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pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1114 Location: seattle wa usa

Toward the end of 2008, I started biking because of all the wet and leaves, then in December got super sick, stopped doing the 100 pushups program, stopped biking, and then Seattle decided to have the biggest snowfall in 40 years, which lasted just past the New Year.

So here we are in 2009, and I'm going to shoot for more manual mileage blogging-- updating as frequently as possible before I forget the past week of rides. Once in a while some crazy stuff happens out on the trail and if I only log miles off the GPS and no "notes" along with it, I'm sure I'd forget some of the craziness. So let's try this again...

GPS mileage 2009

NOVEMBER

2nd - 13m skate home
3rd - 13m skate home. Dry but really windy. Kind of deja vu of the last Ultraskate. With daylight savings time, getting dark at 5 p.m.
4th - 13m skate home.
5th - late meeting, no skate
6th - bellevue work, no skate
7th - picked up RB mini at Motion!

OCTOBER

1st - 13m bike home (took the bike to work in the car)
4th - 19m skate, with Sophie! Half way she rode her old bike, she rode her new bike home (recycled cycles)
5th - 13m skate home - then bike with Sophie
6th - 13m skate home - then bike with Sophie... I see a pattern here
7th - 13m skate home
8th - 13m skate home

11th - 13m redhook half marathon skate with sean, blake, munson and derek, steve and jesse

12th - 13m skate home
13th - 13m skate into work (dark, rain, leaves, branches, mudslides, ultraskate training!)
15th - 13m skate home
18th - 7m night skate to kenmore and back home, after weekend with bro
19th - 13m skate home
20th - 13m skate home
21st - 13m skate home
23rd - 13m skate home

25th - 13m skate home
26th - 13m skate home

30th - 144m Ultraskate Eight on the rollsrolls yoga mat board

SEPTEMBER

2nd - 13m skate home
4th - 13m skate home

7th - 13m skate home
8th - 5m skate Greenlake with Patrick
9th - 13m skate home
14th - 13m skate home, 2m SUP-kayak to St Edwards park with Sophie

Lots of SUP and Kayak...
Lots of short (2m) skates...
Experimenting with SUP double paddles and sit-down boarding

22nd - 13m skate home. 2m kayak Matthews to Kirkland and back
23rd - 13m skate home. took SUP to Gasworks for chinook box, sat in on a kitesurfing class.
24th - 13m skate home, after Jillian's party and McD's in UVillage
27th - 10m "Reunion" skate Woodinville to Redmond with Derek and Patrick. Skipped the SUP Round the Rock, and skipped the Tacoma race.
28th - 13m skate home
29th - 13m skate home
30th - 26m bike to and from work

AUGUST

2nd - 8m skate to Blyth Park with Sophie on her bike. Spotted Doug Griffin on the trail. Later did a quick 2m SUP over to St Edwards and 1m nature run up and down the trail to the building and park at the top of the hill.
3rd - 13m skate home. Met Lee (biker) on the way home chatted briefly.
4th - 13m skate home.
5th - took bus home, did a 3-mile SUP along with the swift kayak folks instead.
6th - took bus home, did a X?-mile SUP "race" with Urban Surf crew.
8th - 26 mile skate. 10 down to Gasworks, met Dave and Jason, 6 mile parade, 10 miles back home.
9th - 5.9 mile SUP from the Arboretum to eastside of Lake WA (along 520 bridge) then back.

10th - 13m skate home
11th - 13m skate home
13th - SUP race at Gasworks (Urban Surf / Naish)
16th - SUP race at Shilshole Bay (Cheka Looka)
17th - 13m skate home
18th - 13m skate home
20th - Last SUP race at Gasworks (Urban Surf / Naish)
21st - First time out with HQ Hydra kite, no wind
22nd - Kite session for 2 hours, just kite training, great winds!
23rd - Kite session at Gasworks with Sophie, her first time out
24th - 13m skate home
25th - 13m skate home

JULY

1st - 10m skate to Greenlake session with Dave and Patrick. Saw BFT, Leah, and Edgar, on Ted's b-day.
2nd - 13m into work. Drove Shu home as designated driver Very Happy

3rd - 10m skate to Bothell, Sophie on her bike. Met MJ Kelly! And a SUP guy named Matt at Logboom Park. Ran 3 miles later in the day.
4th - 2m run.
5th - SUP out on Greenlake with Sophie and Sakae.
6th - 13m skate home.
7th - 13m skate home. Eric Westburg biked alongside on the Westlake parking lot.
8th - 13m skate home.

