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Probably the best sub 50k ride in the area of Geneva! -1 degree Celsius, no wind, no clouds, loads of lactic acid. And yes, that’s the Mont Blanc in the back there. Gotta love the alps!

If you want to ride this route as well find the GPX here: https://www.bikemap.net/r/568745/ (not my route, just found it there)

Lots of bike theft in SF - get a top-of-the-line lock, register your bike and never leave it long on the street.

I'm in the South Bay - and love hitting the roads in the Santa Cruz Mountains. I only have a road bike (actually a hybrid). But ideally, I would also have a gravel bike.

For routes, ask this sub, try the routes recommended by Standford riders or try bikemap.

SF is often foggy and wet in the winter - but it will often be 10 - 20 degrees warmer outside of the city - and dryer - so, so long as you can get out of town, you can ride most days. We also get wide temperature swings - so have a range of clothes.

I'm currently in my cycling vacation in Slovenia, i'll also spend 2 days in Croatia. I've already visited Ljubljana,Jesenice,Bled and Kranjska Gora, my next stop is in Tolmin.

https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/4620261

/https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/4616459/

I'll also ride between Piran (Slovenia) and Novigrad (Croatia) on Parenzana

Any other recommandations?

• Btw i'm so tired of those descents, now i realised why Mohoric is that good on them.

Steal a bike, there's a great cycling route along the Danube and you get great scenery on the ride for free!

This one? https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/2930978/#/z11/36.0371621,-114.8740768/terrain

Looks great. Of course an interested biker could just use bikemap.net (which is free) anywhere they happen to be and just look around the area for the available routes. They could download the GPS track onto their phone if they are so inclined.

I happen to know this because I like to ride my bike when I'm on vacation. It's not like I'm training for an Ironman or something like that.

You're looking at the wrong road, Eurovelo 11 goes through Eastern Hungary from Kosice through Hollóháza, Sátoraljaújhely, Sárospatak, Tokaj, Tiszafüred and then you leave it around Kisköre toward Jászberény to reach Budapest.

Or there's the more direct, but also more hilly option.

I use https://www.bikemap.net/ and make my own routes. It's fucking fantastic. And you can upload the GPX file to an app like OsmAnd and get much better information than Google could offer.

Edit: Click 'new route' in the top right hand corner. Just in case you miss it like I did when I was advised to use it.

I did the reverse, and would highly recommend biking up to Albany and then following the Erie Canal.

Actual route I followed is here but I was a little bit aimless about it and probably wandered from the optimal route a few times.

Eu folosesc bikemap/plotaroute sa fac trasee si wikiloc cand le parcurg, pentru navigatie (gen maps/waze). Navigatia iti recunoaste cand deviezi de la traseu, sau cand urmezi traseul in sens invers.
Bikemap/plotaroute folosesc amandoua OpenStreetMap, in care sunt trecute si pistele de bicicleta. Cand faci un traseu (pe plotaroute mentionezi ca traseu de bicicleta) iti traseaza liniile dintre puncte pe piste, si cand nu gaseste, pe strazi

If you don't have a specific route planned I recommend this site/app Handy for planning and following routes others took.

Otherwise you are fine to come. Not sure about bike transport, better check with rent-a-car company before so they'll provide you with bike transport equipment on the car.

Be aware that you'll need proof of Covid vaccination/passed infection/testing for a lot of things, including shopping malls (single stores are generally OK), gas stations.... You'll probably have to provide that to enter the country anyway. Masks are mandatory in all enclosed places (stores, buses....).

Well I am not an expert with biking/cycling but I reccomend Jabal Shams and I also found this article that could help and I also found this website with other people's routes.

I'm sorry, I only ride through there ever year or so and do it by relying on memory as much as playing with google maps. Olympic park I bypass using the M4? path. I use a combination of looking at the map while I'm riding and trying random streets to see what happens (but equally it could be that I am just really bad at navigating)

It looks as though browsing bikemap.net should work, I found suggestions like this one (but the interface is not great, I started with "everything in Sydney" and browsed):

https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/5900722/#13.03/-33.8489/151.06381

https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/5663395/#5.62/61.949/7.659

shows just 1,257 m Ascent and 1,256 m Descent for 994 km of the route!

