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Kritou

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You appear to have an iPhone case on the left bar - what do you use the phone for?
 

SneakyDingo

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I've seen people with GPS's recommending also having a phone as a backup. The GPS sometimes gets a bit wonky with directions because the datasources used by the GPS's are different to, say, Google and Apple maps, and the phone can help you overcome those problems. Additionally, if you want to load routes on the fly, etc. not all GPS's support that.
 

G19Tony

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I've seen people with GPS's recommending also having a phone as a backup. The GPS sometimes gets a bit wonky with directions because the datasources used by the GPS's are different to, say, Google and Apple maps, and the phone can help you overcome those problems. Additionally, if you want to load routes on the fly, etc. not all GPS's support that.

I purchased the route for the Scooter Cannonball from one of the participants, who does this sort of thing. It's pretty basic, just a magenta line that takes you to all the checkpoints. He made a custom route for me to practice with, an 8-10 mile route around the side of town I live on. It's pretty slick. I'll have the phone, of course. He recommended portrait mode, because it gives you more of a view ahead, with more time to find your turn point.
 

Kritou

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Music and phone calls. My helmets are set up for comms.
I saw the coiled cord and did wonder if it was part of your comms. I run my nav app on an iPhone and having tired of tapping the screen with a stylus I now use the Voice Control (Settings>Accessibility>Voice Control) to control it (and any other app on the phone) If your comms setup has a suitable B/T profile you can just instruct it to “zoom in”, “pan left” etc etc. From the the Voice Control sub menu I apply the “Item Numbers” overlay for granular control of all the apps various switches. Of course you can call up any app and make calls, change music etc etc without having to take your hands off the bar. It’s a great feature

Here you can see the numbers overlay - you just announce the number of the ‘switch’ you want

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G19Tony

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I saw the coiled cord and did wonder if it was part of your comms. I run my nav app on an iPhone and having tired of tapping the screen with a stylus I now use the Voice Control (Settings>Accessibility>Voice Control) to control it (and any other app on the phone) If your comms setup has a suitable B/T profile you can just instruct it to “zoom in”, “pan left” etc etc. From the the Voice Control sub menu I apply the “Item Numbers” overlay for granular control of all the apps various switches. Of course you can call up any app and make calls, change music etc etc without having to take your hands off the bar. It’s a great feature

Here you can see the numbers overlay - you just announce the number of the ‘switch’ you want

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That's pretty slick. The coiled cord you saw, is the lanyard for my airbag vest.
 

G19Tony

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Testing water bag storage for the Scooter Cannonball. I'm going to carry a lot of water. This Giant Loop bag, 2 Bubba containers that go in the pouches on the side of the front rack, and a 2 gallon Rotopax. I will also have a 2 gallon Rotopax fuel container. There are some long stretches with no fuel, from what I'm reading on the riders forum. I'm going to switch out the ROK straps for Viole straps.

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SneakyDingo

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I dunno if this was intentional or not, but it used to be a thing in Australia when my dad started riding to have hessian bags with water containers in them strapped to the front of the bike to help keep the water a little cooler. Would be nice to keep that water nice and cool instead of warm and tepid.
 

AZ7000'

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Let me know if you need anything when you are passing through Flagstaff, I’ve got a decent garage, the dealer is worthless. Gets hot out Winslow way and the desert before you climb up here….

The overland festival is up here this weekend, your bike would fit in just perfectly!

I did the same thing on my bicycle in a past life, took a little longer…
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G19Tony

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Let me know if you need anything when you are passing through Flagstaff, I’ve got a decent garage, the dealer is worthless. Gets hot out Winslow way and the desert before you climb up here….

The overland festival is up here this weekend, your bike would fit in just perfectly!

I did the same thing on my bicycle in a past life, took a little longer…
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That's an impressive accomplishment! Well done! Thank you for the offer. Can you shoot me your number on DM? You can slide into my DM's. (is that what the kids say?) 🤣
 
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