11th - 128 mile skate, Seattle to Vader.
12th - 76 mile skate, Vader to Portland.
13th - 19th - Swimming in Hawaii

20th - 13m skate home.
21st - 13m skate home, then SUP on Greenlake with Sophie.
23rd - 4m skate then Outrigger Canoe session on Lake Union with Sabine, Kristen, Trish.
24th - 13m skate to work.
26th - 10m skate to Bothell / McD's and back with Sophie. Stopped by MOBO and had a great visit with Jason, Katie gave Sophie some water.

28th - 3m run + 3m walk at Long Beach
29th - 4m run + 2m walk
30th - 6m run
31st - 8m skate on the Discovery Trail at Long Beach. Took the SUP out on Greenlake with Sophie after returning home.

JUNE

1st - 13m skate home. Bumped into Cliney on the hill.
2nd - 13m skate home.
3rd - 20m skate home. Went up to Greenlake did a lap then back down.
4th - 20m skate home. Same as yesterday.
5th - 13m skate home.
6th - rest
7th - 50m skate, down to Gasworks, over to Marymoor, back home. Last 'big' ride before the next ultra. Epsom salt baths are the best.

8th - 13m skate home. Icing the achilles. All the skate days have been great -- unseasonably hot and sunny, fortunately this week's a little cooler than last.
9th - 13m skate home.
10th - 13m skate home.
11th - 13m skate. Helped a grom find his way to his buddies at Z-turns on the way home.
12th - 26m skate to work and back. Saw Barry Plum, Jim Mitchell biked along half the way home.

13th/14th - down in Vancouver, weekend off.

15th - 26m skate to work and back.
16th - 13m skate home, ran into a crew of Shoreliners sliding Z-turns and we rode to Cliney hill, also ran into Dave. Fun stuff!
17th - 13m skate home. Slight rain, first rain in almost a month!
18th - 13m skate home.

20th - Fremont Solstice Parade. A mile or whatever.
21st - Ultraskate VII - 140 miles in 13.5 hours. Then it rained, and I didn't want to skate until I hurt myself. Been there, done that. So I stopped and enjoyed supporting Paul and others.

22-26th - Took the bus and read "Born to Run." Lot of stretching this week and keeping up the upper body workouts. Not injured, but happily exerted and in recovering mode. Short skates at Cedar Park and around the 'hood, just no full commutes.
27th - Ran 2 miles barefoot, with Mika. Skipped Salem OSG to spend the weekend with family and Saiko, visiting from Japan.
28th - Took Saiko to Seattle Pride Parade.

29th - 13m skate home.
30th - 13m skate home.

MAY

1st - 26m skate into work and back. Had to kick off the Cascade "Bike" to Work Month off right, once again part of the company's commuting team, but with a 4-wheel twist.
2nd - 11.3m greenlake morning skate.
3rd - Noodled around at the garage with Dave, Glenn, and Patrick.

4th - 26m bike.
5th - 26m bike. Torrential rainstorm on the way in.
6th - 26m bike. Rain.
7th - 26m bike. Hey, more rain!
8th - Skated around the "Couve" visiting G-Bomb Mark and Eric. Totally dry. Lots of skating!
9th - 16m skate on the Burnt Creek Bridge Trail in Vancouver with Mark and Eric. First day on the new Virage LDP trucks with a dropped G-Bomb setup. Lots of other bombing in the city, Fort Lewis, etc., amazing place to skate!!

