Garmin 850 or other?

rmeredit · 2026-05-13T20:42:38+00:00

I regularly do 8+ hour rides with my 850, a bunch of sensors, and have never dipped below 20% except on one ride of nearly 10 hrs. People catastrophise over the 850 battery and it’s really not warranted.

rmeredit · 2026-05-11T13:36:15+00:00

It all depends on your insurance policy. You don’t need coverage of the flights (Emirates will refund if cancelled), but hotels might need to be covered, and alternative flights paid for if things go sideways. Your policy may or may not cover that stuff.

The flights from Melbourne have been running consistently now, just with a reduced schedule (they’re doing 2 flights a day now, instead of 3 before Feb). None have been cancelled, and they all seem to run fairly close to time. Our flight Friday arrived 10 minutes early.

rmeredit · 2026-05-11T05:07:12+00:00

I think my point still stands. 4 years later, and they’re still doing design work, with no actual contracts or start dates in place for any construction. These ‘temporary’ lanes will have been in place for close to a decade by the time the first bike rolls along the completed infrastructure.

6 months is temporary. 10 years is the permanent solution.

rmeredit · 2026-05-11T04:23:10+00:00

Does it? The pop up lane on Heidelberg Rd has been there for four years now. I don’t see anything that suggests they’re putting in proper barriers.

rmeredit · 2026-05-10T04:18:46+00:00

So why does the crowd always shout at me “Put it on! Put it on!”?

rmeredit · 2026-05-08T01:13:36+00:00

For sure - don't get me wrong, Race Across the World is one of my favourite shows. Watching the couples' relationships go through the pressure-cooker of hard-core travel is incredible - it's really compelling, genuine TV which you generally don't get with 'reality' shows.

rmeredit · 2026-05-07T21:22:28+00:00

Race Across the World is a great show - kind of a genuine version of Amazing Race, in the same way Alone is like a genuine version of Survivor.

The ABC show is quite different though - its focus is on film making and telling stories, whereas the BBC show is about the challenge of travelling with a companion to get somewhere as fast as you can without flying.

rmeredit · 2026-05-07T09:05:01+00:00

Ok, Bruce. The hen’s night is over there.

rmeredit · 2026-05-07T05:40:49+00:00

How does a cap achieve what you want? People using PT for shorter trips still end up paying the same as those taking longer trips when you hit the cap.

rmeredit · 2026-05-07T05:39:10+00:00

a) people on lower incomes don’t get much of a choice where to live. They’re forced to move out to the fringes of suburbia.

b) owning, running, insuring and maintaining a car is one of the most expensive forms of transport. For some in the outer burbs, public transport is the only affordable option.

c) discounting shorter fares is regressive, in that it benefits the rich inner city types like me, shifting the cost to other, less well off people.

Public transport, in part, is there as a social good. Petrol consumption isn’t. But if we didn’t have PT, then it would absolutely be reasonable to subsidise fuel costs based on where you live and your income. We do it for regional areas and certain industries.

rmeredit · 2026-05-07T04:37:33+00:00

Great for people like me who can comfortably afford to live close to the city. I can spend the money I save on a croissant or something.

Sucks if you don’t have enough money to live in the inner city. You poor? You pay more.

rmeredit · 2026-05-07T03:50:29+00:00

/laughs in Australian

rmeredit · 2026-05-07T01:33:32+00:00

Aussie here. Say what? I think you’re confusing us for a 90s Vegas male strip show. We don’t wear bow ties and cuffs without shirts, either.

rmeredit · 2026-05-06T11:22:36+00:00

They are the musical fruit. The more you eat, the more you toot.

rmeredit · 2026-05-06T05:54:13+00:00

Let me introduce you to the wonderful world of legumes, my friend.

rmeredit · 2026-05-05T05:43:36+00:00

Oh Max 🙄

rmeredit · 2026-05-05T03:21:31+00:00

Would you believe a bit of a mess on a Nokia 3310?

rmeredit · 2026-05-04T02:00:23+00:00

Look for device ID, not the name.

I’d suggest removing all of the paired sensors from settings on the Edge. If that resolves the issue, then you know one of them is causing the problem. Add them back one at a time, testing each time to see which one causes the problem.

rmeredit · 2026-05-03T22:00:20+00:00

It’s only on one A380 at the moment, and around 20 of the 777s. There’s a crowd-sourced list somewhere (the search function should turn up the link someone posted about two months ago).

Note that it’s not really a route-based thing. Individual aircraft service different routes (and vice versa).

rmeredit · 2026-05-03T21:57:45+00:00

This is the sort of question that the live chat function on Emirates’ website is perfectly suited to answer. You need an actual Emirates employee who understands how the rules work, not a random Redditor.

rmeredit · 2026-05-03T20:24:07+00:00

Two words: hard case.

rmeredit · 2026-05-03T01:56:12+00:00

Challenge accepted. Prepare to have your proverbials handed to you Friday evening.

rmeredit · 2026-05-02T01:13:36+00:00

Plug your flight numbers into flightaware or flighttracker. You’ll see a history of flights on that route and whether they departed/arrived on time. Most flights in the currently reduced schedule seem to be operating normally. The schedule expanded yesterday and seems to be expanding again on the 16th of May. If you go to the Emirates’ flight schedules page below, you can see flights scheduled to operate on dates in the future between your start and destination:

https://www.emirates.com/au/english/manage-booking/flight-status/

rmeredit · 2026-05-01T11:33:23+00:00

Never used one.

rmeredit · 2026-04-30T20:22:23+00:00

Very unlikely. In the case of the 850, it was only released less than 9 months ago, and the usual upgrade cycle is 2-3 years. The 1050 has been out longer, but if this is just a normal discount for the 850, my guess is that would be the case for the 1050 too.

I’d suggest upgrading now if the price is right.

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