Ridecamp: Re: [RC] GPS

I have to differ with that statement, Truman. I ride in nothing but
mountains, forest, valleys and my garmin gps works great. Why would they
make them if they couldn't be used in all types of terrain? I carry it
zipped up in my saddlepack even, it has always recorded everything. Only
problem I have with it is the batteries use up way too fast. I can only get
about 7 hours on a set of batteries, even using the battery saving mode.

So I missed the beginning of this thread, is it not allowed to be used in
AERC? and if so, why?
amber




> Unless you are riding in pretty flat, open terrain - no follage cover,
> no valleys, no hills, etc.- the GPS won't do much of a job with what you
> want since your satellite coverage will be limited. On a ride last year
> I turned my on doing a 24 mile loop just for grins. This loop was pretty
> open - no trees - but there was enough blockage from hills and valleys
> that the 24 miles ended up showing up as 11 on the unit.
>
> Great tool for what it was designed to do but it does take some
> judgement in reading the results.
>
> Truman
>



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