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I recently lost a "phone" I was using as a GPS. We had a decent run together but Compadre trail decided to take it from me. I was looking to replace the lost unit, a ZTE Z Max Pro. The removable micro sd card, 6 inch screen and snapdragon 617 chipset fit the task well, running smooth. I had no complaints with the one I had lost and thought I might be able to pick up a replacement for a price that wouldn't sting too much. Figured I'd share my story for anyone considering an Android-based GPS. An ebay search revealed a deal could be had for under 60$. Won an auction at $55 for a lightly used unit. Current specimen available... https://www.ebay.com/itm/143059429033?_trksid=p2054502.m570.l5999&_trkparms=gh1g%3DI143059429033.N36.S1.R1.TR1 It arrived in my mailbox a couple days later. Connected to my home wifi and downloaded (previously purchased) Locus Map Pro along with a few "Locus Map enhanced" maps, California, Arizona, Nevada, Mexico. Also uploaded a micro sd card with the transparent "California trail maps" map Importing gpx files is quick via email yourself and download to phone. It's all up and running. I'm happy with how this worked out, not bad for $55. Hope someone finds this useful.

I was wondering what would be a good entry-level GPS for riding events like the desert dash on the 24th? I am not used to using a GPS on my bike and really not willing to take a college level class on how to use it. Any ideas?

Hey GPS gurus, Does anyone have this new app? Was tested by Ricky Johnson and one of the Honda teams in the 2014 Baja 1000. http://leadnavsystems.com/ Its $20 bucks in the itunes store but looks real promising and getting goods review from the folks in their forum. Designed by offroaders and military special ops guys which now do the major SCORE events. For those of you experienced with GPS-ing, would be interested in what you think? I have a Baja ride coming up so tempted to get it but ... call me cheap, but hey its $20 bucks for an app.! Then, it also looks like there are subscription options one might need to take full advantage of features. Haven't looked at it thoroughly but thought I'd put it out there for us all to check out Schweddy B

Come check out the Colorado River, The Tumco and other mines, Picacho Peak and wilderness, or ride the Algodones Dunes. Also, a full day Dual Sport GPS ride is ready for you, taking advantage of both sides of the Colorado River on Saturday December 12th. It is 173 miles with gas at 92 miles in Palo Verde. There are some shortcuts near the end of the day. We will be arriving Thursday afternoon December 10th for a short local ride, Friday December 11th we will explore the local mines. Ride the dualsport route with us on Saturday, share a potluck dinner with us Saturday Night. Sunday we will have a local morning ride before departing. Lodging will be at The Gold Ranch Resort, http://www.goldrockranch.us/ they have full hookup RV sites, Tent or no hookup sites, and a few cabins. Store, Museum, showers, laundry, water and other amenities as well. Plan on sharing a potluck dinner Saturday night. Please RSVP me with what you would prefer to bring. Also please let the Gold Rock Ranch RV Park that you are with the meetup group, and how many people are in your reservation. Tent or dry RV Sites $20 Full RV hookup sites $40 Cottages or their rental RV $65 Standard riding stuff applies; bring your tools, tubes, water, etc; radios if you have them. *There is no charge for this event, but Saturday's dualsport track is being provided by GPS Kevin, and http://www.meetup.com/California-Dual-Sport-Riders/ If you care to make a small donation, please do so. If you want tracks by email please pm me your information. See you there!!! V-Dog 858 245 1381

http://www.ridewithgps.com/ If you haven't seen this, you should. Here's an example of a route I just drew by hand: (Mesquite to Bar 10) http://ridewithgps.com/routes/4456845 This is where you'd find a list of my 'public' routes: http://ridewithgps.com/users/259771/routes You can also upload GPX files although it currently splits each track into its own trip. Hoping this can change at some point. But what you can do is draw your entire trip up here, and when it's all completed as a single track, export it as a .gpx file and import it into Mapsource or Basecamp and cut it up into the sections you want for your trip. I don't know when/if the DualSportMaps.com site will ever be back online to edit tracks and such, so this is a very nice alternative.