11th - 26m bike.
12th - 26m bike.
13th - 26m skate. Patrick made a surprise show on the morning commute and skated to Fremont with me. Great way to kick off a midweek skate. Still riding the Virage rear + Bennett front on the Mermaid V-lam. The new Virage LDP front is on my Cambiar setup.

14th - 13m bike in, 13m skate home. I broke down the Cambiar + Virage setup and put it in my bike bag for a wet and rainy ride in, then stuck the board together at work in about 5 minutes for a sunny and mostly dry ride home.

15th - 26m SKATE, on Bike to Work day Wink

16th - cut down a tree, upper-body chainsaw workout
17th - Fast n Furious slalom in Graham with the CSA crew, though I was more like Slow and Surfy

18th - 13m bike (rode bus/skated 2m to work, rode bike home)
19th - 26m bike - rain
20th - 13m bike, 13m skate (left bike at work)
21st - 26m skate
22nd - 26m skate
23rd - 20m skate out to Redhook, met Dave for a 45-minute beer and Tim Eney's first time out!
25th - 15m skate to Woodinville. Met Aaron Erbeck (at the turnaround point) and Barry Plum on the ride back.

26th - 26m skate, met Pat Matson (bike) on the way home. GPS'd the distance from 147th to Gasworks start; 10.1m on one device, 9.98m on the other.
27th - 13m skate
30th - 10m skate out to Bothell Landing with Sophie on her bike
31st - 15m skate out to Woodinville Wilmot park and back. After a day of canoeing and rock climbing - wiped!

APRIL

[Virage test total at 4/1/09: 195m, only swaps have been bushings, no change in pins or axles]

1st - 26m bike, pounding rain, was a good call.
2nd - 3m skate, and bus
3rd - worked from home

4th - 15m sunrise skate, out to woodinville and back. the 'click' sound from the Virage really picked up after one run through a wet portion of the trail, after a solid hour of no clicking sounds, so it's pretty conclusive that moisture plays a part. I'm convinced its something like the bushing snapping against or off the lip of the hangar, just have to figure out where.
5th - Salem Slalom

6th - 13m skate home, moved the Virage setup off the slalom board, back onto the Mermaid, but left the 70mm orange front, lemon rears on. it was fun to ride the "tiny" wheels all the way back home for a change.
7th - 13m skate home, put 76mm Lime BZigs back on the Virages, since the Pinks are at work. Put a little wider spacer in the back, so now the edge to edge measurement on the wheels is 8-1/4" equally front and rear.
8th - 13m skate home. Looks like rain/bike tomorrow...
9th - 26m bike, indeed.
10th - rest
11th - met Panda down at the Garage for an early skate, just some casual cones and laps.
12th - raining solid all day - ran 4 miles out to Tracy Owen park and back.

13th - 26m bike.
14th - 26m bike. Sunny ride home...hard not to have the skateboard. Picked up a couple 3" pins at TacomaScrew and gave the Virage a small upgrade and test spin, needs a bit more riser now.
15th - 26m skate - finally!!! Some freaking SUN! Rode the 3" kingpin on the Virage with a little more riser. Much smoother, though I've created some new squeaking noise which I think is just the board chewing me out for not riding it enough. Met Panda near Matthews beach on the way home, dude's been cranking some miles.
16th - 13m skate home

18th - 14m skate at sunrise with Panda at Greenlake, 1st day on the white ops avilas
19th - 30m skate out to Marymoor and back. Met John and Gary out biking, Jason and Katie on the way back. Removed the spherical and ran the Virage with a cone bushing in place of the bearing.
20th - 13m skate home. Orange Venom cone is splitting in a weird place.
21st - 13m skate home. 75 degrees!!
22nd - 13m skate home. 30 degrees colder. Need new headphones.
23rd - 13m skate home.

