[SDCBC] New SANDAG map not ready for Prime Time

[Stephan Vance]

Omar,

 

I checked with the bike map guy at RideLink, and he told me some of the maps
got folded before the ink was completely dried, so they were delivered with
the pages fused together. If you put the map in your bag without first
unfolding it, that could be the reason you found the pages stuck together. 

 

Stephan Vance

 

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From: sdcbc-bounces at bikesandiego.org [mailto:sdcbc-bounces at bikesandiego.org]
On Behalf Of Omar Firestone
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 7:37 AM
To: sdcbc at bikesandiego.org
Subject: [SDCBC] New SANDAG map not ready for Prime Time

 

When the new SD Region Bike Map was released a few months ago, I too thought
the polyart synthetic paper was a vast improvement that would stand up to
the rigors of repeated use, and hours jostling in a  bag with tools, food
etc.  I put one in each of my bikes, assuming I was covered,
cartographically, should my legs' wanderlust take  me to parts unknown.

To my chagrin ("Excuse me mister, can you tell how to get back to ...") I
have discovered that my handlebar bag posseses the right combination of
heat/moisture/pressure/something to (chemically?) "weld" the pages together
in places, rendering the map unusable.  Until they come up with something
better, "unfolding and repacking the map" will now be part of my maintenance
routine.

Omar Firestone

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