Re: [RBW] Re: Revisiting bike computers for tours…

[Leah Peterson]

There is so much foolishness, James. My good advice that he should cut his hair is also being ignored! Actual words from him: Mom. What is the POINT of practicing first? If we get stuck, we get stuck. What’s the difference?”  Gee, kid. How about getting stuck without a necessity for just the one overnight and realizing it before we set out for 215 miles and 6 days?! Good tips about airplane mode! I didn’t know Ride with GPS would still work! Thanks! On Jun 29, 2025, at 3:02 PM, James Poulson <jlpoul...@gmail.com> wrote: Leah I would agree with others that a back up battery is a good idea for your phone, especially if you are camping since you might be challenged to find outlets at all your stops. I try to grab power where  I can along the route.  Another thing that I have found to be hugely helpful is to put your phone is 'Airplane Mode' while riding. The gps will work fine while in this mode but your phone won't be wasting battery trying to find a cell phone tower/signal. Ride with GPS will still work fine. You just won't be able to receive phone calls, text or random notices.  Good luck and have a great time with your son.  Boy Scouts would have been a cure of his 'no planning' planning, but too late for that. Hopefully experience and maturity will cure him of that foolishness.:-) James P MO On Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 1:46:26 PM UTC-5 Bicycle Belle Ding Ding! wrote: Hi Friends, I’m a week away from my mother-son bikecamping trip. I’ve been practicing pitching my tent in the backyard and breaking it down, trying to perfect and speed up the process. I’m pretty good!  I’ve been sitting down to really plan my route, and it’s been frustrating. I have an iPad with a keyboard that I do everything with, and it seems like maybe Ride with GPS was meant for laptops. It’s awkward. It doesn’t feel intuitive. I feel like I’m always losing where I’m at and what I’m looking for. But it seems to be the universal favorite app for route planning, so I’m sure it’s me that’s the problem. Meanwhile, everyone in my bike club has a bike computer. The club plans routes on Ride with GPS. And at the ride start they say things like “Does everyone have the route?” I paid for the Ride with GPS membership so I could have the route on my phone, but it drains the phone. So I never use it. Thus, I never “have the route.”  This mattered less in the club because SOMEONE always has the route, but when I set off on my tour with my son, we will be in charge of navigation. It might be nice to have turn-by-turn without running down our phone batteries. I don’t know. I really liked just having my iPhone on my bars, but maybe with the amount of miles I ride, I should reconsider. Who has opinions about bike computers and Ride with GPS?  Thanks! Leah -- You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/topic/rbw-owners-bunch/7-evMBOegcQ/unsubscribe. To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/79efe78b-cc1e-4b61-b91f-e7bf291131e8n%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/22469F19-1B4A-4ABF-AACD-0B3DD210F172%40gmail.com.