Tales from the Road
What are we learning on our own road trips that will simplify
future trips for others? Email us your
tales
from the road.
Cotton Hot Spots - We did some testing a few weeks back with
Gerbings heated clothing using the
Sound RIDER! base layers and a long sleeve cotton t-shirt in
between. The results were interesting. With the cotton t-shirt
under the jacket over the base layer top I was actually colder than with
the jacket over just the base layer. Another interesting thing
that happened were hot spots above the waist line where the cotton T
would bunch up. It was 30 degrees during the testing. I
finally dumped the cotton t and enjoyed a much warmer ride home.
TM/Jan07
Battery Charging - The book has some suggestions about
batteries and dealing with charging them. Now I'm starting to see
AA chargers that run off of laptop USB ports hit the market.
DR/Jan 07
Ed. note: We also like the new Energi to go units from
Eveready that allow you to get an charge into a cell phone while you're
on the move via the AA battery pod.
Never trust a local - When asking directions, don't always
trust what you here. Be sure to carry a reliable road atlas (like
the one's Tom sells on the SR! store) so you know if roads are paved all
the way through or not. PT/Dec 06
Got Snore Strips? - You won't find snore strips on the PLPR
packing list, but they're in there somewhere. My girlfriend and I
were touring on the Olympic Peninsula and she wanted me to wear a snore
strip at night. Why I can't figure out? But anyway, I gave
it some thought and realized I had one - sort of. I snipped back a
zip tie with my Leatherman tool, backed it with a little duct tape and
bingo - there was my snore strip! TM/Oct 06
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