A way for me to carry the map while on the bike - folded compactly in such a way that I could read the portion we’re most interested in - without worrying about the map flying out of my hands or coming unfolded.This was also somewhat of a pain for me to retrieve the map each time we had a question about a turn - because the map is paper and paper maps tend to unfold and flutter in the wind! (Not to mention the fact that I had to wear my eyeglasses the entire day just so I could read the map if we should have a last-minute question about a turn.)Ī better solution for us would be one of 2 things: But I wasn’t wearing a jacket, and I didn’t really have anywhere else to keep the map while we were riding.ĭuring the times when I was wearing a jacket, we folded the map such that only the portion we were interested was visible and then tucked that into my jacket’s chest pocket. So we had to stop, and I had to get off the bike each time we wanted to check the map - which was a pain. However, for the first 2 days of our trip, we kept the map in the outside zipper pocket of our luggage bag (yep, behind us… on top of the tour pack).
