Ill never forget this deej.... in a good making fun of kinda way.....

 

Bring it on man, I deserve it! LOL

 

From now on I'm not going to talk about stuff I don't know.......great now what? Hahahaha Insert silence here.

 

What ever happened to Iowaguy?

 

Yikes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

I am jealous of you guys that can see roads and topo on the GPS. Best we can get here is the ocean contours for fishing. Land shows as flat and mostly roadless as far as I know. Things may have changed recently.

 

LOL!...I tell ya...until GPS started coming out with map versions that actually put me on a specific spot on the map, I never liked them. The old number-data-only types always gave me a headache. I'm a decent map reader, but when you're out in the boonies on some secondary trail in Utah, Colorado, or elsewhere, it sure is reassuring to see your little black arrow on that map and know precisely where you are. I enjoy map reading and don't run a handlebar mounted GPS. However, I keep an old Garmin IQ3600...a good quality Palm Pilot based GPS...in my pack loaded with the Garmin topo maps. I pull out the GPS and plug it into the cigarette lighter when there's a question or conflict with the map. It happens more than you think in some of these backcountry areas. Many secondary trails and singletrack pop up over years of use that don't show even on a good map.

I mention this because you don't really have to have a bombproof, waterproof model of GPS mounted out in the open on the bike to get the real benefits of a GPS. If you already have a GPS that has or can download topo maps, you can just stow it in a safe place and pull it out when there's a question about the route. You cannot get lost with a map style GPS loaded with topo maps unless you just can't read a map. It will always show exactly where you're at. If you use your head, you can always route yourself out of the boonies by following your location along the map. Map screen GPS was one of the best things to come along for the backcountry explorer IMO.

 

well you have to push it out of the garage to wash it right ? And seeing how clean it is, thats a whole lot o' pushin ....




Hardcore, should I expect to see you at the next X-Games ?

 

IOWA GUY -- that's funny $iht. I wasn't even on here when he was, but reading through some oldies makes it oh so very clear.
"no, the sky is red...blah blah blah"

 

I have a zumo 450- which they do not make any more-(now the 550) but I really like the large screen. It has survived two bike so far. I also use it with a car mount.

IMO stay with a garmin- most after market software/maps work well with them. I was surprised how many of the local fire roads were on their (garmin) topo maps. I also got the hatfield mc coy system, a year or so ago. Was great to have down there.