Next weekend, I will be riding 1000 miles (if the weather permits) with a friend to apply for membership into the Iron Butt Association of Finland. I wrote about the event earlier and ever since it’s been tingling me to go for it. 1000 miles is about 1609 kilometres, but the route above is about 1678 kilometres, just to be on the safe side.
I will be posting the route to my blog hopefully in live mode through Nokia Sports Tracker, courtesy of Nokia. I will be testing the N82 in motorcycle conditions for a few months to see how the GPS actually performs when put into field conditions. More on the live streaming later this week. You’ll also be able to follow my whereabouts through my facebook profile.
Antti, may both of you have a great and safe ride! I’ll look forward to following it - may the wind be with you!
Posted by Michael Kneebone on June 4th, 2008.
Hey, cheers Michael - really looking forwards to the ride! I’ll be posting more info on the live coverage later on.
Posted by Antti on June 4th, 2008.
good luck in trying to get the sports tracker to work on n82. For me it works for the first 800meters and then loses connection with the satellites or something.
Posted by Timo Paloheimo on June 4th, 2008.
I got it to work for a few kilometres at least. Let’s see how it works with longer distances.
I’m tweaking my bike so that it will keep the phone always recharged during rides so that the battery won’t die out on the 22 hour ride.
Posted by Antti on June 4th, 2008.