Try maintaining a constant speed on the profile I usually work...
Especially when you're running long hood forward and have to look over your shoulder for the speedometer.
Fortunately, wildlife doesn't usually complain about our speed.
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And can never find the 2nd time - when you really want it.
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Had to run a road train a few days ago and the LEADER was completely convinced I was on the set of tracks across the river. No matter how many times I told it I was on the "A" Line, it kept going back to me being on the "B" Line. And it also said I had an 88# brake reduction the whole time.
It's been fun. But it isn't much fun anymore. Signing off for now.
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Zug, Balt, DC and Jeff bring new meaning to the phrase, "Your mileage may vary!"
tree68Especially when you're running long hood forward and have to look over your shoulder for the speedometer.
Get a couple of pieces of bathroom mirror, or shatterproof mirror material, and mount them at a 90-degree angle to each other in a box. Put the box on an adjustable stand so you can align it to make the reflection of the speedometer easily visible from your long-hood-forward running position.
The right angle 'reverses the mirror reflection' so what you see will read correctly, and if you like you can include Fresnel magnification, shade hoods, and other things to make the display more visible. You can make it larger (or include separately-adjustable smaller 'heads') if you want to read other gauges as well.
If the reflection 'washes out' due to high ambient lighting, you could install a reflector spotlight or similar lighting so it bears on the gauge when needed -- this might be too bright to view comfortably directly, but would be 'just right' to be seen through sunglasses or glare-adapted irises...
RMEGet a couple of pieces of bathroom mirror,
It's been considered... Just hasn't happened yet. I'd settle for a single mirror. I'm not likely to get too confused if it looks like I'm doing 52 instead of 25 - unless I'm really doing 52...
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