ACME Tourdax Three-day Calendar Event 2023

This page is for downloading alternative versions of the GPS files for this, Tom Deakins' calendar event, starting from Witham, Essex, on Friday 7 July 2023 at 9am.

This is three-day event, and each day is its own point-to-point, brevet populaire:

  • Friday: Witham to St Neots, 117km — [enter day 1 >][10303]
  • Saturday: St Neots to Baldock, 108km — [enter day 2 >][10304]
  • Sunday: Baldock to Witham, 102km — [enter day 3 >][10305]

For the full ACME Tourdax experience you would need to enter and ride all three events; there are two overnight breaks, the first in St Neots, the second in Baldock.  Tom is setting up a WhatsApp group, and there's chat on YACF, here.

The GPS files

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 one route per day.  The routes will appear as TOUR1_…, TOUR2_… and TOUR3_… 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! 

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.

Don't forget to take a pencil with you to write the info answers.  And the routesheet, just in case!

If you're still having problems or have a question, email Nick.