MSBike 2009 New Bern, NC Sept 12, 13
page updated Saturday, Sept. 5 – added discussion to “This Year’s Routes ”
GPS files last updated Sept. 1
The clock is ticking! MS Bike New Bern is less than two weeks away! Here are the GPS files for the event! Download and test these files TODAY and make sure there are no problems using them in your GPS! Don’t wait until a few days before the event! For more information on the event, including maps and cue sheets, go to this website:
GPS FILES
Check back for updates, especially the last few days before the event! The route could still get changed!
Ver. 2d – Sept. 7 (master links fixed, added mps, txt, DeLorme Street Atlas Files)
Change history below.
| File Description | Garmin GDB ver.3 | Generic GPX format | MPS Files |
| Master files with all data | MSBike09.gdb | MSBike09.gpx | MSBike09.mps |
| Saturday routes, all waypoints | SATMstr.gdb | SATMstr.gpx | SATMstr.mps |
| Sunday routes, all waypoints | SunMstr.gdb | SunMstr.gpx | SunMstr.mps |
And just for giggles, here’s one more: MSBike09.txt
Need DeLorme Street Atlas files? Download 2009_BikeMS_Street_Atlas_filesRev1.zip
This (revised 9/9/09) zip file comes to us courtesy of Gary Pearce, KN4AQ and has the corrected arrow colors to match the route colors used by the MS Event staff. Thanks, Gary.
When you download, remember the following:
- Right-click and use the “Save Target As…” feature,
- verify the file extension of the file you are saving. Windows especially likes to rename *.gpx files to *.xml.
The *.gdb files are for Garmin GPS units and the *.gpx format can be imported by most other brands. For more explanation, see my About GPS Files… web page.
If you have a TomTom and have figured out how to import these files, please let me know. So far, nobody with a TomTom has been able to import any of these files.
File Contents
Each file contains 8 routes and either 75 (Sat) or 59 (Sun) named Waypoints. For each day, there are 4 forward routes (100 mile, 75 mile, 50 mile and 30 mile route) and 4 reverse routes corresponding to each forward route. Note that many GPS units can only hold up to 10 active routes at a time. There are some Waypoints that are duplicated between the two files. If you load them all, it works out to around 114 unique Waypoints, give or take.
This Year’s Routes
There are some big changes this year! First, there are 4 routes instead of three. The MS team has added a 50 mile route to the 100, 75 and 30 mile routes each day. Another nice change - except for one route, the beginning of every route has been moved off of Broad Street, the main drag, and onto Queen St. Remember last year when Broad St. was under construction? We took over the one open lane, and it was treacherous for both rider and SAGs. Only the Sat 30 mile course traverses Broad St. and only for part of the route.
Saturday has the familiar start, running onto the freeway and over the Trent and Neuse Rivers, but not the traditional return over the bridge! Instead, the routes circle around to the northwest and then back to town. This is a good thing! Unlike the start where the police close the freeway to traffic while the riders go through in a short time, this was a very hazardous stretch when the riders were strung way out over several hours and miles at the end of the day and crossing with moderate to heavy freeway traffic. It also eliminates the lengthy side trip needed for SAGs to circle around.
The big change on Sunday is that all 4 routes go up on the freeway and cross the Trent River before turning south and west. This is a big change from last year.
Every route but one (Sun 30) is the same from Rest Stop 7 to the finish. This is probably a good plan as well. Traffic should be light to mamageable, with no freeways, and we will all be very familiar with this part of the route.
Railroads
While not all crossings are marked, several railroad crossings are noted in the cue sheets and have uniquely named and numbered waypoints in the GPS files. These are marked because they appear to be hazardous crossings for riders. With unique names on the cue sheets, we should be able to go directly to them with little or no confusion.
Rest Stops
Rest stops are named differently for each day. Here are the formats and examples of each day’s rest stops. Note: Although there are two seperate waypoints for Rest Stop 7, they both represent the same location (to avoid confusion).
| Day | Format | Example |
| Saturday | Sat RS x description | Sat RS1 Faith FWB Church |
| Sunday | RS x SUN description | RS 1 SUN Brices Creek FD #7 |
Please Leave a Comment!
If you download any of these files, please leave a comment below. I’d like to see how much use these files are getting. Also, if you are having problems with them, or find you can’t use these files, please leave a comment with a description of the problem. Maybe we can work out a solution that others will find useful.
Change History
Ver. 2d – Sept 07 — Added DeLorme Street Atlas files, provided by KN4AQ
Ver. 2c – Sept 01 — Added *.MPS format files and the MSBike09.txt file.
Ver. 2b — fixed the links to the master files. Same MSBike09.* files
Ver. 2 — Created master file with all content, renamed rest stops for more clarity, eliminated a conflicting waypoint name in Sat and Sun files.
Ver.1 – Initial Release, Aug. 29
73,
W4FT
Thanks, Hyman. Actually, you could have. I created a waypoint for every turn cue, rest stop and RR crossing. They were stored as favorites. You might want to go in and delete the 73 or so waypoints hiding in your GPS now. It was a lot of fun doing the event with everyone.
73, Cliff – W4FT
You downloaded the Sunday file on Sunday AM and other than having to remove my battery to reset my Zumo I enjoyed using the file and had little problem with it. It would have been nice to be able to “search routes” and have each RS listed but thats just a “wouldn’t be nice if”. I know you put a lot of time in this and I thank hyou for sharing it with me. Thanx Hyman KI4ZXW