The ACME Grand Further West 1000km Calendar Event 2021

This page is for downloading alternative versions of the GPS files for this, Tom Deakins' calendar event, starting from The Labour Club, Witham, on Thursday 2 September 2021 at 11am.  If you want information about the ride itself, visit AUK or yacf.

The GPS Files

Note that there are unofficial and optional alternative night-stage GPS files further down this page.

IMPORTANT — make sure you understand which version of the following GPS files are most suitable for your device.

  • Garmin Edge devices — new 500, new 700, 800/810/820, 1000, 1030 — use TCX; 10,000 points should be okay
  • The RideWithGPS IQ App also allows direct download from the pinned track to the latest Garmin Edge units with mobile connection
  • Older Garmin Edge devices — you're in a murky area in that TCX should work, but you may get a more reliable result from GPX; 10,000 points should be okay
  • Wahoo devices — TCX 10k, or "pin" the RideWithGPS route
  • Older Garmin devices — GPX and either 250-point or 500-point depending on which device.

Make sure you test these files out on your device before you start!

The full-route files are provided as a single TCX or GPX each.  However, the rest of the GPS routes, where the route is split into multiple GPS files, are provided as a ZIP file for each format — you require all of the files in the ZIP file!

The routes are provided as follows:

  • a single route for the whole 1000km — FULL;
  • a set of two halves — There and Back — HALVES;
  • a set of four approx. 250km routes — LEG;
  • a set of 18 routes, one per stage — STG.

Each part starts and ends at a control.

The routes will appear as AG1K_… on your device.

There are additional notes in the organiser's notes and routesheet, including cautions and alternative routes. It is your responsibility to familiarise yourself with the route and any reported hazards before you start, especially as none of this information is included in the GPS files!  Not least of which, there's an info-control in Llangadog in the middle of stage 10 — don't forget to take a pencil with you!

This is now where it gets complicated — there are a LOT of options here, sorted by how split up the route is, how many points in each part, and whether it's TCX or GPX.

GPS Files for Night Stages

These GPS files are alternative routes for stages 6 and 7 (Tewkesbury-Chepstow-Tonypandy), 10 (Lampeter-Newport), and 13 (Chepstow-Pershore).  These are Nick's suggestions from Tom's notes.

These stages may be longer or shorter, but generally less hilly — however, they use main roads that may be busy during the day! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!  UNTESTED!

The routes will appear as AG1K_ZZZ_STG… on your device.

 

Take care out there!

 

If you're still having GPS problems or have a question about GPS then email Nick.

If you have a question for the event organiser, then email Tom Deakins.