Originally Posted by
Bassmanbob
I'm traveling from the Treasure Coast to the Orlando Hilton, right near Sea World. I'm planning on going up the east coast, then taking 192 west until I get to St. Cloud. Then I'll take back roads and the Florida Trail. The area between Melbourne and St. Cloud is rural, and I'm not sure about cell coverage there.
Haven't ridden between Melbourne and St. Cloud but I do an annual ride between Ormond Beach and Tarpon Springs and it's pretty much back roads and some rail trails. No issues with cell service. I'm with Verizon so I don't know if that makes a difference or not.
The route we take leaves Ormond Beach on SR 40 to Deleon Springs and then goes down to Sanford on back roads. Day 2 is from Sanford to Ridge Manor using SR 40 through Mt. Dora and up to Nobleton where we pick up the Withlacoochee Trail to Ridge Manor. Day 3 is even more back roads with not much civilization until we hit the Suncoast Trail. I set Cyclemeter to send an email every 10 miles and my wife was able to follow me without ever losing a mile. If there is a spot where cell service is poor or unavailable, your mail app will send the email as soon as it detects a strong enough signal. The RoadID app should handle what you want to do without having to jump through hoops by downloading maps and leaning how to use the features of the app. With RoadID, it's simple - you set it and forget it.