Had a great 3 hour ride south of Cary, NC yesterday. My first real long ride since coming back from hernia surgery and it felt great. Two friends and I did a bunch of back roads south of Cary (TOPO! TPO file GPX file) on a sunny 65 degree morning. The route [...]
National Geographic has release version 4.2.7 of TOPO!. I have downloaded and installed it on my Apple G4. Despite this being a “minor” release from the previous version (4.2.3) that I reviewed here, there are some significant changes.
Now comes with a Universal Binary
Many bug fixes
New buttons
Most important, scrolling/traveling is much more [...]
Scott Chilcote’s Page has a nice presentation on the basics of buying and purchasing a GPS unit for use with a bike. Download the powerpoint here. You can see/buy my basic setup at my store. Fancier versions are available, but I find the eTrex setup works pretty well for me.
Related links:
TOPO! OS [...]
Had a nice ride out to Jordan Lake this morning (see map). Some really nice roads, especially Wimberly and the other roads around 751. 751 is decent on bike, but there is a lot of car traffic compared to the other backroads around it. Lowlights of the ride are High House (short [...]
Other than the fact that competition is good, especially when it comes to the price of and access to organic foods, I am not sure what the big deal is with the new Trader Joe’s in Cary. For the uninitiated, Trader Joe’s is a grocery store carrying largely organic brands, similar to Whole Foods. [...]
Yesterday, I took REI’s Hands On Bike Maintenance class at the Raleigh store. To start things, off, I am a avid cyclist, but not a die hard. I am not super-mechanical when it comes to fixing things, but I can usually figure things out when I have a good set of directions and [...]
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