It's official!
We're planning to resume the middle section of my East Coast ride beginning early October.
What else is official? The automatic emails to alert you of posts disappears. It may already have, but FeedBurner doesn't continue past July 2021 on Blogger. Hopefully you do get this one. I will disable my "Follow" widget soon, but I have to get all of your emails out of there before that...if I can. Sorry about any inconvenience. :-(
Had a great first season eleven mile ride on the Cross City Trail in Wilmington, NC, to Wrightsville Beach, NC, this week. Should have taken some pictures, but I didn't. Really wasn't even sore after the ride. That is a good sign. DL joined me on this one. Brother Bert picked us up at the beach, and we ate lunch at Oceanic, looking out over the Atlantic Ocean.
One of the problems I had previously was that I could never hear cues, even at top volume, when I used my phone as my navigation device. Also, the phone's screen has so much glare that it was difficult to even see a map on it, much less read anything. Problem solved (I hope). I now have hearing aids and a brand new Wahoo Elemnt Roam. Hopefully can give it a go this next week. Learning how to download maps in the interim.
Navigation is no joke, especially when roads you're expecting to ride are closed for a day for whatever reason. On the Wilmington ride, I used my phone and Google Maps. The first cue went nicely into my hearing aid. None of the others did. Don't know about that glitch. Luckily it was quite cloudy the entire trip, so no real glare to obscure the map. On busy roads, still can't hear the cues at full volume. The Roam actually has LED lights across the top that indicate turns or cues.
This gives you a bit of the glare idea. In bright light, you almost can't see the map on the iPhone. And the phone takes up a lot of real estate on the handlebars. The Roam highlights the specific route. Hope it works well for me. Shout out to Sarah (hope I didn't butcher spelling!) at The Hub (Athens, GA) for her patience as I asked about a million questions.
Stay tuned folks. October will be here before you know it.
