We’re almost ready to leave for Poland and start our ride from Krakow to Dubrovnik. Below are two of our training rides from the past weekend, as recorded by Strava.
On my last trip, at the end of every day I’d write down the odometer’s reading. Once every few days, at an Internet cafe, I’d enter those miles. Using what was usually an XP Windows computer, I’d also open Paint, draw a line on a map, and then upload the updated image. How tedious!
That was 2006. It is now 2012, and satellites and social networks have freed us from those dark days. I’m brining my Garmin 500 GPS, which I’ll sync with Strava. Of course, I now have to bring an extra battery and solar charger to power the device. but all the mapping will be done automatically online once we connect the GPS to a computer (which we’ll do every few days).
Here are our two training rides from the weekend (which we did with our panniers to get ready):
Here we are on Old La Honda, with all of our gear.
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