It sound's flat :) According to my feelings, they just forgot to mention that the data is average per day! :)

haha, thanks! Nah, had I been in the coast of Portugal I would have probably had more choices, it was in the central interior part, in Abrantes, where I got the new wheels (luckily I could hitch a ride for the 20 KM I had left to the city). For that part of the bike trip, I was riding on Estrada Nacional 2, I found it more interesting than the coastal EuroVelo route which I was on for a while as well: https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/3828164/#5.24/39.418/-7.877

So earlier in the trip, I wore out the rear tire when I was still in Galicia (Spain) and it was also a pain to find 26" touring type tires (1.6) locally, so I had a wider tire in the back wheel for a while. Then when this happened the new tire got punctured by the rim, so I had to get two new wheels and one new tire (again!) in Abrantes, Portugal, and they only had one model to choose from (again, they said 26" is not such a standard anymore). Yeah, I get what you say about upselling... so annoying. I have also learned I should carry my preferred tires (Schwalbe Marathon +) in my replacement kit as well as the brake pads and so on... yep, definitely learning the tough way :)

Definitely better to take advantage of the lack of traffic and drive to a quiet area rather than riding any of the city trails right now. Some suggestions that should fit your criteria:

Caledon - many routes here. I parked in Caledon East and did a 100km loop going west and south.

Kitchener/Cambridge - I tried this route last weekend and extended it by getting on the cambrige-paris rail trail for a bit. It was great. https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/1950342/#10.02/43.3694/-80.4344

Hamilton - Make a loop out of the confederation park boardwalk, up the escarpment and along ridge road. Might want to skip the boardwalk right now if too busy.

Niagara - The loop between notl and fort erie is nice and very scenic.

Just seen your edit, I rode east to west yes. I followed the gpx file I found on https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/1928772/ . I think its easier direction, the climb is a bit more gentle. One difficulty was finding the start of the ruta at Afalfal. I think there is some new hydroelectric work going on there so the start of the ruta is blocked. I had to cross the ice cold river and bushwack up through a steep hill to get onto the ruta. This was the advice I was given after asking at the hydro works and some guy in the village.

You can try as well bikemap.

It's an alternative to Komoot and Strava (although a bit different)

Perhaps you find routes in your area there (depends as well on the user created content)

Used mostly official bike routes, there are signs everywhere. Vienna to Linz is along the danube (I think it goes further to Passau). It is really uncompilcated.

Check: https://www.bikemap.net/de/routeplanner/maybe

I did not plan in advance, and just went where and as long as I felt like.

first two days heading west was a pain in the ass, headwind, which I heard is typical (westwind). And thats why 99% go from west to east ...

Not yet but I'm planning my summer 2018 tour. I plan to ride EV1 at the northern, down through Norway, then hop to UK for JOGLE then EV6 all the way to the end. I guess I'm spoiled by the wonderful information Adventure Cycling provides because I find it much harder to get information on EV routes. For example EV6 is one of the most popular routes but I can't find any published maps or guides. I thought I'd pull down GPS Tracks BikeMap has a page which they state is official EV6 GPS tracks but you have to stitch many of the files together and there are gaps (e.g. Hungary has many open sections). I'm still committed to doing it but there is a much lower level of organization relative to AdventureCycling in the US.

Try this route: https://www.bikemap.net/en/routeplanner/#/z14/35.5072517,-82.4811029/terrain/plan:666c0df04a8276a9b73644b5ffab2a78

This is my neck of the woods... light traffic, steady uphill and killer downhill!

I bike to the Rose Bowl all the time. I would avoid Colorado blvd if I were you. I would take San Pascual (Rose Way) and then Cordova which has a dedicated bike lane on some stretches. Check this map forroad/mtb cycling routes in your area https://www.bikemap.net/

Merg/campez prin padurile si pe campurile de langa Iasi special in cautare de animale salbatice ca sa le fotografiez, probleme am avut doar cu cainii de la stani/ferme si hoinarii, de obiceii incerc sa ma imprietenesc cu ei si daca nu merge ma indepartez usor, daca tot ataca incep sa tip la ei.

M-am intalnit si cu turme de mistreti cu pui, am surprins oameni cotrobaind prin boscheti, sateni la lemne... nu am avut probleme, mistretii au fugit indata ce m-au vazut/mirosit si cu satenii m-am bagat in vorba ca sa nu ii sperii eu. De obiceii daca fac galagie in timp ce merg nu ma intalnesc cu nici un animal.

