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1.
When a medium to long distance tour is coming up what kind of route planning do you do in advance? Check only the answers that apply.
| Purchase some non-bicycling specific maps of the touring area |
   53.7% |
(153) |
| Ask questions on internet mailing lists, newsgroups and forums. |
30.5% |
(87) |
| Read related guide books. |
41.4% |
(118) |
| Search the internet. |
67.4% |
(192) |
| Read online journals by people who have already toured in the area |
56.1% |
(160) |
| Ask questions via journal guestbooks/author emails specific to the tour |
15.1% |
(43) |
| Purchase provincial/state/county/city bike maps |
40.7% |
(116) |
| Purchase bicycle touring specific maps from a tour company or cycling specific association |
36.8% |
(105) |
| Pretour the area using a car or other mechanized form of transportation to pick out the best route |
4.2% |
(12) |
| Read a cycling publication about the area |
16.8% |
(48) |
| Read a travel publication related to the area |
29.5% |
(84) |
|
2.
When on the actual tour which one of the following is the most true?
| I take along no guidebooks or region specific books |
24.6% |
(70) |
| I rip out/photocopy only the pages I need to take with me |
42.8% |
(122) |
| I carry complete books even if I don't need every page |
19.6% |
(56) |
| TOTAL |
87.0% |
285 |
|
3.
When looking for a guidebook or bicycle touring specific map what features do you like to have?
| Maps show campgrounds, hotels, motels etc |
67.4% |
(192) |
| Maps show historical and scenic places of interest |
45.3% |
(129) |
| Maps show alternative routes such as nearby rail trails or more scenic routes |
57.5% |
(164) |
| Maps come presized to easily fit in a handlebar map case |
32.3% |
(92) |
| Maps can be easily removed without ripping the original book |
21.4% |
(61) |
| Detailed word instructions detailing the route |
18.9% |
(54) |
| Clear graphical route marking on a physical map |
43.9% |
(125) |
| Includes information about the history of an area, city, town etc |
23.2% |
(66) |
| Maps show location of public libraries and other communications facilities. |
19.3% |
(55) |
| Maps show basic topographical information (meaning you can tell when a hill is coming but not with lines every 50 feet of altitude). |
42.5% |
(121) |
| Maps show very detailed topographical information (lines every 50 feet of altitude) |
18.9% |
(54) |
| Maps show the heights of nearby major hills only. |
11.9% |
(34) |
| An area to write brief notes, picture descriptions etc. |
8.1% |
(23) |
| Printed using waterproof material and ink |
33.0% |
(94) |
|
4.
Each day you get up and ...
| Follow my preplanned route |
52.6% |
(150) |
| Follow the route that's been planned for me by the guidebook or map creator |
3.5% |
(10) |
| Look at my compass and a map to determine the general heading I should follow |
30.5% |
(87) |
| TOTAL |
86.7% |
285 |
|
5.
You are travelling down your route and you see a sign that informs you of something of interest medium distance off the planned route but in the general direction that you are headed. Do you...
| Ignore the interest and stay on the planned route |
8.1% |
(23) |
| Visit the interest and then return to the same place on the planned route immediately. |
9.5% |
(27) |
| Visit the interest and gradually work your way back to the planned route |
47.7% |
(136) |
| Visit the interest, look at your compass and/or map to determine where to go next. Maybe you will see the route again or maybe you won't. |
21.4% |
(61) |
| TOTAL |
86.7% |
285 |
|
6.
You like to carry the following kind of maps with you on tour
| A high level map showing the major cities and highways |
32.3% |
(92) |
| Medium level maps with each map covering roughly the daily distance |
30.5% |
(87) |
| Very detailed backroad maps with basic topographical information |
37.9% |
(108) |
| Detailed topographical maps |
11.9% |
(34) |
| Regional map showing major areas of hills, mountains etc |
18.2% |
(52) |
| Tourist maps from local tourist information stands showing high level points of interest |
25.3% |
(72) |
|
7.
As you tour you like to mark your route permanently on the map so that you can look back at it later?
| Yes |
55.1% |
(157) |
| No |
31.2% |
(89) |
| TOTAL |
86.3% |
285 |
|
8.
When the tour is finished you do the following with the maps...
| Take them home and store them in a safe place for later review |
68.1% |
(194) |
| Dispose of the maps. |
3.9% |
(11) |
| Keep the maps long enough to write down the route I followed and then dispose of them |
2.5% |
(7) |
| Make the maps available to someone else who plans to take a similar tour. |
12.6% |
(36) |
| TOTAL |
87.0% |
285 |
|
9.
After the tour is finished do you get rid of the guidebook that you purchased for the tour?
| Yes |
5.3% |
(15) |
| No |
77.9% |
(222) |
| TOTAL |
83.2% |
285 |
|
10.
When you publish an online journal about your tour you like to include lots of very detailed information about the route that you followed?
| Yes |
28.8% |
(82) |
| No |
44.9% |
(128) |
| TOTAL |
73.7% |
285 |
|