What is your solution for riding in a spot with low reception?
A lot of lot rides are in country rodes and often times there’s no cell phone service. What is your plan?
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I spend multiple days in a row with no service while doing self-contained touring. Hell. I toured for mounts without a phone. HTFU.
What’s your plan? :lol: |
Originally Posted by DreamRider85
(Post 21620216)
A lot of lot rides are in country rodes and often times there’s no cell phone service. What is your plan?
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Phone stays at home when I am riding. The way my luck runs, I'd just drop it anyway in the middle of nowhere and never notice.
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I tell my wife where I'm going and when I should be back, whether I have phone service or not.
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I carry a phone for maps and emergencies. GPS will work w/o cell service, but you need to have maps downloaded to determine where you are. You can download maps from Google Maps beforehand. I've not had an occasion where I needed to call for help (knock on wood).
If I was traveling in a region where cell service is spotty or non-existent, I would do like I did in the 80's, carry a map, a set of tools and spares. If I was in a tough spot, I guess I'd hoof it until I could find someone who could assist me. |
I only carry my phone for the maps.me app, which only requires GPS.
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Hmmm. When were bikes created? Cell phones? What's the question again?
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Like for instance what you gonna do if you were hit by a car and can’t ride? Don’t you need a phone?
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Originally Posted by DreamRider85
(Post 21620352)
Like for instance what you gonna do if you were hit by a car and can’t ride? Don’t you need a phone?
Those of us who grew up in another era - when phones were all attached to walls with wires - are not so dependent on cell service. |
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Yeah, where I live, if I get hit, I just wear a construction vest so they can find the body in the weeds. Besides, if you get hit, chances are real good you aren't gonna be able to find or crawl or be conscious enough to get your phone anyway. I keep it on me so my wife can use find a phone and keep track either of GPS or the last cell tower it connected to. It doesn't define the where and how of the ride.
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Lot of good reasons to carry a phone, but like a lot of folks, I rode for the first 15 years of the past 30, without a phone. Somehow I survived.
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If you get hit by a car you won't need a phone.
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Originally Posted by DreamRider85
(Post 21620352)
Like for instance what you gonna do if you were hit by a car and can’t ride? Don’t you need a phone?
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Originally Posted by trailangel
(Post 21620559)
If you get hit by a car you won't need a phone.
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:foo:
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download any music I like beforehand & use the factory media player. If I need to call but dont have service, there's nothing that I could do to change that.
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Originally Posted by DreamRider85
(Post 21620216)
A lot of lot rides are in country rodes and often times there’s no cell phone service. What is your plan?
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I'm not worried as long as I'm on a real road. Somebody's going to come by and i know I can walk for a few hours if I have to. BTW, I always carry a spare tube, patches, 2 CO2 cartridges' a chain quicklink with multitool.
Now, I'm older (68) and I'm not as ready to go on long rides off road as I used to be. I'm in The Adirondacks and I can be off road for a few hours if I want. Last year I went down and got the classic handlebar end to the ribcage and laid there for a bit in some pain. I'm really careful now when I do off road alone. Not stopping though |
Originally Posted by Steve B.
(Post 21620551)
Lot of good reasons to carry a phone
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Originally Posted by wolfchild
(Post 21620590)
The only good reason to carry a phone while cycling is for emergencies, I really don't see any other good reasons why a cyclists would carry a phone. If they carry a phone for entertainment then it means that their ride is very dull and boring or they have a serious addiction to social media.
To the OP’s question, my plan is to not worry about it. People were riding for years before cell phones. Most survived. |
Originally Posted by wolfchild
(Post 21620590)
I really don't see any other good reasons why a cyclists would carry a phone.
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I remember when there were no cell phones, and I was free to ride, camp, hunt, and do so many things without having to check messages and emails. Believe it or not, it was completely possible to have a full life without having a screen in front of my face. We have all become digital slaves.
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Originally Posted by 50PlusCycling
(Post 21620629)
I remember when there were no cell phones, and I was free to ride, camp, hunt, and do so many things without having to check messages and emails. Believe it or not, it was completely possible to have a full life without having a screen in front of my face. We have all become digital slaves.
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