I have a taped-patched folded map that I carry in a plastic bag for directions. Lately I've been riding with a wristwatch but just looking at the sun will get me home before dark more reliably as the seasons change. I guess I can monitor my cadence with the wrist watch but I never do. I pretty much guess my cadence is relatively fast and always has been. The watch comes in handy for intervals but I'm too lazy to do them very often anymore. Now how did I ever get along w/o the wristwatch for decades, lol. I'm thinking about leaving it home again.

No cellphone. No 'puter. A cadence meter of some sort might come in handy for the newbie solo cyclist at first though. Some newbies will find their cadence is a little slow for keeping up with the Jones'es.

My estimate speedometer so I don't break the 15mph speed limit too often on the more inhabited parts of my local MUP. At the bottom of the page:

http://home.earthlink.net/~mike.sherman/shift.html