets. Hopefully when the BB 200 route gets put up Ill be able to plot it on the sheets.
Adi

the road won't have changed, unless the was a funding delay, so there's a few more Roman roads

Is there a date when the October BB 200 will go out to riders?

This weekend ... I won't be more specific because whenever I am, something generally crashes and makes me look a tw@t

(Continues chewing finger nails)

Related, does anyone have a good option for Garmin maps? I'm sure I used BBBike last time but when I put them on my Garmin they don't seem to be loading.

Maybe I'm selecting the wrong type?

Richard G wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 7:22 pm Related, does anyone have a good option for Garmin maps? I'm sure I used BBBike last time but when I put them on my Garmin they don't seem to be loading.

Maybe I'm selecting the wrong type?

I've got them off here for years Rich and never had a problem.

http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/

looks like you can only select by country atm.

try https://talkytoaster.me.uk TT HD mapping
openstreet. maps in a 50k style with 25k detail.
very clear, lots of detail, but no over the top tourist info clutter. you can try some for free
worth a pint for u der £15, all UK mapping

In Reverse wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:17 pm I've got them off here for years Rich and never had a problem.

http://garmin.openstreetmap.nl/

looks like you can only select by country atm.

They used to be the best, but if you actually try to get one now you notice that there are something like 80,000 requests in the queue. Tis dead.

ledburner wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:20 pm try https://talkytoaster.me.uk TT HD mapping
openstreet. maps in a 50k style with 25k detail.

Cheers. I went with this one for now as I didn't fancy paying until I've got time to properly check them out.

https://www.openfietsmap.nl/downloads/europe

* delete *

The Garmin link is a bit odd, you select "tiles" and the system builds a map for you. I used it for the maps for my 520 as that device is limited in the file size so you need to add/remove tiles until it shows something suitable.

For everything else I've used openfietsmap, got a few countries on the Oregon.

Richard G wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:28 pm They used to be the best, but if you actually try to get one now you notice that there are something like 80,000 requests in the queue. Tis dead.

Oh yeah, just the 341 days wait