1000 km roadbook on fantastic roads – Nice hang out at scenic places – Your luggage is transported in car
Social hang out under the tent in the evenings – You ride at your own pace
This can’t be anything but a successful weekend!
About the ride
- Three long day stages with navigation by roadbook. In total about 1000 km.
- Ride and navigate by yourself or with others, you decide.
- Dalexs transports your luggage between the campsites so you can ride with only a day pack.
- You also get the route as a gpx file so you can switch from roadbook to map.
- The day stages on this tour are long and you need to be able to take care of yourself with handling punctures etc.
- You will get an overall description with the distances between refuelling, food, rest stops at places of interest and necessary information.
- This is a gravel trip for adventure riders navigation using roadbook on nice roads.
- Price: 2950 SEK per person incl transport of the luggage. Accommodation and food are not included in the price.
The weekend's programme
- Start and finish location: Effersgården Farm in Insjön
- Total distance: Approximately 1000 km spread over three days. Exact distance will be announced after test ride late may.
- The longest distance between fuel stations: Exact distance will be announced after test ride, but it should be approximately 200 km at most.
- Number of notes: Announced after test ride.
- Accommodation: You indicate when registering whether you want to camp or if you want to book a place to sleep in a cabin/hostel. Accomodation is paid by each participant where we live. See information below.
- Navigation: Only digitally with the RBR roadbookrally app or by gpx.
The Experience
Welcome to an individual group ride where you won’t know where you’re going or where you are at the moment! The only thing you know is that you’ll be riding on nice roads, passing nice places for a coffee break and the entire route is with navigation according to the roadbook!
We meet in Insjön at the fram Effersgården on Thursday evening, July 10th and otherwise we won’t tell you anything more about the route other than that it will go on varying roads and will likely take you to places you haven’t visited before. You will be told where to book accommodation if you want to sleep with a roof over your head and also get the route as a GPX, but it will be more fun if you don’t peek at the route before departure!
You will receive the route description before departure and it contains information about the distance between petrol and where you can buy food.
We transport the packing you need in the evenings in a car & trailer between the campsites and we also have an extended tool kit to borrow if needed. So there is the possibility of bringing some extra amenities for the evenings.
The notes are written with the background that you will be going on a long trip so we avoid unnecessary notes to fill out the roadbook but it is still clear and the notes are where they are needed.
The roadbook is of a high standard and has been carefully tested. We include clear landmarks in the notes so you can confirm that you are on the right track.
The local conditions mean that sometimes the notes will be close together and sometimes they will be more sparse, and we think you will appreciate the variation.
Breakfast is arranged by Dalexs which we jointly set up on the long table under the tent and also homemade fika for coffee during the breaks on the trip and other food is not included but lunch restaurants are passed and there will be the opportunity to buy dinner in connection with where we live.
The accomodation will be at small campsites where we will set up our depot tent with a long table in the evenings. Accommodation is not included in the fee but we have pre-booked tent spaces at the campsites where we sleep. If you would rather sleep under cover, we have pre-booked a number of beds in cabins and hostels that you can book when you register
The Roadbook
A roadbook describes a route using notes and you use a tripmeter as an aid.
The map image of the note indicates how to continue the journey when the tripmeter matches the distance in the note.
On rallies like Dakar, compass courses and advanced symbols are used, but to navigate on roads, small images of what the road junctions look like are used, and these are called tulips.
When using the RBR app, you can click on the coordinates on the far right in the notes to bring up a map image of where it is. Then you can confirm if you are correct or use the map to navigate to the note and continue from there.
If you new to roadbook navigation we help you get started over zoom call.
Accomodation
When registering, you choose how you want to stay during the tour. Dalexs handles the booking and the accomodation is paid by each participant on site.
Thursday 10 July – The night before the tour, you can camp or stay in a camper at Effersgården, stay at Insjöns Hotell (1195 SEK for a single room and 1395 SEK for a double room), or arrange your own accommodation. It is also possible to join on Friday morning.
Friday 11 July – Camping (200 SEK/tent) or single cabin (400 SEK/cabin) with two beds.
Saturday 12 July – Tent at DALEXS (free), single sleeping cabin with toilet in a separate building 180 SEK in a shared room (two people) 360 SEK for a private room or Hostel 220 SEK in a shared room (two people) 440 SEK for a private room.