Cu toate astea e bine sa fii precaut anunta pe cineva inainte sa pleci, fii sigur ca ai telefonul incarcat, verifica vremea, ai grija la picioare :D

Ca sa navighez mai usor prin padure caut trasee/drumuri forestirere pe Strava/Komoot sau Bikemap si le adaug pe toate intr-o harta in Google My Maps, oricum pe langa Iasi e usoara navigarea, in orice directie merg in 100-200 de metri dau de un drum forestier :(
https://www.bikemap.net/en/search/?center=28.75178986247772%2C44.86313197137014&zoom=12

You saved me from a lot of frustration I believe. It's my first adventure in SE Asia, so I' trying to plan an easy going tour. What is the reason for the advise against South?

What are your thoughts about something like this?

Not a lot of great routes without traffic in the city, but there are a lot of possibilities outside the center. The following website lists possibilities and although many are for distances greater than 20 km, you could easily shorten the trip. There is an option to narrow down the choices using the included links. https://www.bikemap.net/en/l/3176959/

I think you criticism of Italy's welfare state as well as it's bicycle paths is largely unfactual.

The only nordic country spending more on welfare than Italy is Finland.

Also there are 426,748 cycling routes stretching 32,017,782 km.

Very difficult to bike the route and I imagine you might have to carry your bike at times.

You might be able to find a slightly modified bike friendly route or make your own. Maybe even consider biking between towns locking up your bike and going on day hikes. https://www.bikemap.net/

Are you searching for a commute? Or do you want to take a detour to drive in nature? Should that be the case, I can only recommend driving the R8 for most of the way.

My advise would be (if you can) to get a bike, and explore your local areas. Try looking for local bike routes, parks, or just explore your area, and you might be shocked at the cool places you can find. Bring an extra innertube, and a kit in case you get a flat, pack ~1 bottle of water for cold weather, and at least 2 bottles for hot weather. Snacks are good too, and if you can, a phone with GPS (especially for wooded areas or newer, further places). Bikes make for a nice quick get away if you run into anyone or anything dangerous, they also make trips shorter, so if you go a wrong way, it should take less time to backtrack.

I see all kinds of cool wild things, sometimes when I'm just riding to somewhere boring like a grocery shop, especially if I stop at bridges to see what's in there, but sometimes I've found massive birds, ducklings, and once a butterfly followed me up the road for a genuinely surprising amount of time, like it was trying to keep pace with me.

Another cool side effect is you can bump into other cyclists, neighbors, etc. and sometimes chatting with them has either helped out a stranger or helped me out. Either people tell me about groups I could join or new places to cycle. Sometimes I give tips to people who want to take up cycling, like pointing out that trikes are a safe option for people with problems with balance, back problems, or other disabilities when people assume they or a loved one wouldn't be able to ride.

see this option https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/4154151/#9.71/46.9421/22.2425 (cluj-oradea part); like many said avoid European roads or heavy use roads.

I was thinking of road bikes first but mountain bikes are fine too! I was thinking of doing this route https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/3721201/#14.24/46.38578/14.72372

https://www.bikemap.net/en/search/?categories=2&bounds=153.63062584700006%2C-10.68767669099988%2C113.15697951400014%2C-39.144952080999886&location=2077456

If you want to see a the 4K descent, you can find that here: 4K Descent

If you want to see the full 4K ride you can find that here: 4K Ride

If you want to ride this route, you can find a GPX here: GPX

With the weather today, it will have to be a virtual ride for me today on the stationary bike.

Happy Riding!

Nice shot over Lake Conroe in Texas at Walden Yacht Club from a 50 mile ride.

If you want to ride this route, you can find a GPX - Here

If you want to see a 4K highlights of the ride, you can find that here: 4K Highlights

If you want to see 4K Full Ride (Great for Rollers), you can find that here: 4K Full Ride

Enjoy

It isn't perfectly flat, but it's pretty bloody good.

This is probably too far for what you're talking about, but you can get all the way from the CBD to Hobsonville Point without too many hills. The bike path reaches just short of Westgate (ignore Google, which thinks it ends way back), and from there you can cut up to Hobsonville Road. Route here.

You could even park in Hobsonville Point, get the ferry into the city, then bike back.

I've parked outside Kamay bay NP and ride down to the whale watching area. Not a big ride but its nice viewing. A little shop there for a snack and drink, parks etc.