25th - 30m skate to Marymoor and back. First day putting the metal spherical back after a week on the cone bushing "urethane grommet." The bearing is pretty loose at this point, real squeaky. Look forward to trying out a nylon spherical + bearing combo.
26th - 7m skate to Dave's, then random skating down in Puyallup, a few miles on the "LDP track" and some fast runs on the hill. Dave's first time on a big hill through cones and he got visibly better in just a couple hours.
27th - 13m skate.
28th - 26m bike - rain in the morning but nice in the evening, I'd rather be skating!
29th - 17m skate.
30th - 17m skate. 75 degree weather, yee haw. Skating to Logboom Park with Sophie (on her bike) is becoming an evening ritual!

MARCH

2nd - 26m bike, rode with Skip on the way home (dry, damnit)
3rd - 26m bike, dry going home again (weatherman is stoned)
4th - 26m bike, rain both ways
5th - 26m skate - pumped in the wet on the way in, totally dry going home
6th/7th - rest, knee issues - from biking!
8th - cyber session, taking it easy

9th - 13m skate
10th - 13m skate
11th - 13m skate

12th - 13m skate - VIRAGE trucks First Day!! 2006 Roe Mermaid with camber, no concave, 70mm wheels. Met up with Dave at Tacoma Screw, bought a handful of 3" grade 8's and took them to Rick to sand them down to Bennett size. Rode home, mix of pump and push. Narrowest hangar setup. Will widen out and go with 76mm wheels on the next one.
13th - 13m skate, re-mounted the Virages on a 2007 Mermaid with camber and concave, 76mm Pink Gumballs.

14th - rest
15th - mellow cyber and breakfast for Jackman's birthday, put the Virages on the Walkabout - Brad and Dave checked it out.

16th - 13m skate, on the Walkabout with Virages, white bitch and white barrel front. Joined by James Mitchell on his bike, an experienced biker, he rode up my hill at the end and told me to stop doing that.
17th - 16m skate, (3m morning laps + 13m commute home) Now back on the Mermaid + Virages, this time front truck is mounted with only a thin rubber shock pad, 76mm pink gumballs and still no wheelbite! Lowest topmount pumper/pusher combo to date.
18th - 15m skate, Mermaid + Virage ride II, getting comfortable on this type of truck again (a lot like the splitfire days, only better) - went up to Motionboardshop and chatted with Katie and Jason, bought $15 bearings from Nick
19th - 3m skate, from the bus to work and back. Taking it easy before the ultraskate.
20th - rest

21st - Ultraskate VI - 80 miles on the Virage setup. the low pushing came in handy all the way up Stone Way!
22nd - just wrenching at mellow cyber slalom session, breakfast at FremontDock with Deano, Stryker and Dave

23rd - 3m skate and bus
24th - 26m bike, first time back on bike since knee issues. per Jim Mitchell's advice, gearing down, pedalling up, slowing down...see how it goes.
25th - 26m bike
26th - 26m bike, commuted home after a pound of Theo's chocolate, a half cheeseburger, and a couple pints of IPA. I'm ready to get back on board but I need to set one up!
28th - ran 4+ slow miles out to tracy owen park and back home

30th - 13m skate home (Virage, 81a red venom bottom, white Bitch top) half of the ride was rain, met Skip at the very end.
31st - 26m skate to and from work. On the way in was seriously strong wind, half way home was rain. Same bushings on the Virage. Getting an old familiar clicking sound, might be bushings rubbing on the spherical?

FEBRUARY

1st - 30 mile skate, out to Redmond and back with Dave and Marshall. awesome time, only downer was when a hormone-crazed biker kook tried to pick a fight with us. Dave went way beyond his previous rides, very cool to see that.
2nd - 26m by bike.
3rd - 13m skating home on the 2nd SK8KINGS AXE LDP proto!
4th - 13m skating home
5th - 26m by bike.
6th - rested, worked from home. Took a long hot bath.

7th - 30m bike out to Redmond and back. Shot trail film for ultraskate 6.
8th - garage session, offset cyber

9th - 26m by bike, ice
10th - bus
11th - 26m by bike, ice in the morning. Saw Dave out pumping in the afternoon!
12th - 13m skate home.

