Sat Nav on bikes

Didn't want to start off another bloody debate all I wanted to know was what
you guys used. As far as that twat who says use a bloody map goes you try
using a map on a bike to get out of effing Prague towards Berlin in rush
hour.

Thanks for all your help though I will order my tom-tom and Bluetooth kit
this week for the i-mate.

Cheers

Peter

CBR600F3, CB550K3

 

Peter M says...

I've used a map to find my way around far worse places than Prague,
some of those places don't have any road signs.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, mups

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Long distance cross-country touring weapon, see. You can adjust for
local magnetic variation.

Oddly, you have to stop first.

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Wicked Uncle Nigel says...

Isn't the sensor mounted on the front of a plastic mudguard or is it
used for negating the effects of the gravity well.

 

Yes, but as a pensioner I have more time than money.

 

If you think that you haven't been taught how to use a GPS and map
properly.

 

Same reason as those who drive the safest cars are the worst drivers?

 

Chris Malcolm says...

I can see the point of GPS in somewhere like a desert, but for mapped
out places that have distinguishable landmarks and road signs there
really isn't any need for it.

 

Chris Malcolm says...

Going by your last two posts in reply to me, I really don't know if
you're being entirely serious or not.

 

<Devil's Advocate Mode>

There isn't a need for a 150bhp motorbike on the road but that doesn't
make it wrong.

</DAM>

 

[GPS V Map]

Or in military parlance the 7Ps

IIRC Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance

 

There are a few techniques that makes getting lost much less likely.

And much easier to get yourself out of being lost, once you are.[0]

All you need, then, is the techniques for dealing with it. 20 minutes
over a beer and I can tell you all you need to know.

Very true.

<narrows eyes>



[0] The unsignalled U-turn at traffic lights, though, is best reserved
for ocassions when you are NOT in an articulated lorry, apparently
headed for the Vatican City in rush-hour.

 

Please.

Ah yes, now lost in a lorry would be "interesting".

 

No, that's what I think.

 

'Deviation'. As opposed to 'variation' which is what I talked about.

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"Big chunks of metal".

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Grrrrr. Still, good to know I'm not the only one. Did yours bounce?

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deviation of the compass: departure of the mariner's compass from the
magnetic meridian, owing to the ship's magnetism or other local causes.

declinometer: noun, an instrument for measuring declination in
various senses, especially the _declination of the compass_ or
_magnetic declination_ (ie the deviation of the magnetic needle from
the true north), or the declination or dip of a compass needle (see dip of
the needle).
[Pity they use the same word for two different things; I was only really
aware of the second definition until I bought an electronic compass recently.]

variation: noun, [...] declination of the compass

--all Chambers

Either I misread you, or you've got your definitions switched since
you left the Merchant Marine.

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My trick is know the names of the major towns in roughly the direction
you're going and then sticking to the major roads. That way you can
navigate simply using street signs.

Anything at a local level, just ask a local.

 

My problem with that is that it is often not clear from the signs when
you have got to the town/city you are using as beacon. Especially so,
where the towns or districts of a city run together. Its so much
simpler out in the countyside.