Intercom

After the frustrations of trying to communicate by hand signals on the bike, we decided that we would need to invest in an intercom system for our trip (and all our rides). A flurry of hand signals and finger pointing rarely gets the message across and often leads to us having to stop to find what the other wants or needs! So, we've invested in a Scala Rider Team Set Pro - a Bluetooth system which pairs with a phone and/or GPS and also allows you to listen to an MP3 player as well.

It arrived yesterday and I fitted it to the helmets last night, which was reasonably straight forward. After charging the batteries last night, we were able to try it out this evening.  If anyone had looked through the window this evening they would have thought we were nuts, sitting indoors with helmets on, talking to each other from either end of the room!  However, it seems to work well, so I'm really pleased.  However, we still have to test them over the noise of the bike, which will be interesting as the bike is quite loud.  We shall see at the weekend.....