Map holders on handlebar bags

[blackrat]

Sure. Now back to map cases…

i was just curious, no need to be abrupt.

 

[SuperGalactian]

i was just curious, no need to be abrupt.

It just means I recently acquired a Super Galaxy.

 

[blackrat]

It just means I recently acquired a Super Galaxy.

My mistake. I read your avatar as Gala(i)cian and not Galactian. I was going to discuss Galicia and the Camino de Santiago with you.

 

[SuperGalactian]

My mistake. I read your avatar as Gala(i)cian and not Galactian. I was going to discuss Galicia and the Camino de Santiago with you.

Hahaha, that’s pretty amusing!😂 My part of the conversation would have been improvised and quite puzzling for you.

 

[oldandslow]

I used to use mapping software and print out my route for walking and biking in a suitable size and put in plastic sleeve or laminate it, usually double sided. From memory it was memory map software. I now use strava, google etc loaded onto gps unit. Doing what your doing id probably fo with the Caradice, ive used the sqr super c slim for years and its bombproof

This is what I'd do. For longer distances, with rides more from A to B than circular, I've also prepared strip maps and put those in a bar bag or in a map trap.

 

[Mike Ayling]

What happened to the Bartholomew half inch to the mile maps?

 

[blackrat]

This is what I'd do. For longer distances, with rides more from A to B than circular, I've also prepared strip maps and put those in a bar bag or in a map trap.

Do we think that with the current claims by some sites to provide the 'quietest' routes, some of the 'just get out and ride' philosophy has been squashed?

 

[presta]

Off topic but aren't Landrangers a bit big for touring? You might need quite a lot of them

I'd have needed over 30 of them for my last tour, they're just not practical for touring. I use an atlas, and the whole lot fits in the same space as two OS maps.

I used to use mapping software and print out my route for walking and biking in a suitable size and put in plastic sleeve or laminate it, usually double sided.

I can't imagine setting off with it all planned to that degree, some days I set off without deciding where I'll be spending the night. If you need a change of plan what do you do without a printer and laminator?

What happened to the Bartholomew half inch to the mile maps?

They were discontinued decades ago.

Do we think that with the current claims by some sites to provide the 'quietest' routes, some of the 'just get out and ride' philosophy has been squashed?

Yes.

 

[oxoman]

To be fair @presta, I prefer to have a planned route and I've normally got enough leeway on the map to drop off without getting lost.

 

[alicat]

I love Carradice canvas bags because they survive very well if you come off and slide down the road etc. If it were me, I'd get one secondhand and rig up a map case that fits the maps that I'm using.