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Old 04-11-18, 08:00 AM
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Cue sheet holder

I'm riding a club series this year that doesn't mark the routes. What do you folks use for a cue sheet holder? Thanks for the time.
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The vast majority of cue sheets are in a font that is too small for me to read easily. I've found I much prefer to follow the "pink" line on my eTrek 20 instead. But I do want to know where the next control is as well as what the name of the business is. I recently got a top tube phone/snack holder that works perfect to hold a custom cue sheet I create with the relevant information about controls. I do carry the full cue sheet in my pocket just in case technology fails me.
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I use the 'map case' on the top of my handlebar bag. The window is about 9.5" wide, 6.5" high, and pretty waterproof. I format my cue sheet into two columns. I try to put a controle at the end of each page, so the controle becomes a natural place to change the cue sheet page. This weekend's 300k works out to three pages this way.

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Since I bought my Ortlieb bar bag (almost 10 years ago now!), I've been using the cue sheet holder that snaps to the top of the bag.


Before that, I sometimes used a large zip-lock bag and secure it to shifter cables with a couple of binder clips.
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Cyclo Active Bicycle Bar Map Cover - available on Amazon.

I create my own cue sheets to fit in this holder, using csv files downloaded from RideWithGPS. I import into a spreadsheet, massage some, then import into a word processor. Once you figure out how, it only takes a few minutes. The figuring out how can take a while, though. I have columns for a one word direction of turn, street name, and mileage all in 14 pt. type, like this:
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The cue sheets I'm used to were arranged in 2-3" wide columns. So I would fold the paper to that narrow width and use a strip of clear packing tape to "laminate" them and connect the top and bottom around the handlbar top in a loose cuff. As I went down the sheet I'd just rotate it. Simple, light, cheap, waterproof and it can't fall off or get in the way.
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I used to laminate them with packing tape too. I would tape the whole cue sheet together page by page and then use packing tape to hold it together. It worked pretty well, and I had a cue sheet holder bent out of stainless tubing and used clips to hold the cue sheet on.

I have adopted a handlebar bag, so I use the map pocket on that now. It's simpler.
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I have used a Clue Clip Map and Cue Sheet holder for a number of years now. I just print off the cue sheet, stick in a zip log bag and then clip it to my handlebars.
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One of these:
https://www.amazon.com/Cyclo-Active-.../dp/B000AP0ACI
No, they're not waterproof. And if you have the wrong arrangement of speedometer and stuff on your stem, it may not fit well.
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the thing that bothers me about cue sheets behind the bars is that I like to stand up without hitting my knees on anything.
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I agree, anything behind the handlebar isn't good. Also, I dislike a cue sheet that flops around with the wind.

What I wish for, with a cue sheet, is one where my eye falls immediately on the right spot. I spend far too much time figuring out where on the cue sheet I am. I need to devise some kind of moveable marker that highlights the relevant cue.

I like the idea of a long paper scroll, where you turn a knob to move it along. But gee, I carry way too much crap already.
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I have used a binder clip as a pointer. I have gotten better at just remembering where to look on the sheet though.

I used to think about making the ultimate cue sheet holder. But usually I make them at the last minute and they are not that great. One of them started out as the platform for a randonneuring bag rack, but then I started adding weight to it and finally it broke.
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Cyclo Active Bicycle Bar Map Cover is good if it fits around the other stuff on your bars.
I've also used two of these little clips on a ziplock bag with some success
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Before I used GPS, I preferred my cue sheet to be in a map holder in front of the bar. Something like the Zefal Doomap or Cyclo Active Bar Map. I would mount it backwards to the handlebar, then support the front end of the bag with some kind of brace or aerobars. You could likely use a front light or phone holder as the primary structure for such a brace.
Several of the randonneurs in my club had home made cue sheet supports that approximated stem-mounted clipboards. You can buy a modern version here: Q: PRO COMPLETE ABS ? BarYak
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Originally Posted by OneIsAllYouNeed
Several of the randonneurs in my club had home made cue sheet supports that approximated stem-mounted clipboards.
That reminds me. I made one out of a coat-hanger, a piece of cardboard, a binder clip, some tape and a ziplock bag. It worked ok, but I didn't like the way it looked.
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