| POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Reroutes
We will always scout out a new,
safe route around adverse cycling conditions on roads and bike paths.
Communications
In most situations, adverse cycling conditions will be identified by the
scout (the lead vehicle). Once identified, we will call all rest stop attendants
before the start of the reroute to inform them of the situation and give
them as much information as possible, such as the starting and ending location
of the reroute, additional mileage, etc. The rest stop attendants will relay
this information to you at the rest stops to give you as much advance warning
as possible of reroute situations, and we also ask you to inform other
participants
of the
situation to aid us in our communication process and the safety of other
participants.
It is also possible that road construction can occur after the lead vehicle
has already passed a location (yes it has happened). If you find yourself
in this unlikely but possible situation, please contact us to
let us know so that we can deal with the situation as necessary and inform
other participants.
The scout will also find out from the rest stop attendant
at the last rest stop before the start of the reroute if any riders have
already passed through and are riding between that rest stop and the
start of the reroute. If there are, the scout will doubleback on the route
to
intercept those riders and inform them of the reroute situation.
Reroute Distances
We will attempt to make reroutes as short as possible, but most likely
the reroute will add extra miles onto the route. In the rare case where
a reroute is actually shorter than the original route, the route may not end
up being over 100 miles with the century option. In this case, we reserve the
right not to scout out extra optional miles to complete the century option
and you may need to doubleback on the route after you arrive at the main lodging
site to complete the century.
Navigation
Because we have to create new reroutes during the event itself, we will not
be able to write down the route on your cue sheets and the
painted
marks on the road will become your primary navigation system during the reroute.
In this situation, and we guarantee the existence and accuracy of painted
marks on the road at all
action points.
"DT" (short for DeTour)
will be painted with all marks on the reroute. In addition, we may be able
to either show you or also highlight the reroute on your maps, depending
on the reroute. Note that we do not use "RR" as
the abbreviation for a reroute because it is too easily confused with "RailRoad",
another common abbreviation used in cycling.
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