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I always use a cue sheet, even though I primarily navigate with my gps. I like to know about the next turn, if I'm on the road with the right name, and so on. If nothing else, the volume on my garmin is very low, and it doesn't keep telling you that you're off course with a visual cue. These are things that aren't a setting, you're just screwed if they bite you. So a cue sheet can be pretty important. If I'm not familiar with a ride, I try to check the cue sheet if the organizer releases it in time. I have a gps, but they aren't fully reliable. So I keep track on the cue sheet. I know that most experienced randonneurs do that because they have been burned before.

The thing is, if nobody on the pre-ride is using the cue sheet, that's information that needs to be shared. I know how that is, you just keep riding because someone on the pre-ride knows the course and nobody cares what the cue sheet says.