Jim Carson

Debbie wrote on (August 11, 2005 7:41 PM)

Bike to work? I barely have the energy to drive there.

You are a penguin.

John Calnan wrote on (August 11, 2005 9:25 PM)

All that way on those little wheels....
You must have to pedal REALLY FAST so you aren't late to work!

DougW wrote on (August 12, 2005 8:36 AM)

Have you ever tried mapping your routes using GPS data? I've been letting them collect on my GPS but haven't figured out which software to use for making nice route maps.

jim wrote on (August 12, 2005 8:41 AM)

I have tried GPS mapping, but the problem with this particular route is there's a lot of tree-cover and the GPS loses track pretty easily. Mostly.

I've got the Garmin Mapsource software, but it's extremely awkward. For example, it downloads the track as gobs of little files, possibly as an artefact of the GPS losing its mind lock on the satellites. Here is an example of the type of map it produces. I can't figure out how to add a vertical profile like I see on the DeLoreme data.
(http://www.jimcarson.com/images/100kpopulaire.png)

tedder wrote on (August 12, 2005 10:00 AM)

I'll have a Garmin->Google track application up sometime.

Jarrett wrote on (August 12, 2005 10:29 PM)

The coolest thing about that, is the calorie meter. It turns out I burn a lot more than I thought on my shortest ride. Which is to say, now I don't feel so badly about coming home and gorging.

But... I wonder how it treats hills - in both distance travelled and calories spent, since the disctance from A to B is farther if B is considerably higher than A. I mean, for most people it's probably a wash in terms of output, what with most city hills being fairly small and all, but I'm curious anyhoo.

J.