i havent done this for a while

Anonymous
Anonymous Posts: 79,665
edited April 2010 in The Crudcatcher
im waiting for the delivery of a couple of parcels. its very exciting but also time consuming.

parcels are

1x joplin
1x gps phone (which looks fooking webbo to the extreme but for 20 quid it'll serve as a good gps and a decent emergency fone for when out and about in the hills)

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  • The Big Cheese
    The Big Cheese Posts: 8,650
    Mmmmmmm...... Joplin.

    I would have had one on the GT had it not been for the ridiculously short seattube length. I have to run a 287mm Thomson to get it low, I don't want to start chopping down seatposts....

    Pics up when fitted fella :wink:
  • stuart_c-2
    stuart_c-2 Posts: 805
    From the tech spec on your webbo phone:

    Emergency call: Send a message with the current time, the current position and a preset text to a predefined phone number by simply pressing and holding one bottom. The GPS receiver needs to be turned on in order to provide the current position.

    Do you get to pick who's bottom??
    "I ride to eat"
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    thats cool, i hadnt noticed the word bottom but im even more eager for its arrival, im gonna see if it works by groping the wife.
  • yoohoo999
    yoohoo999 Posts: 940
    i've just had delivered:
      Fox DHX 5.0 Air (all the way from Canada, didn't even get stung badly by customs, the bike shop were excellent!) Shimano Saint Brakes - can't bloody wait to test these in anger! Royal Racing Argyle jersey (in white!) Fox 400lbs spring (for my DHX coil)

    today is a good day.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    you lucky bugger, postie has been and gone and left a bill in his wake. thredders.

    oh and yoohoo, dont forget pics of the items once fitted and whatnot
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    stuff has turned up, as supected, the phones lloks webbo but is a very functional gps so i dont mind.

    joplin is cool and the gang. too about 2 minutes to convert from lever to remote and it works very nicely.
  • *AL*
    *AL* Posts: 1,114
    You'll have to let us know how good/bad the webbo gps phone is.

    Besides being too damn expensive to break and pretty susceptible to water, the GPS on the iPhone isn't the best,
    so I could do with something cheapo to sling in the Camelback to get me out of the mire.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,665
    *AL* wrote:
    You'll have to let us know how good/bad the webbo gps phone is.

    Besides being too damn expensive to break and pretty susceptible to water, the GPS on the iPhone isn't the best,
    so I could do with something cheapo to sling in the Camelback to get me out of the mire.

    this was my main logic in getting it.

    frst off, gps on anything other than a dedicated gps by a proper manufacturer is rarely ideal. second off, most decent phones are useless out doors.

    so, this is ideal for slinging in the top of my daysack and i wont be fussed when it gets scratched and knocked about. primarily i was looking for a new gps so to find a brand new one for 20 quid is the cheapest i could and a bargain, the fact i dont need to carry a phone and a gps is a bonus too.

    its a win win i reckon.

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