Originally Posted by
AlexanderLS
You could get a solar USB charging unit and a battery.
Thanks Alexander,
I already use a Son dynohub connected to a battery pack using a Cycle2Charge connection.
It works really well, generating enough power to recharge the GPS unit and phone pretty much every day, with enough left over to top up my kindle. I also use the battery pack to recharge AA & AAA batteries for lights & camera.
For back up on longer trips I also use an older solar panel. I've found that it's not terribly efficient strapped on the bike. It comes into it's own though, when I'm stopped. Since I tend to stop a lot it supplements the dynohub :-)
Originally Posted by
AlexanderLS
OSMAnd is cool in the fact that it is open source and uses open maps which I believe are public domain. The maps can be pretty bad though. You can get HereWeGO as well so you can have two offline GPS apps available to you at any given time.
I've had no issue with OSMand maps (only used it in Europe), but thatnks for the HereWeGo tip. I'll check it out!
Thanks
Frank
Edit: Saw your signature! Good one! :-)