Recent content by Fredgreen

I’ve got a fully equipped shop at my place in Bridgetown if you get the urge to do some maintenance once travel is allowed again.

I have one always

I should be good to go for 1830.

I have a peak 1, that is similar to the optimus. I love the peak 1, but the top allows the pots to slide around a lot.

Best stove ever!

I’ve got a few of those myself!

If you wash it, it is easy to fold up (it takes the stiffness out). I learned that at southern US bike rallies, where tyvek tarps are everywhere.

SPOT’s messaging is very slow, sometimes it takes 15 minutes to send a message out on spot x. It’s not like texting, it’s more like sending out a simple message and moving on. Inreach sends messages out in real time, but the cost is up there. The spot x also doesn’t give you confirmation of...

Hampton Harbour on the Bay of Fundy.

Got out for about 100km worth of engine break in this week. The weather was great15-17° out. Bike runs great.

I use a spot myself, just a gen 2 for mapping mostly, plus the SOS feature. Saying that, SPOT’s customer service is awful and I have heard of SOS calls not working. They are a great addition for riding within the cell phone covered areas. For greater length trips, Inreach is a much better(...

This is my line of work, so I know the answers. Canada is signed into an international agreement that countries have that provides SAR resources without charge to anyone who requires help. If you think about it, what would they do in a plane crash, start asking people for insurance papers? SAR...

I have an in reach that I use for work. I’m debating that instead of the sat phone. The inreach is a mini, so much smaller to lug around.

I’m not really interested in bringing a radio, but I am bringing a sat phone from work.

You can make a route map on google maps, then make it an offline map for viewing on your phone or tablet. That’s how I made some maps for NL last year.