Originally Posted by
Milton Keynes
My wife wants me to ride with the live tracking from my cycling app turned on, so she can keep an eye on me and make sure I'm not laying out dead somewhere. She at first had the attitude of, "If someone wanted to kidnap you this would make it really easy." As if someone would ever want to kidnap me. Hope they don't ask for a high ransom, they might get a couple hundred bucks. But she soon saw the advantage of being able to see where I am when I ride just to know that I'm safe, and I suspect a little bit of knowing that I'm actually out riding and not visiting a girlfriend or something.
The trick is to have two phones, so that your girlfriend thinks you are with your wife, and your wife thinks you are with your girlfriend. Then you can have a nice long peaceful ride with no phone.