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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