2020 Wrightwood 50........Unoffical

Wait, are you saying I'm not going to have enough battery life on my phone for a Strava record of the ride? I didn't want to buy a bike computer but if that's the only way I can get my Strava for the ride then I guess I have to. Otherwise why even go?

 

Partner up with Steve (stay on his ass the entire ride) and use his stats afterward?

 

IPhone or Android?

 

Iphone. Maybe in airplane mode?

 

Actually, I just read that the 830 tracks hang time of my sweet jumps. I think I’m back in.

 

That worked for me last year
But I wasn’t using any navigation, just strava and a few pics

 

That's what I was going to suggest. Sounds like you have a solution though.

 

It does track in airplane mode.

 

I just went and looked that up... It will track the GPS coordinates in airplane mode, but nothing else. No maps are downloaded, no live tracking, etc. is visible until it gets a connection.

But that doesn't work so well for navigation... Bug and Sara are going to be doing a lot of that.

 

The old ones didn't. I changed my response.

 

So you're telling me they didn't make you navigate, you know, as the new person? Must be that magic pink helmet .

 

I bring it up every time we get new people on this ride, but it always seems to fall through. This is the year!

The first year really was pretty special... It was 100% new dirt, we had no idea about the temperature swings, and we were 1 step away from being lost all day. We didn't even know that there was a single track left near the end of the route (Table Mountain). Being able to recreate part of that for the new guys would be kind of cool. Hard to do, though...

 

Garmin mtb bundle ordered. Hopefully it fits beside my GoPro. Can't wait to get out in nature and make use of all this technology.

 

we had a friend join us a couple years ago for this ride. He asked if he’d be able to navigate without a device....I said not likely. He joined us for the ride. By mile 7 he would have missed a turn as the trail was not well marked. then it would have just gotten worse.

hell, ask @SS Barby how his WW50 went last year....or was it the WW60.

 

Just follow the drops of blood . . . . !

 

And tears?

 

Having a proper GPS is no sure thing either if you don't know how to use it or pay attention. Just ask @Sidewalk .

I was at the cooler when he climbed up the hill and turned the wrong direction down the road. I called him back and sent him the right way, but rather than turn onto Boy Scout he went around the corner and climbed the road for a while. I heard there were a few other wrong turns as well. Not sure if it was that same year or the following one but he was in a sprint finish with Carl and missed the turn to the Yodeller at the end. Carl backed off and let him go the wrong way, then took the right turn and the win.

 

That’s hilarious! (If you’re not Sidewalk). I can’t say I blame this Carl guy in the heat of the race, But I do know that sidewalk came back the next year for a proper shellacking.

 

Really, aren't we all winners?

 

there are no participation trophies.

 

The hits keep coming.

 

Hey, I’m not the newb anymore!

 

Fixed it for you - made it more personally reflective.

 

WW50 - can't knock it until you've tried it!

 

I phone 11 ? My old Iphone 7 worked fine all day in Kokopelli with nightly charging. In Prescott this last year even with 3-4 bars my phone died in 2 hours. After that I put it in energy saver mode on all rides and my old phone did fine on 4 hours rides. I may have to bring along a jumper battery pack for extended rides with this new phone.

 

Not knocking it at all. Impressive. Not trying it though. The whiner comment would be me - after about 15 miles - or maybe on the first climb.

 

The first 1.2 miles out of town gains over 800 feet.

 

it's kinda like climbing up to Stair Steps....for 1.2 miles before you get to the trail where you just give in and HAB for the next 1.5 miles.

 

Do many riders actually clean it in an event like the one coming?

 

IDK??? Can't tell from our spot in the back.