Credits/Rewards for Cycline & Walking...
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Headhuunter
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....This morning there was fleeting mention on the local London BBC news that a new scheme was being piloted that would reward people who cycle and walk rather than drive around London. The newsreader said something M&S vouchers... She said something about downloading an app onto Android or Apple phones to log mileage... Anyone know anything about this? I'm up for a free M&S voucher for my cycle mileage!
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Mrs mentioned it to me, but I didn't see the article itself.Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
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Does this mean that homeless people and the poor will at least be able to get themselves some nice pants?Nobody told me we had a communication problem0
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So I'll have to get a smartphone to participate, will I? That's not very green.0
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All you get is discount vouchers forcing you to shop at the schemes sponsors to take advantages (£5 when you spend £100 anyone?). I would be more in favour if TFL for example gave me Oyster card credit when I cycled so travel at other times was cheaper for me. Perhaps M&S would like to pay for that in return for the free advertising?--
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deptfordmarmoset wrote:So I'll have to get a smartphone to participate, will I? That's not very green.
I hope it works with Garmins... My current Smartphone is Nokia/Symbian which is defunct and I don't want to have to invest and have to fiddle around with another bracket that would attach my smartphone to my bars (and risk it falling off into the road) when I already have a perfectly good bracket thing for the Garmin....Do not write below this line. Office use only.0 -
I don't have a pocket I'd put a smartphone in whilst riding; the phone would get wet with either sweat or rain.
I have a Garmin that's waterproof for logging my miles, don't want the duplication.Mud - Genesis Vapour CCX
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Asprilla wrote:I don't have a pocket I'd put a smartphone in whilst riding; the phone would get wet with either sweat or rain.
I have a Garmin that's waterproof for logging my miles, don't want the duplication.
Yep me too... My mob tends to be wrapped in a placcy bag in my rucksack for protection from the elements. The Garmin can cope with rain... Anyway I thought the phone needed to be exposed to be able to track GPS?Do not write below this line. Office use only.0 -
Headhuunter wrote:
Yep me too... My mob tends to be wrapped in a placcy bag in my rucksack for protection from the elements. The Garmin can cope with rain... Anyway I thought the phone needed to be exposed to be able to track GPS?
No, my phone lives in either a waterproof roll top back in my Camelback (MTBing) or in my Alpkit Gourdon and tracks all my rides perfectly.
HH: Fair point about getting wet though, if you don't have a bag or anything.0 -
I use a small self sealing bag for my phone if it's raining. Fortunately we have thousands of them in the warehouse so I never run out.0