14th - 20m skate with Dave (he skated 30++?)
15th - cyber slalom
16th - 16m skate to woodinville and back

17-19th - canada vacation

20th - 26m skate to work and back, chatted with Barry Plum
21st - 16m skate to woodinville and back, saw Connor and Kaleb sliding on my local hill
22nd - cyber slalom
23rd - 26m bike, stopped for full tune up at Recycled on the way home
24th - 26m bike
25th - 13m skate
26th - 26m bike

28th - 41m skate to Gasworks, rode with Eric Westberg a while, then out to Woodinville, met Dave at Redhook for a beerski!

JANUARY

5th - 0 miles. 1st day back to work, it SNOWS! Took the bus both ways.
6th - 26m by bike.
7th - 26m by bike.
8th - 26m by bike. Mudslides over the trail, detour.
9th - 0 miles, work from home.

12th - 26m by bike. New mudslides took out another section of trail, but no detour needed. Stopped by Recycled cycles on the way home and got my eggbeater clip pedals put on. Time to spin!
13th - 26m by bike.
14th - 26m by bike.
15th - 13m Loaded prototype. Lost the rear Seismic bolt C-clip and bolt.
16th - 0 miles, work from home.
17th - 18 miles, met Dave for few miles, then MotionBoardShop, then out to Woodinville and back
18th - 5.6 miles, couple laps around Greenlake with Patrick, Corey and Dave, after cyber session

DRY AND SUNNY! (after the morning ice burns off)

19th - 20 miles, skated Burke home (some ice) with detour up Stone Way and 2 greenlake laps with Blake
20th - 13 miles skating home, met Dave on board and Skip on bike. And Max the wandering Dachshund.
21st - 13 miles skating home
22nd - 26 miles skated work and back
23rd - no miles, worked from home

24th - 18 miles, out to Woodinville, did 2 cyber miles (4:37) then back
25th - impromptu cyber session, brad stryker dave and glenn

26th - bike 26 miles, 23-degree temps, saw Dave, he skated almost out to Matthews beach
27th - bike 26 miles (ice, lost cleat)
28th - bike 26 miles, saw Dave again!
29th - skate 13 miles home on the Cambiar, 83a BlackOps
30th and 31st - rest and stretch

GPS mileage 2008

This is the 3rd year I've tracked mileage by GPS-- and what prompted this post right now is that just a few days ago, the power button on my Garmin Forerunner 201 went belly up, and some of the data got scrambled. I'm sending this unit in to see if they'll replace or repair...

So I posted what's uploaded already, and logged rides manually for a while in Feb/March by time and location. I'll definately have to pick up another device, as the Garmin was essential in tracking the 24-hour ride mileage from last year.

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november

2nd - 26 miles, out to Redmond footbridge and back, TONS of leaves now. Won't get to commute much this week due to a business trip, so wanted to get a good Sunday ride in.
7th bike - 26 miles
8th bike - 26 miles (to Redmond footbridge and back)
9th - skipped the Vancouver Vixen 12-miler, kicking a cold, and I want to skate longer rides
11th bike - 26 miles

october

11th - 170 miles in Ultraskate V

20th morning - This doesn't count toward my skate mileage...but rode my cheap Eureka Motiv mountain bike to get a feel for the commute on 2 wheels, as currently considering picking up a Surly Cross-Check. Did the 13 mile commute in just under an hour, so not much faster than the board (yet) obviously with some inefficiencies. I'm sure the seat is set too low, the handlebar is probably not the right "fit", no pedal clips, knobby offroad tires, etc., etc., ... but it was nice and grippy in the rain.

20th evening - Bought the Surly Cross-Check on the commute home! Left the mountain bike at the shop and picked it up a couple days later. First "road" bike I've ever owned.

