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Tomtom Rider 2
I bought the Tomtom Rider 2 Europe two weeks ago, just before I left on a trip to Denmark and Germany.
The new RamMount hardware is perfect. I mounted it on the handlebars of my GoldWing GL1200 and it was very easy. It also has a safety cord so even when something goes wrong, you don't loose it.
Then I drove to Denmark and from Denmark to Berlin in Germany and then back to Holland, avoiding freeways. I loved it.
I don't think I'll leave without it anymore. The beluetooth headset that comes in the package works perfect for me. Even on high speed with earplugs in, it can be set loud enough.
Maybe a Garmin or other GPS has more options but for what I want, the Tomton is perfect.
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Matt,
Congratulations are in order; you appear to be the first to write up a review!
A question about your paragraph shown here:
"Another small concern is that you can’t plan your route on your computer before you leave home, you can build an itinerary on the device or download ones other people have created… but when you tour as much as I do I want to be able to plan my route right down to which b road I’m going to take when - and that may not be the way the device wants me to go… as soon as they have that sorted I’ll be a very very happy man (maybe they could also let you see where you’d been too)."
I am not clear what you are saying in that first sentence; what is stopping you planning by using the T T? (you refer to being able to build an itinerary, so what is the problem?)
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Ahh okay well what I meant then was - they've fixed it now - was that you couldn't use your computer at home - your laptop say - and plan a route before you left home and then download it to the Tom Tom - the only way to plan the route was to do it on the GPS itself - which is a pain in the bum for detailed rides...
However, a few months ago they integrated the Tom Tom Home software for the Rider so you can now plan everything from your PC and download it to the GPS.
Hope that's clear - as mud!
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Planning it on a GPS is better for me since I won't have a laptop. No way of charging it on my 6 volt bike.
It is something I could use the 'Wanderlust GPS World Map' on, right?
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Hmmm... I might get off my ass and get myself a GPS. I love paper maps because I like taking notes on them and they look neat after the trip. But I also like wandering around with no maps and just aiming towards a general direction. A GPS would make up for that deficiency.
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It is something I could use the 'Wanderlust GPS World Map' on, right?
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No I don't think it is actually - that's one of the major limitations of the device - you can only use the maps Tom Tom provide - the coverage is pretty good for what you need 90% of the time - but if you head off the beaten track then you can't use other maps.
You can download this app - which lets you navigate to long / lats as required - but with no map support
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Planning it on a GPS is better for me since I won't have a laptop. No way of charging it on my 6 volt bike.
It is something I could use the 'Wanderlust GPS World Map' on, right?
2ridetheworld.com : diary
Hmmm... I might get off my ass and get myself a GPS. I love paper maps because I like taking notes on them and they look neat after the trip. But I also like wandering around with no maps and just aiming towards a general direction. A GPS would make up for that deficiency. |
Agreed Dave,
Still a lot to be said about the advantages of paper maps, but that is not a review that I shall be writing up!
Matt's latest info is a reason that I am holding off from GPSs. It is too early to say which technology and systems will dominate the market and make everything else redundant/out of date and with a consequent lack of applications in the future - bit like the videotape dichotomy of years ago -- VHS or Betamax; the latter was considered to be the better technology but the former "won the war" of the video recorder.
Matt,
Thanks for your latest info; by "navigating by Lats and Longs" I guess you mean comparing what the GPS says with a paper map or simply "cross-graining the country on a bearing".
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I have the ttr2 and have found it excellent except for one item: The lcd screen cover. 
one question: When u press down in the centre of your screen does it feel spongy (flexible), i bought a rider 2 a month ago and this presented a problem. The plastic over the lcd screen had air between the plastic and lcd screen. When it got very warm the air expanded and made it very diffucult to enter information. I sent it back for repair and it returned with the same problem. I am now exchanging it for a new one but am wondering if it is the same with all ttr2.
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I bought the Tomtom Rider 2 Europe two weeks ago, just before I left on a trip to Denmark and Germany.
The new RamMount hardware is perfect. I mounted it on the handlebars of my GoldWing GL1200 and it was very easy. It also has a safety cord so even when something goes wrong, you don't loose it.
Then I drove to Denmark and from Denmark to Berlin in Germany and then back to Holland, avoiding freeways. I loved it.
I don't think I'll leave without it anymore. The beluetooth headset that comes in the package works perfect for me. Even on high speed with earplugs in, it can be set loud enough.
Maybe a Garmin or other GPS has more options but for what I want, the Tomton is perfect.
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Thanks for the input. I'll just get a Garmin 60cx so I can use the Wanderlust - Smellybiker maps.
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How bizarre - I've not heard of that before... very strange... mine seems perfectly happy - but I have heard of TT sending stuff back not repaired properly..
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I have the ttr2 and have found it excellent except for one item: The lcd screen cover.
one question: When u press down in the centre of your screen does it feel spongy (flexible), i bought a rider 2 a month ago and this presented a problem. The plastic over the lcd screen had air between the plastic and lcd screen. When it got very warm the air expanded and made it very diffucult to enter information. I sent it back for repair and it returned with the same problem. I am now exchanging it for a new one but am wondering if it is the same with all ttr2. |
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GoogleEarth / TomTom
WalkAbout, have you tried the freeware software called 'TYRE'. it allows you to plan you routes on GoogleEarth and then directly inpot them to you TomTom.
Works really well and is easier to look and pick out the roads etc.
You can also create your own POI.
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WalkAbout, have you tried the freeware software called 'TYRE'. it allows you to plan you routes on GoogleEarth and then directly inpot them to you TomTom.
Works really well and is easier to look and pick out the roads etc.
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Thanks for that - I guess this is what you mean:-
Tyre Help
Never heard of it, but it sounds interesting.
Something like it that does the same thing for getting TTs to work alongside, say, Microsoft's online maps would be good as well! Any chance, do you reckon?
BTW TYRE = trace your route everywhere (nice one!)
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I use Tomtom Navigator on a Nokia N73 with a separate Bluetooth GPS receiver. It's definitely the budget option but if I was to buy a purpose built GPS, I'd go for a Garmin Zumo.
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WalkAbout, have you tried the freeware software called 'TYRE'. it allows you to plan you routes on GoogleEarth and then directly inpot them to you TomTom.
Works really well and is easier to look and pick out the roads etc.
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Was recommended to me a little while ago by someone here. Brilliant piece of software. You can use any placemark in Google Earth as a POI or even a complete folder to make a POI set. As well as creating you own POi's and itinerary files, you can download existing ones from the net and use TYRE to import and view them in Google Earth. You can then save, modify and update them as you wish.
Even if you prefer maps or don't have a GPS yet, you can still use this in Google Earth at the planning stage of your trip. When you do get round to buying GPS, it's easy to load them on. Well recommended
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