[OSM-talk] Mapping Reading, some impressions

[Andy Robinson]

I started through last winter and fine crisp days were more than ok. Just a
decent pair of cycling gloves needed. Ice early in the morning was my
biggest problem when turning at the end of cul-du-sacs. Seems to linger
there all day.

However I would seriously recommend some proper cycling gear, they are much
better in the wet and cold than normal clothing. I wear a set of
biblongs/bibtights through the winter and bibshorts only when it gets warm
enough. I find mapping is not as energy intensive as normal cross country
touring so I seem to prefer to wear the longs a bit more than I would
normally. On top I have just a cycle vest (T shirt style) and a fluorescent
cycle jacket over that for those dark damp winter evenings. Gives the urban
motorists something to aim at :-(

Andy Robinson
Andy_J_Robinson at blueyonder.co.uk 

>-----Original Message-----
>From: talk-bounces at openstreetmap.org [mailto:talk-
>bounces at openstreetmap.org] On Behalf Of Tom Chance
>Sent: 05 September 2006 5:27 PM
>To: talk at openstreetmap.org
>Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Mapping Reading, some impressions
>
>Ahoy,
>
>On Tuesday 05 September 2006 15:32, Andy Robinson wrote:
>> Doing Bear Flat (which it certainly is not) and a few other areas on the
>> south side of Bath really killed me on the day during the mapping weekend
>> but I felt heaps fitter a couple of days later.
>
>OSM should definitely be promoted as a "get fit quick" scheme, it's great
>having another motivation to keep you pedalling up and down evil hills. It
>also led me to explore a little bit more and connect several cycle routes
>north of Reading that I previously lazily got half way down and then turned
>back.
>
>I'm not sure how much I'll do come winter though ;-)
>
>Kind regards,
>Tom
>
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