What is your solution for riding in a spot with low reception?
08-08-20, 07:05 AM
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I have a cycling app called “KnowGo” that provides audible alert if I’m entering an area without cell service. It allows you to perfectly circumnavigate dead zones in the most efficient way possible. You can even look a maps in advance to insure all your routes stay on grid. It works so well you can even leave your phone at home.
08-08-20, 08:07 AM
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Silly me but I intentionally leave it behind if I'm doing lots of uphill. Phones add 100g+ to your overall ride. That's like hundreds of dollars worth of lightweight parts, for free.
I take it for the camera most of the time but am always looking for a practical way to leave it behind. Now if I had a 10+mp camera without any of the other phone features (tiny) I'd take that instead.
Paper maps printed out weigh nothing, don't break if dropped, and if they get you lost can be used to wipe your butt.
I take it for the camera most of the time but am always looking for a practical way to leave it behind. Now if I had a 10+mp camera without any of the other phone features (tiny) I'd take that instead.
Paper maps printed out weigh nothing, don't break if dropped, and if they get you lost can be used to wipe your butt.
08-08-20, 09:18 AM
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I have a cycling app called “KnowGo” that provides audible alert if I’m entering an area without cell service. It allows you to perfectly circumnavigate dead zones in the most efficient way possible. You can even look a maps in advance to insure all your routes stay on grid. It works so well you can even leave your phone at home.
08-08-20, 09:20 AM
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08-08-20, 09:25 AM
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08-08-20, 09:25 AM
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08-08-20, 09:27 AM
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08-08-20, 09:31 AM
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very simple. As it gets late in the day, using the hand your watch is strapped to, point at the setting sun. This is roughly west.
When you awake, again point your watch clad hand towards the sun. This will be roughly East.
combining these two calculation, one can extrapolate the other two compass points and navigate almost as well as one could using a sexton and abacus.
08-08-20, 09:38 AM
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very simple. As it gets late in the day, using the hand your watch is strapped to, point at the setting sun. This is roughly west.
When you awake, again point your watch clad hand towards the sun. This will be roughly East.
combining these two calculation, one can extrapolate the other two compass points and navigate almost as well as one could using a sexton and abacus.
When you awake, again point your watch clad hand towards the sun. This will be roughly East.
combining these two calculation, one can extrapolate the other two compass points and navigate almost as well as one could using a sexton and abacus.
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08-08-20, 10:06 AM
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My nephew and I were talking about this. I mentioned that many of his generation don't even wear wrist watches. He said, "Why would I need a wrist watch, when I have this thing in my pocket that tells the time?"
I said, "Congratulations! You've reinvented the pocket watch!"
I said, "Congratulations! You've reinvented the pocket watch!"
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08-08-20, 10:49 AM
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08-08-20, 11:13 AM
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We tend to overthink these things.
I'm also an Eagle Scout. This reminds me of my how confusing a Left-Handed Smoke Shifter seems at first glance. When an older scout finally demonstrated one for me I was like...of course!
08-08-20, 12:05 PM
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very simple. As it gets late in the day, using the hand your watch is strapped to, point at the setting sun. This is roughly west.
When you awake, again point your watch clad hand towards the sun. This will be roughly East.
combining these two calculation, one can extrapolate the other two compass points and navigate almost as well as one could using a sexton and abacus.
When you awake, again point your watch clad hand towards the sun. This will be roughly East.
combining these two calculation, one can extrapolate the other two compass points and navigate almost as well as one could using a sexton and abacus.
08-08-20, 12:26 PM
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08-08-20, 12:49 PM
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https://www.encyclopedia.com/daily/is-it-true-that-moss-only-grows-on-the-north-side/
https://www.encyclopedia.com/daily/is-it-true-that-moss-only-grows-on-the-north-side/
https://www.naturalnavigator.com/the...th-about-moss/
https://www.mensjournal.com/adventur...rth-side-myth/
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08-08-20, 12:51 PM
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08-08-20, 12:59 PM
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That's not always true even in the Northern Hemisphere.
https://www.encyclopedia.com/daily/is-it-true-that-moss-only-grows-on-the-north-side/
https://www.encyclopedia.com/daily/is-it-true-that-moss-only-grows-on-the-north-side/
https://www.naturalnavigator.com/the...th-about-moss/
https://www.mensjournal.com/adventur...rth-side-myth/
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https://www.encyclopedia.com/daily/is-it-true-that-moss-only-grows-on-the-north-side/
https://www.encyclopedia.com/daily/is-it-true-that-moss-only-grows-on-the-north-side/
https://www.naturalnavigator.com/the...th-about-moss/
https://www.mensjournal.com/adventur...rth-side-myth/
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But does the toilet flush in the opposite direction in the Southern Hemisphere?
Since the sun in the Northern hemisphere is a little to the South, the South facing side of trees often gets more sun. The sun dries out that side of the tree and doesn’t give moss the environment it needs to grow. However, on the north side of that same tree its darker, cooler and moist – the perfect conditions for moss. On the other side of the equator, the sun is mostly to the north, which means that the North side of trees is hot and dry. In those conditions, moss grows on the South side.
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My nephew and I were talking about this. I mentioned that many of his generation don't even wear wrist watches. He said, "Why would I need a wrist watch, when I have this thing in my pocket that tells the time?"
I said, "Congratulations! You've reinvented the pocket watch!"
I said, "Congratulations! You've reinvented the pocket watch!"