I don't use whatsapp but agree we do need to use something. An alternative would be to have a live tracker app running on someone's phone to allow people to know where we are as a group. I'm quite happy to run one if nobody else wants to.
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I don't use whatsapp but agree we do need to use something. An alternative would be to have a live tracker app running on someone's phone to allow people to know where we are as a group. I'm quite happy to run one if nobody else wants to.
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That would be very helpful. I think this is a better option as not everyone uses messenger apps. So if you could run a live tracker and let folk know how to track it that would be great.
As a fall back, can someone volunteer to post ride progress on here as well?? I would do it myself but I've got enough on my plate on the day
Can I also rattle the cage for a volunteer to take the Cyclechat jersey off me? They must either be riding home or be able to "restart" the jersey relay from the point where I hand it over
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I'm happy to help on that front. My phone is always on my handlebars and I'm bringing a battery unit. Any recommendations on apps? Or could I just make "find friends" public as an iphonr service?
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Well it's up to those who want to track progress; the Altrincham, Weaverham, Eureka and Rhyl starters. They need to feed back to you
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Glympse works well and needs no client install for the viewer (and is cross platform)
https://www.glympse.com/
I'm thinking of using Glympse, also bringing a battery backup unit.
Glympse is good, as you can create a URL to share with people, i.e. paste it into the forum, and everyone can see it with a web browser, or alternatively they can view it in the Glympse app on their phone. It also live tracks only whilst people are viewing it so it nobody is checking then your battery doesn't run down.
Edit: TMN to @MossCommuter
Anything for me really. No idea about live tracking and what you need to be able to see it, so if someone wants to set it up and tell me, that's cool, as is a simple thread update. I don't mind sitting in Eureka drinking tea for an hour but I think last time it was over 2 and none us knew why at the time, poor old pubby was like a cat on hot bricks, hence the original request of some way of keeping those of us at the meeting points up to date but it's not a biggie, just a nicety, especially if there's any major delays to the schedule.
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Just downloaded Glympse and it seems to work pretty well. So on the day I'll at least use that, with a view to posting more specific updates as and when
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I dont mind installing Glympse.
It seems that you can create a group kinda thing, where you add what's called a glympse tag, and anyone who has glympse installed can add the tag when sharing.
This would be good as we could just give out the link for the tag rather than each individuals ride, and you could see where all the people are at once, meaning we don't have to have multiple links for multiple people, just one for everyone. This also means if someones battery fails the link is still good.
Hope that makes sense
This would be good as we could just give out the link for the tag rather than each individuals ride, and you could see where all the people are at once, meaning we don't have to have multiple links for multiple people, just one for everyone. This also means if someones battery fails the link is still good.
Hope that makes sense
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Well I think I am ready.
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Wheres your helmet?
Wheres your helmet?
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Well I think I am ready.
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Mods please move this post to the Helmet thread ;-)
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As we're only 12 days off I guess it's time to start reading the weather runes.......
It's quite interesting. If folk remember, last year we had a long spell of Easterlies which finished the day before the ride in an apocalyptic fashion. Well, we appear to be into a very similar spell of Easterlies which look like they might finish about the day of the ride (booo) but they seem to be replaced, at least for a day or two, by quite light winds and pleasant conditions.
Plenty of time for that to change of course. I know @Crackle is looking forward to getting some more use from his midwinter gear
It's quite interesting. If folk remember, last year we had a long spell of Easterlies which finished the day before the ride in an apocalyptic fashion. Well, we appear to be into a very similar spell of Easterlies which look like they might finish about the day of the ride (booo) but they seem to be replaced, at least for a day or two, by quite light winds and pleasant conditions.
Plenty of time for that to change of course. I know @Crackle is looking forward to getting some more use from his midwinter gear
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