Been riding it every day since. It's maiden voyage was a dark and rainy night ride home. Fortunately I've got all the right gear for this, having boarded the trails many times at night-- screaming yellow jacket, helmet lamp, rear red blinker, etc... The bike is working out so awesomely right now because there are long stretches completely coated in wet leaves. I used to ride the rollsrolls on days (months...) like this, but I can't really say it was 100% pleasureable. So the mileage:

20th bike - 26m
21st bike - 26m
22nd bike - 26m
23rd bike - 26m
25th bike - 30m (out to Redmond and back)

27th bike - 26m
28th bike - 26m
29th bike - 26m
30th bike - 26m
31st bike - 26m

september
lazy, i need to update...

august
15th & 16th - RSVP - 187 miles

july
12th & 13th - STP - 204 miles

june
10th - 18.44m: 5:21/mi
11th - 12.35m: 5:08/mi

14th - 100m (1st day of Ultraskate IV)
15th - 35.43m: 5:48/mi (2nd day of Ultraskate IV)

17th - 18.63m: 5:50/mi
18th - 12.41m: 5:42/mi
19th - 12.29m: 5:23/mi
24th - 12.36m: 5:17/mi
25th - 12.41m: 5:03/mi (to work)
25th - 12.40m: 5:18/mi (back home)
26th - 12.91m: 5:52/mi

may
3rd & 4th - 208 miles - Ultraskate III

april
8th - 12.61m: commute home
7th - 12.56m: commute home
5th - 15.3m: ride out to woodinville and back to 145th
1st - 15.8m: six greenlake loops

march
31st - 8.7m: three greenlake loops
29th - 20m: seven greenlake loops
27th - 8.5m: three greenlake loops
26th - 12m: four fast loops around greenlake
22nd - 30m: long morning ride, marymoor and back, met STP biker rich who knows barry
20th - 12.5m: commute home
19th - 12.5m: commute home
18th - 12.5m: commute home, sunny and dry, weather.com's report was 90% rain
17th - 12.5m: commute home, met Sheldon back from New Zealand!
12th - 12.5m: commute home with the Cambiar and Kahuna Big Stick!!
11th - 12.5m: commute home, rollsrolls and backpack, ironically dry, weather.com sucks! Raced home to meet Dean-o at the RAM.
10th - 12.5m: commute home, rain. Overhauled bearings after
9th - 14m: 5 laps at Green Lake. Compared Mermaid / Pulse
7th - 9m: burke/145th to wayne golf course and back. 1 hour, met two kids in kenmore park sliding longboards who know shoreline Trevor
6th - 9m: burke/145th to wayne golf course and back. 1 hour, met Don
5th - 25m: commute to and from, met Alan on the way home
4th - 12.5m: commute home, rode the Cambiar

february
29th - burke/145th to woodinville redhook and back. 1 hour 45 mins
20.57m - 11.1mph (last GPS record before fritz)

january
17.19m - 11.3mph
24.74m - 10.3mph
68.47m - 9.9mph
71.93m - 10.1mph
37.39m - 10.4mph

GPS mileage 2007

december
7.16m - 9.4mph
37.58m - 9.3mph
19.99m - 10.4mph

november
13.39m - 10.6mph
25.73m - 9.0mph
22.10m - 9.9mph
63.20m - 10.6mph

october
225.22m - 9.1mph (week of 2nd 24-hour ride)
13.6m - 9.0mph
62.02m - 10.8mph
67.33m - 11.1mph

september
92.02m - 11.4mph
12.49m - 10.8mph
21.18m - 10.9mph
46.94m - 10.3mph

august
51.26m - 9.5mph
19.15m - 8.3mph

july
204m - 9.0mph (week of 2nd Seattle to Portland)

june
no record

may
29.75m - 10.5mph
230.68m - 10.1mph (week of 1st 24-hour ride)

april
53.30m - 11.2mph
51.80m - 11.0mph
83.24m - 10.6mph
27.13m - 9.3mph
55.35m - 9.6mph

march
70.47m - 10.9mph
31.09m - 10.6mph
64.52m - 10.0mph
50.10m - 10.1mph

february
60.72m - 9.7mph
52.52m - 10.4mph
65.24m - 10.4mph
55.29m - 9.9mph

january
54.45m - 10.8mph
24.70m - 8.1mph
30.58m - 9.1mph

TOTAL GPS 2007:
2095.29

GPS mileage 2006

First year playing with the Garmin 201, I went through and separated the skate runs from all other GPS tinkering. Total distance skated came out to 2274 miles for the year.

