Tours
On the left hand menu there is a button called List Tours. If this is accessed you will come to a page called Tandem Club Tours List
These tours will be displayed in order of quality where the better ones (5) will be displayed at the top, descending downwards to lower quality ones
Select the Tours
The top box allows you to Select the tours.
Group - Select all in every case
Modified Period - Allows you to find the latest ones that have either been added or updated
Order - Stick to !quality,!id
Quality - From 0-5, where 5 are the better ones
Postcode - This search function allows to look for a start within a certain area. Enter the first part e.g BA3 or the whole part e.g BA3 1AA
Personal - This is for Admins, please leave unticked
Map Ref (lat,long) - Enter the GPS map reference like: 51.5256, -2.4704. If this is left blank (do this in most cases) it will show the centre of the UK
Page - As time goes on you may need to look at subsequent pages
Green Buttons
Once you have defined what you are searching for, there are 3 green buttons
Search - This searches for the tours to which you have already set the criteria in Select the Tours
Goto Rides List - This allows you to acees al the rides on the system, effectively taking you away from this page
Goto Places List - This takes you to the Tandem Club Places of Interest page, again taking you away from this page
Tours themselves
As already written these are in order of quality. To re-affirm, quality is not the quality of the tour, rather the quality of the information/pictures detailed in the tour
To access a tour, simply click on the hyperlink in blue.
For this example we shall use https://tandem-club.org.uk/rides?cmd=tourView&id=9
Tour Example
You have the tour now, what can you do with it?
Tour Title - Cumbria Cycleway
Group - Touring (all will say this)
Location - This is the starting point of the tour
Postcode - This is the postcode of the starting point
Map Reference - The northings and eastings of the start point
Ride Start on Google Maps - Click on this and Google maps will highlight where you start
Ride Length - The length of the tour
Climbing - Calculated elevation gain (please note that this is a calculated value, as with other applications this is a guide)
Max Gradient - Again a calculated value, work in progress
Ride Effort - Again a calculated value
Added by - Who added this tour. If you click on this, you can send an Email, feedback is always appreciated
GPX Route - A simply download button to enable you to access the file
TCX Route - A simple download button to enable you to access the file
Below the map there are
Elevation Profile - For the whole length of the tour. You can trace along it and see where it corresponds to the map
There are 3 measurements here
Total Distance - A duplicate
Climb - Throughout the tour - NOTE this varies from Climbing (to be sorted)
Effort - A duplicate of Ride Effort
Below the elevation is a description of the tour
More Information - Empty at present
The final part are pictures illustrating the Tour
The Rides
To construct a tour, individual rides must be uploaded and present on the site. These rides must start and finish within 100 metres of the next one to create a tour. The individual rides are displayed that make up the tour. These can be individually accessed.
This section is an aid to admin. You can look inside if you like to give an idea of the inner workings of this section