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2011 Cal24 Announcement! June 10th - 12th
Tom Melchild has just announced the details for next year's Cal24 Rally...
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February 24th, 2011, 11:22 AM | #2 |
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Having done the 2009 rally on a GSX-R 600. I can safely say this even is like no other. Dakar the on road version!
Alex I am really curious how many people will start using the iPad or Motorola Xoom as their roadbooks this year. I can really see the advantage of such a large screen. |
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February 24th, 2011, 11:31 AM | #3 |
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I wonder as well. People in the iron butt rally itself have used some pretty neat cobbled-together solutions over the years, custom tablets and the like. But the technology has gotten even more accessible this time, and a rally-focused app on the iPad could be pretty compelling (assuming it would need to be wired to bike power throughout to keep the screen on at full brightness). Does the iPad have a GPS chip onboard?
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February 24th, 2011, 11:37 AM | #4 |
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k - did some googling, and saw that the 3G model of the iPad does have an AGPS (assisted GPS chip) onboard, but it also works when not in the range of any cell towers. Some AGPS chips require cell tower data to function at all; others use the cell tower data to speed up their processing if available yet can function standalone as well. Looks like the iPad is the latter (someone was using it as a functional chartplotter on a boat well outside the range of cell coverage, and the GPS worked fine).
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February 24th, 2011, 12:00 PM | #5 |
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Yes my 3G GPS works even out of coverage. and there are some really neat software solutions for tracking. Motionx GPS is one good one.
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February 24th, 2011, 01:00 PM | #6 |
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BTW another good gadget to have for a rally like this would the new ContourGPS. It would really simplify fact checking at the end of the ride. Just upload the files and the video should match the GPS tracks right next to each other. So take a short clip at each checkpoint.
It would really work well for promoting the rally as well since we'd have all that footage. |
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May 13th, 2011, 04:18 PM | #7 |
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Official signups close May 15th (this Sunday). Over 40 riders signed up so far, the largest field in years. If anyone is thinking about trying this at some point, this year would be a fantastic year to start.
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June 9th, 2011, 10:18 PM | #8 |
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Heading out for this tomorrow morning. Hope to have some fun pictures and stories when I return Sunday evening!
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June 9th, 2011, 10:56 PM | #9 |
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Have a great time, Alex!
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June 13th, 2011, 10:57 PM | #10 |
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Home safe and sound, and had a great time. I just finished writing up my ride report, and the final standings have been posted right here. I think there have to be quite a few folks on this board who might enjoy a rally like this, and doing it on a Ninja 250 would be a great badge of honor. I'm a wuss, so I took my RT.
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