Also, Lady Carrington Drive in the Royal NP for a bit of off road if you ride a mountain bike or hybrid. Only 10km or so but it is lovely. End up in the picnic grounds at Audley.

Further afield, maybe drive down to Thirroul and ride along the beach to Wollongong. Scenic AF and flat. https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/944634/#11.04/-34.3725/150.9274

Left about 7am, returned about 7 or 8pm. If I did it again, I wouldn't have lifted weights for two days before (see my other post). I rested maybe 7 or 8 times. Lots of other bikers and I talked to a few briefly.

No killer hills, but a few decent climbs. Since they marked the route well, you don't have to worry about maps. You see little signs with a picture of a bike and a '9' and you know you're on track.

I personally love bike map. It does make you do a lot of turns since quiet streets also tend to be short streets, but biking through the city and Brooklyn with it has always been smooth for me. It's rarely takes me onto a street I wasn't comfortable with.

https://www.bikemap.net/en/apps/

I write about it a lot, but that's because I tried all the other apps and this was the only one that gave me consistently good experience. The app is a little glitchy. Sometimes after I close the app it will still say it's running Ina notification. I also don't like that it always ask you if you want to save your ride. But you don't need to even pay for it to get all of the important functionality.

This is a very useful book if you’re just starting: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cyclecraft-complete-enjoyable-cycling-children/dp/0117037400

I’d stick to off road cycle paths until you’re confident enough to be on the road: https://www.bikemap.net/en/l/2650225/

Be wary of pedestrians in shared cycle lanes, they often tend not to pay attention to bikes. Also, watch out for dogs of the lead they can just run under your bike.

I’d avoid the Union canal, it’s an obstacle course not a cycle path.

Depending on your budget, hub gears may be better than the normal derailed, as you can change gear when stationary and only have one gear lever to worry about. Obviously Edinburgh is write hillly though, so you may find the price of a 5 or 7speed too much. (I make do with a 3 speed, but stone hills are tough!) I also personally like an upright position, which is less wind efficient but gives better traffic awareness (IMO)

There's this site for listing bike routes. Most of them are longer than 25 km, but you could get some ideas.

Cedar Park is not really bike-friendly more like road bike-tolerant....

There are some great routes for road biking but its seen more as a sport or recreation not a necessary commuter option.

Here are some routes: https://www.bikemap.net/en/search/?categories=1&location=4679867&bounds=-97.87248006988688%2C30.460233919704063%2C-97.76809993011312%2C30.550166080295938

Welcome to town.

Hallo, hab genau diese Route letztes Jahr um die Zeit gemacht und werds auch dieses Jahr wieder machen! War super lustig! Verdursten und verhungern tust auch nicht, sind immer wieder so Radlerbeisl am weg. Bissl Wasser dabei haben schadet aber sicher nicht!

Im Grunde musst du nur den "EuroVelo 6" finden, von da an ist die Strecke super schön und wenn du die Augen ein bissl aufhaltest kannst die Schilder die dich weiterführen kaum verfehlen! (https://www.bikemap.net/de/r/2638714/#8.62/48.1586/16.7502) Von den EuroVelo Radwegen gibts glaub ich auch eine App, bin mir da aber nicht so sicher!

Als ich letztes Jahr gefahren bin war gerade Baustelle mit einer Umleitung, denk aber, dass die jetzt fertig sein sollt!

Viel Spaß!

Depends on where exactly you're starting - I used to use this route to get to clapham common: https://www.google.co.uk/maps/dir/51.4579629,-0.1949489/51.4609997,-0.1617685/@51.461706,-0.1838102,14.83z/data=!4m19!4m18!1m15!3m4!1m2!1d-0.1910324!2d51.4591217!3s0x48760f63ae290fd5:0x809cdc8bc7507e56!3m4!1m2!1d-0.1875521!2d51.4608!3s0x4876058820...

Then from clapham common you can pick up the marked (old, paint-on-floor quiet roads) route 25 https://www.bikemap.net/en/o/2722/#10.78/51.456/-0.075

It's somewhat signposted but not perfectly in a lot of places. Expect to get your phone out to double check a lot. But slower paced than going on the superhighways.

