map holder for audax events

[DooBlood]

Where do I get a cheap but decent map holder for my audax rides?

 

[ColinJ]

You already have one attached to your elbow! (I've seen a couple of riders who use elastic bands to attach route sheets and/or maps to their forearms.)

I've seen several people who use a small piece of hardboard, plastic or stiff cardboard held on to the handlebars by elastic bands. The map or route sheet is held on that by a couple of bulldog clips.

 

[Greenbank]

Really cheap:

Cut up a For Sale sign (or equivalent sheet of Correx), punch some holes in it and attach to the bars with zip ties.

Attach routesheet (in a plastic bag, or laminated) with rubber bands.

Other cheap option:-

Bulldog clips on the brake/gear cables (for those with Shimano).

 

[ColinJ]

Ah yes, I meant zip ties. I bought a job lot from the local flea market in about 6 different sizes. Several hundred for £1 - bargain! (And very useful too. I used to carry 5 or 6 with me on the bike.)

And in a plastic bag or laminated - for when it rains - yes!

TBH - I found the whole route sheet and map thing spoiled my enjoyment of the rides. I was having to think too hard to keep track of where I was, especially because the calibration of my bike computer often didn't agree with the organiser's. The further I went, the bigger the fiddle factor became. I'd read that there was a left turn down a side road after 164.7 km but have to add or subtract (say) 0.9 km from that number.

After a couple of 200s, I gave up and started using GPS and felt much more relaxed when I was riding. I just carry the sheets and a map for backup now in case the GPS goes wrong. (It hasn't, in several thousand km.)

 

[PpPete]

seen the Garmin Tandoori thread ?

there's various Rixen Kaul ones which are excellent
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rixen-Kaul-..._1_32?s=sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1297963831&sr=1-32
http://www.cyclesportsuk.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=6437

I just stuff the route sheet in the transparent bit at the top of the bar bag - which is too small for a map anyway, and rely on the Garmin for most of it like Colin

 

[Banjo]

My garmin tandoori. (Curry container lid and rubber bands). maps and route cards laminated in plastic.

klickfix mapholders The mini mapholder from klickfix looks almost as good.

 

[Randochap]

Here's a handy route sheet holder. All you really need is a wire coat hanger, zip ties and a waterproof map case.

 

[ACS]

+1 for the Rixen + Kaul Mini Map Holder.

 

[mrbikerboy73]

I made one today for tomorrow's event, it took me 10 minutes. A piece of thin ply wood, a couple of cable ties and an old bulldog clip.

 

[DCLane]

I use an A6 clipboard tie-strapped to the stem/bars. It'll take A6 route sheets which I laminate and attach using a keyring round the clipboard, pulling them off as I finish the section.

Worked really well on my events so far and is small enough to be unobtrusive.

 

[G3CWI]

You audax blokes clearly want to look like some sad wannabe cabbie who cant afford a scooter, doing "the knowledge".

 

[Dogtrousers]

Mine goes on my handlebar bag, it's made out of a clear document wallet and lashings of insulating tape.

 

[Ian H]

I prefer the Polaris version of the map-trap which fixes with reusable zip-ties. Link is to SJS but others also sell them.

 

[coffeejo]

 

[ColinJ]

I still don't get why everybody isn't using GPS now ... it is 2015, not 1915!

You post here using a computer, tablet or phone on the Internet, so it not as though you don't 'do' technology ...