every renaissance dirtbag single speeding vagabundo del mundo needs one of these analog GPS units mounted to their handlebars. here’s one way put the adventure back in your tour and leave the spare batteries at home…
my sole experiences with old school maping equipment was using a theodolite to plot exact coordinates of dust devils in Eldorado Valley, way back in the late 1900’s. like slide rules, the fundamental theorem, and first principles of thermodynamics, if you ain’t got the basics, you ain’t got it.
what ever i had, i lost a long time ago. still looking for it now though - i can’t remember where i set it down.
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Looks like you need to have the Vulture Weld on a Binnacle while he’s fixing the chainstay.
-M
kids these days.
in my day we just got lost, a we liked it!
My ability to get lost has never been never hampered by having the proper tools.
-M
What was wrong with the chainstay? My Vulture should be back in my hands tomorrow after getting a repair. I’ve missed it.
I don’t know what that tool is, but I remember using a map and compass in my Outward Bound days. It was pretty fun plotting courses on a topo and then trying to follow them. I should probably go do it again.
~R
nothing was wrong with my Vulture, just that 3.5 years of Japhy ridering it has taken a toll on the seat stay-seat tube braze. it’s fully repairable - not terminal. just a repair, which is like a scar, a badge, or a milepost. i consider the frame durable goods. it’s intended use is abusive XC-1 for a long time. repairs are to be expected, and ain’t that the beauty of steel.
asfarastheastrolabegoes, the uber rad thing about old school, is it’s always gonna work. another 10 years and stem-mount GPS heart rate barometers will be obsolete. or inoperable. as long as the world turns, we’ll be able to plot our position and trajectory via Astroman, Venus, Uranus, and The Bacon Strip… now that’s worth somethin’
Being able to repair it is indeed a beeautiful thing. I was bummed to find out I needed a repair, but I was glad it was steel and could be fixed. Besides, I think I am getting a little more blue to go with my orange, so that’s a bonus.
You mean to use that old school stuff I have to know my stars and constellations? I better start studying.
You still need star charts. And those DO become obsolete over time.
-M
i’m not sure you need star charts. you just need to know which is the north star (if your in the northern hemisphere). that gets you lattitude, for longitude you need an accurate clock set to gmt.
i used to be a pirate. but the health bennifits were week.
In a couple hundred k years Polaris won’t point to north. And you only need a time piece for determining longitude. But this was first divised as a way to accuratly and quickly calculate the time tables.
I like the account of Shackleton’s sail from Elephant Island to South Georgia Island in a huricane and guaging the height of the sun through thick clouds and hitting their mark deadfrickingon.
-M