Navigation and GPS - specifically Freedom Challenge

[V12man]

I haven't done the event so am not speaking from experience but it seems to me that riders should be as self sufficient as possible, in my book that would mean no gps.

 

Another spanner in the works would be the recent replacement of a bike frame while waiting at the support station. I am a little puzzled as to how this flies with either the rules or the spirit, surely the rider would have to either fix the bike himself or get a frame from a local.

The supplier driving out with a new frame seems a bit much. You could maybe make the argument that without that service the rider would not be able to continue but surely if you take on such an event with a carbon bike then you have to take the chance that it breaks?

At the cape epic - the rule is that if the frame is a warrantee replacement you can carry on - guess they acknowledge that all frames are not built to last...