With my destiny seeming to suggest that I need to spend a LOT more time on the bike, I've purchased in the last month or so:
A Garmin 1030
It apparently has far better navigational & mapping features than any bike computer I've used previously, though I am also willing to admit that I may not have set my Garmin 1000 so as to take advantage of ALL the options it offered. Something that I only discovered during my Tour of Spain.
As a consequence guess who is going to read the instruction manual this time, as I look at setting it all up?
As a consequence guess who is going to read the instruction manual this time, as I look at setting it all up?
Before I head out the door for any longer multi-day trips (particularly overseas), I want to ensure that I've got it set up so I am taking advantage of all it's functionality.
Whilst I will buy a new DSLR Camera in due course, I decided that a Canon M3 was a good medium ground between the lightweight Powershot & DSLR cameras that I had stolen in Switzerland. One camera / dual purpose.
In this way I sort of figure I should be able to take decent photos, maybe not competition quality but more than sufficient whilst out on the open road on my bike and whilst also doing the touristic sightseeing bit when in towns, etc.
It will substantially lighten the weight and the value of my gear. I'll write a post about aerodynamics / weight in due course....
A Canon Connect Station CS100
This device, being an external hard drive, theoretically enables me to transfer my photos to it, by Wi-Fi from my camera(s) or via a camera card reader. This gives me the ability to back up EVERYTHING nightly without the need of a laptop computer and means that I can have two copies of a photo and that's before I have got the computer out from time to time to make a third copy, whilst updating this blog, etc. Having lost some photos (albeit only a couple of days worth), but thinking for awhile that it was my entire trip's worth, the pain & anguish one goes through believing everything is gone is immeasurable.
Hopefully this device will banish that angst forever more!
Hopefully this device will banish that angst forever more!
No comments:
Post a Comment