The app RBR RoadbookRally
To access these roadbooks you need to use the RBR Roadbookrally app and instructions on how it works can be found HERE.
We only share roadbooks in PDF format in exceptional cases.
New to roadbook?
If you new to roadbook navigation we help you get started over zoom call.
Let us know if you have any questions!
Sign up
We will get back to you by email after registration. You can also use the form to send questions about the tour.
Please read our Code of Conduct and our Purchase Agreement before signing up.
Payment is made by bank transfer and you will receive more information via email after registering your interest.
Place of the event
What is a roadbook, the long version
A roadbook is a long document that uses notes to describe how to navigate. Each line is a note and you use a trip meter as an aid to measure the distance from the start to each note.
When you start, you have the first note at the top and as you pass the note, you scroll to the next note. The note indicates at what distance you should continue your journey and when the trip meter matches the note’s distance, you navigate as the picture in the note shows.
Each note has three fields and in the field on the left you see the distance from the starting location in large numbers and the distance to the previous note in small numbers.
In the middle you see an image of the location and the road plus the arrow marks how you should continue traveling. The thicker the lines that mark roads, the larger the road in reality.
The field on the far right is for any additional information such as warnings or speed limits.
The roadbook only indicates where to make road changes, so unless the roadbook indicates otherwise, you should follow the main road until the tripmeter shows the same thing as the roadbook and then you are at the mark if you have driven the right way.
If you drive wrong, you turn to the previous mark where everything was correct and adjust the tripmeter to the mark there and then make another attempt.
With the RBR Roadbook Rally app, there is a function where the roadbook scrolls forward automatically when you pass a mark. If you prefer to scroll manually with, for example, a Bluetooth controller from Remotek, this also works well.
Read the manual and the faq that is available at www.roadbookrally.com We can also help you get started over the phone or zoom if necessary, but please try it yourself first.
This is what you need to know before you start
At www.roadbookrally.com you will find a detailed faq that instructs on the functions below.
The trip meter
You need to know how to reset the trip meter, how to manually adjust the trip meter and how to sync the trip meter so that it shows the same thing as the note you are at.
Scroll the roadbook manually
You need to be able to scroll the roadbook forward and backward manually by clicking on the screen or with an external controller if this is used.
How Autoscroll works
You need to know how to start Autoscroll and know that if you scroll the roadbook manually, you must start the function again with Autoscroll.
What to do if you get lost
If you ride the wrong way you turn around and head back to the last note where the roadbook was correct. When you are standing at the location, scroll so that the note you are at is at the top of the screen and then click on the distance in the note. The trip meter should then adjust and show the same distance. If you want to use Autoscroll so that the roadbook scrolls forward by itself, you must activate this by clicking the button at the bottom left again so that Autoscroll turns green.
How to use the coordinates
At the bottom right of the note are the coordinates and if you click on them you will be able to open any map program that will then show you on the map where the note is. This can be used to find a note if you are lost or to confirm that you are standing at the position of the note.
Effersgården - Where we have the base
Effersgården is a farm that has been in Rebecca’s family for over 200 years and it has been everything from a bus garage, spice sales, dairy farm and now it grows everything from tomatoes to tobacco.
Now the land is farmed by Matts Rickardsson and the farm is run by boarding horses, vegetable growing, ski tracks and various fun ideas you will see on site.
The atmosphere at the farm is special and, to say the least, unpretentious and relaxed so feel at home and unwind here!
Follow Effersgården on Facebook and Instagram to see what’s happening.
Matts also joins as a guide on the tours if there is time.
DALEXS philosophy
Creating a route to ride can be done by many, but creating a complete experience with cohesion and added value that you remember with warmth, that is what we strive to create.
The Code of Conduct is the foundation of our activities and it describes how we behave on tour. In short, the Code of Conduct describes how we respect the roads we travel on and the residents in the areas where we move. We want to leave the smallest possible footprint behind us to create a sustainable motorcycle culture on the gravel roads.
Our strength is that you as a participant feel safe both socially and while driving.
The experience should be developing and exciting, so we continuously read the needs of the participants and adapt continuously so that everyone gets the level of excitement that is needed but without exceeding the level.
A non-prestige atmosphere is the key to interesting conversations and honest feedback. We have no need to show off, we want to meet you and create a nice experience.
When the participant rolls home after the tour, it should be with a smile from a nice experience and with new acquaintances, then we have succeeded!