Originally Posted by
mstateglfr
- take pictures to remember sights.
- take pictures to show others.
- receive phone calls for life outside of cycling. Calls for work or home life for example.
- update someone on location for setting plans after cycling.
- Google maps for location and directions at unonown intersections.
- and of course your favorite...music!
All are completely reasonable and there is no need to snidely comment that someone who chooses to carry a phone is addicted to social media or is on a boring ride.
Yes, there is no problem with carrying a phone, they are extremely useful and handy to have. What people are taking issue with though, is the thought that you have to have some plan in place for riding in an area without signal, as if you are going into some unexplored wilderness where danger lurks. Ridiculous, people were riding bikes long before there were cell phones, and in many areas, like where I grew up, we rode in areas that were lightly traveled and sparsely populated, making it even more difficult for you to get help if something happened. We rode anyway.
Today, riding in an area without signal is no big deal, all you have to do if you have an issue is crawl or drag yourself one block to the next Starbucks.