Here's one of mine that starts from central, heads out the north and into the forest. Few more on my profile on this site https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/5773402/

Explore a whole new borough and get a free boat ride out of it. Ride down to the Staten Island Ferry and hop on. :-)

https://www.bikemap.net/en/l/5139568/

https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120716/south-beach/best-cycle-paths-explore-staten-island-while-avoiding-cars/

Ich verwende meistens Bikemap https://www.bikemap.net/de/l/. Die App geht super zum Navigieren auf radfahrerfreundlichen Wegen und mit der Routenplanung kann man sich sowieso eine Tour nach eigenem Geschmack erstellen, auch in der App und nicht nur am PC. Ich finde, die Heatmap hilft ganz gut, um zu sehen, wo andere gern fahren. In der App kann man beim Routing dann auch sagen, ob man lieber ein schnelles oder kurzes Routing will-

We've been talking about a greenway for years and it's going to take an age to get moving on it. Do explore greenways elsewhere as they are fabulous if you catch some good weather. We did 27km on the one near Waterford and it was a great day out.

For Galway I would say you'd want to be comfortable riding in traffic as we're not big on cycle lanes. If you are then I'd suggest checking out West Side Cycles (https://www.westsidecyclesgalway.com/) and do the triangle, a popular route where you go from the city towards Barna on to Spiddal. Lovely pubs to stop for a refreshment or lunch. Then you'll cut through towards Moycullen before returning home to Galway.

https://www.bikemap.net/en/r/2450875/#10.5/53.2909/-9.1933

Very popular and moderate day out which should be good level for most and get in loads of great views. Enjoy your trip!

Oh yeah, if you're planning on riding down to Portland from Seattle before heading west (Good idea, I think. The 101 bride to Astoria would not be fun on a bike.), you shouldn't have much trouble finding some of the old Seattle-to-Portland routes used for the Cascade Bicycle Club's annual event. Hell, you could probably find your way just using faded Dan Henrys.

And I'll just throw this out there because it's an option if you want to mix things up. If you feel like wasting time in the Seattle area a few days, you could do so and get back on schedule by taking the train to Portland from Seattle and picking up from there. Service between the cities is regular, cheap, and very bike friendly.

I still haven’t used it too much, but I’ve found some really great cycling information on OpenCycleMap and Bikemap, the otter showing great user-generated routes that people have taken.

I hope to get a bike here soon, just haven’t found the right one quite yet!

I know, I avoided Lyon and the Nord Isère but I still go long départemental ine the middle of field with the cold wind against me and cars driving at 70km/h...

Not the best idea to ride today :)

https://www.bikemap.net/r/4844629/

I'm afraid that around bourges etc... It's gonna be the same...

You can plan your route with tools such as bikemap which suggests a route to you that you can adjust and it gives you elevation and other stats, for example for your route you might be faster on the first days as you're going downhill: https://www.bikemap.net/en/routeplanner/#/z9/-33.0547165,-62.0768738/google_roadmap/plan:608cc49824116d65b12f586d984db175 (Never been to South America so don't know how well it works there with the route it suggests to you)

yes: https://www.bikemap.net/de/r/create/

Create your route and save it as .gpx (i think you have to register) send it to your phone via mail or whatever.

On appninja you can import gpx files. do it. Enjoy

Thank you for the input folks! I will contact a couple bike shops before hand. Ultimately I will decide closer to the date since weather is a major factor. I see routes like this https://www.bikemap.net/en/route/3785851-hanoi-ninh-binh/ I also see the day rides mentioned above and those look great!

This is the main route:
https://www.bikemap.net/en/route/3987506-munich-rome-august-2017/
But I cycled different roads sometimes and shortened it at the end. I'm going to write a full report later.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with the route you've created. Although technique does play a part, getting up the hill is largely a question of stamina and enjoyment.

Check this video for some tips about climbing. There are a bunch of points in it specific to racing and climbing full mountains, however, there is useful info even for short climbs.

If you find that this climb is too intense for you try a ride of similar length but less intense grades on your next outing.

If it helps, here is a useful site for creating routes to try out.

Hi, I came accros this site called bikemap I never used it as it was for me only for information as I'm planning to do some trips this summer. It gives you distances, climbs and so on, and is really made for cycling as you have a load of bike routes on it (just try from spain to Thailand, it will calculate a route for you where Gmaps doesn't work). It might be usefull for you we never know. Let me know what you think about it and maybe share your route with us? :)