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Initial plan was to continue all the way to Portugal following European divide trail after Almadén, but Omicron Variant spooked me and Canadian government who introduced additional restrictions on arrivals which to make story short would make me spend Christmas eve/Christmas at Toronto airport if i followed my initial plan. The only way to prevent that without paying through the nose was to cut the trip short so i ended up in Seville which is where I'll be flying out of in couple of days.
Pros of touring Spain: excellent coffee everywhere, lots of cool backroads, beautiful Baja-like scenery, Córdoba is the most beautiful city I've ever seen, beautiful fall weather in December, drivers are very respectful of cyclists. Super helpful people.
Cons: no water except in cities/towns. Don't even bring the filter. Food is disappointing, at least for vegeterians. Subpar wild camping options, of which there are only few. Off-season hotels and hostels are relatively cheap though. Spanish trains have a thing against bikes. Don't by into bikepacking.com "media distancia trains are great with bikes" thing. Getting from Madrid to Córdoba was an adventure and a half (which involved shipping my bike with local currier), next time I'd fly into Seville instead. Basically no wilderness, which i guess is to be expected but still a disappointment.
You should check out Komoot, there is a website and an app. Now generally it is designed for active people, but it lets you plan routes and save them, plus with thousands of users saving off routes you might find a few that are already good for you.
So you can say “Walking, get a route in Edinburgh between 1 and 2 hours, difficulty Easy.
I'm a huge fan of Komoot. It's a crowdsourced platform for planning and finding hiking/cycling/mountain climbing routes. You can download offline maps that work with GPS, which is really helpful when you lose the signal in the middle of the hike ^_^;. You can also record your route, store photos of highlights along the way - and see the routes/photos other people posted. I've used it here in Berlin, in Sächsische Schweiz & around the Harz Mountains.
The first offline region is free (e.g. Berlin-Brandenburg), and you pay extra for every additional map. I highly recommend the World map though - it's a one time payment and you can use it anywhere you go.
One last thing that might be interesting - if you don't have a car, S-Bahn Berlin posted their own collection of routes that are reachable via S-Bahn.
That is a great idea! Shout about being a bike friendly business as well, and I am sure your friendly local cyclists will help spread the word.
Not sure which country you are in, but I would recommend (if you are in EU) to get your business up on Komoot as well. It's a very popular route building and sharing service.
hi, i like komoot.com. Gives you a detailed tour. Evlevation, road surface, type of road etc. You can plan everything in your browser for free. You dont have to register either.
You only pay for offline maps on android or iphone per region. One region is free so you can try it on a tour.
Or you plan in a browser and print everything.
I used it for touring and bought all maps in some christmas special for 15€. Its much for an app but its super easy to download the maps and offline maps will save your ass when you are in the middle of nowhere with no mobile data :)
Ja bih ti preporucio https://www.komoot.com/. Sama aplikacija ti nudi da umesto tebe napravi putanju kojom bi vozio. Kada zelis da ti aplikacija napravi rutu kojim bi isao, ti mozes da izaberes pocetnu i krajnju tacku, tip bicikla koji imas i mozes da izaberes stepen svoje kondicije. Onda ce aplikacija da ti napravi rutu koja bi bila skoro idealna za tebe. Mislim da ces tu videti par opcija koje imas od tacke A do tacke B i nazad.
Hi.
That is a very easy question to me. Below is a link in English with some easy but insanely beautiful hiking tours. I did almost all of them at least once and can recommend Walchensee but you just read and pick any you like.
The second thing you do is you go to trip advisor or air bnb and look for a place close to the hiking trial. It will definitely be a town with <10k people but all of them are lovely in these areas.
If you have question feel free to pm me.
https://www.komoot.com/guide/593/hiking-in-bavaria
/edit Ok some of the tours are actually for advanced hiking
I'm planning this in a few weeks time with a bunch of work mates. This is the route I've got from looking at a few charity rides and Komoot... seems to avoid most of the busy roads. https://www.komoot.com/tour/373679314?ref=itd
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In my eyes the planning functions inside strava are quite bad. It's ok to find segments, but a segment doesn't mean, that it's a good road for biking. E.g. in my area there are a couple of triathletes. They often ride along bigger roads with significant traffic. This way they can go fast and steady for a long stretch, but for recreation and fun... no way... I would prefer small roads of the beaten track.
You should take a look at Komoot. They implement a couple of maps inside their service (Komoot-Map, OpenCycleMap, OpenStreetMap, Google Maps and Google Satellite). Additionally, the community can add highlights for interesting spots and segments, with pictures and comments along with "likes" or "dislikes". This way it's quite easy to find interesting roads.
The OpenCycleMap has also the advantage, that it has information on the road surface. So when you plan your trip with a road bike, the route calculation follows paved roads and tries to stay of gravel. With the MTB profile it's the other way round. But no matter what, you can allways add more waypoints to force Komoot to follow a road you prefer.
Komoot is not free. E.g. for offline maps you need to buy regions. Or you buy the whole world for about 30 bucks (if I remember correctly). It's a fair offer, since Komoot is not only good for biking, the service is useful for all outdoor activities.