Shorter skates through the city every day and racing, etc., aren't factored in, but this is just a gauge I'm hoping to keep up and try to make more accurate each year.

december
91.2
4.94

november
12.43

october
37.56
55.6
44.62
77.74

september
86.69
61.79
62.44

august
48.26

july
90.49
92.57
210.72

june
37.89
75.49
55.63
91.38

may
93.66
101.75
86.98
83.89

april
32.95
74.48
90.93
87.19
102.16

march
74.45
67.98
26.56

february
20.98
13.78
32.35
40.97

january
5.58

TOTAL GPS 2006:
2274.08

dustm · Joined: 18 Oct 2007 Posts: 37 Location: Raleigh, NC

I got a garmin nuvi 200 for my birthday in Feb and have used it on a few rides so far. 10 miles 8mph avg on monday, and then 8.5miles 9mph avg today with a couple bros. We did about 5 miles worth of hybrid slalom before the trail ride today too!

now i need to get you a new mile time for me

bryan b

funkypinner · Joined: 13 Feb 2008 Posts: 4 Location: St.Pete Florida

I did not log any of 07'. I wish I had. I have been for the last 6 weeks. I haven't added it up yet. got a few miles in though.
If they give you any crap about fixing your GPS. Try a Magellan eXplorist 210. That's what I use, and I love it.
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Because it feels right

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1114 Location: seattle wa usa

cool bryan, can't wait to see some new cyber mile times!

and thanks funky, i may look into the magellan. hoping that garmin will empathize a bit, given not only that the device conked out, but i lost a lot of data too!! what i really wanted to do is figure out over the course of the year when the overall average pace is the fastest.

Winnersh · Joined: 08 Apr 2008 Posts: 38 Location: Berkshire, England

I'm looking at a GPS device that supports street mapping so that

1. I can plan a route using tiny country back roads, and
2. I can get lost, then find a safe route back to my origin.

Have any of you used something like this? http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk...-21679-21679-297609-80594582.html

Ta

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1114 Location: seattle wa usa

Winnersh · Joined: 08 Apr 2008 Posts: 38 Location: Berkshire, England

I went shopping and got this baby. A GPS60 with a battery life of 28 hours.

And when I get a spare minute, I shall be looking at a helmet mounted solar cell like this fella: http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Green-Helmet/

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1114 Location: seattle wa usa

that GPS60 looks great, just priced it online, its in the $130--$170 range. since i'm paying about $80 per unit on the eBay refurbished 201's, this 60's a potentially better solution. I'd love to hear how that unit works for you over your rides.

the thing I've really liked about the 101--301 series is that they have good "track" like features, automatically measuring 1-mile increments, setting walk/run/bike paces, lap-track stuff. but I really like the idea of the long battery life, and not having to think about the device between the start and finish. another feature I like on the "orienteering" type GPS devices like that GPS60, is they often clock the time when you are no longer moving, and keep track of that independently. which means instead of pressing a "start / stop" button manually, you can just set the GPS down on your board while you eat-drink-hit the restroom etc., on something like an ultraskate, where you're trying to keep distance measurement accurate.

dig the helmet-light link too! I'll explain the light solution I used on the ultraskates in another thread soon, pretty simple in comparison. relied a lot on moonlight, actually.

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1114 Location: seattle wa usa

hey winner-- got it! it's pretty amazing how much data this thing tracks. i'm still trying to figure out how to best use the waypoints and save meaningful "sessions" of data on the PC afterward. I've only had it a couple days now.

one thing about the Garmin Forerunners is they're set up for track and field, so it's really easy to start and stop a session and visualize it later as distinct chunks of data. with this GPS60, its really more like a traditional GPS set up for orienteering, etc. that continually runs. still I'm sure there's some easy way to play with the data to save a "session"-- what I'm going to try is saving routes with a start and finish waypoint, and go from there.

anyway thanks for the info. i was really looking forward to getting a unit that can last a full day!