Komoot can help you figure out what’s bike trail vs street, assuming you have good ones nearby. https://www.komoot.com/ I only have shared lanes near me and it’s good for routing me on those as much as reasonable, but can’t tell you how it does in a better biking city.
Bonus, it integrates with COBI.Bike, in case you have one, for on-handlebar turn-by-turn directions.
First: I'm not really into hiking and mostly do bicycle tours, so I can't get too specific in terms of routes.
In general, the Vulkaneifel is really nice, so maybe look for a hike around the Laacher See, can certainly recommend the region. Something like this for example
Alternatively the Ahrtal is very well known for its nice small towns etc. Just check if you're interested in one of those
Where are you located? If it's in the Northern part of the Eifel, Bad Münstereifel or Ahrweiler are nice goals to end a hike if you want to see some nice small city center for some coffee in the end. You could check out the radio telescope in Effelsberg, it's quite a popular destination.
In general I can really recommend Komoot.com for finding nice routes in Germany (at least for bicycles it's great, and there's loads of hiking trails as well). Just choose hiking as your "means of transport" and enter your starting city and you'll get lots of nice recommendations in your region. (mostly including Fotos of the hike etc.) You can filter by how hard a tour would be, by minimum or maximum length you want and when you've found something you like in general you can even go in and edit the path to maybe add more highlights.
Here's a collection of recommended hikes around the Eifel
Alternatively you can use it to create/plan your own hike route. There's lots of user-recommended highlights on the map and you basically just click on stuff and press "add to route" and it will create a reasonable tour from your points of interest.
went with a buddy on a 6 day intense tour (1 rest day) through from florence tuscany towards rome, then along the coast to napoli.
super fun and hot!
komoot gpx here: https://www.komoot.com/collection/1217203/-firenze-napoli
The Salzburg - Triest Alp crossing. Sadly only found a german source but GPS tracks are thankfully universal. A lovely alp crossing that isn't as overloaded as others (*cough cough E5), leads through 4 countries, guides you through some of the most beautiful sceneries I've ever seen, you can sleep in some lovely Alms that aren't overcrowded or expensive and in the end you can take a bath in the Adria.
The Fränkischer Gebirgsweg. Again sadly only a german source available but the GPS data is available. Disclosure I have only walked parts of this trail but the parts I did hike where beautiful and I am definitly planning on tackling it when I have the time. This trail leads you through what some might say is the most amazing part of Germany (and with some I mean myself and the other people that live there or near there). You can wholly enjoy franconian and bavarian culture, enjoy nature and beer gardens.
Other trails I enjoyed hiking and would recommend are this one. It's a less traveled hike and you still get to enjoy the Königssee and Steineres Meer. I would also recommend taking the detour to the Feldkogel if you take this route. It's about an 1 to 1 ½ half hours longer from the Kärlingerhaus (located at the Funtensee, the coldest place in Germany) and from there you get one of the best views of the Königssee you can get. And the two times I've been there I've seen only two other people which is crazy considering the Kärlingerhaus is already completely booked for July and August this year.
Lüneburger Heide (Heath) comes to mind. As do the Harz Mountains.
https://www.niedersachsen-tourism.com/experiences/hiking-trips/hiking-landscapes/lueneburger-heide-3
http://www.naturpark-lueneburger-heide.de/en/active-and-mobile/hiking/
https://www.komoot.com/guide/101/hiking-in-the-harz-mountains
Yup, here it is via Komoot: https://www.komoot.com/tour/514396847?ref=wtd (I trimmed off the start and end points a bit, so the mileage might be slightly different)
I've switched to Komoot from Google maps. It's more specialised for cycling, and it shows you all the cycle ways/redways in green alongside the roads but also avoids pedestrian only bits.
Super easy to adjust the route a bit too to avoid less maintained bits of redway, or go via nicer stretches, which I found really useful as I got more into it!
They also show you things like speed/time when navigating with the map, give you turn by turn directions that generally work pretty well on cycle paths like the redways, and lets you upload your cycle to Strava if you wanted to track them.
It won't be 50 minutes!
Use Komoot set to "Bike Touring" mode for route planning to give you a route that prefers low-traffic roads and bike lanes https://www.komoot.com/plan/tour/d08AxMV1v_-emE=FwiABMD_SdNA/@51.5349223,-0.1110770,13.959z - depending on where you're heading to in Euston I would circumvent Euston road as much as possible...
You'll be fine commuting on bikes similar to either of those two options, will just be a matter of personal preference.
Downvoted because the six functional jobs I could find in Europe are irrelevant to Haskell:
- Griffin: Backend Engineer (Clojure, Kafka, Datomic, and Kubernetes)
- Komoot: Senior Backend Developer (doesn't actually mention anything functional, just Kotlin. It does have the functional tag on remoteleaf)
- Compute Software: I can't find the Careers page
- Second Measure: I can't find the Careers page
- talkJS: Is an Elixir job
- Pitch: Is a ClojureScript job: Senior Frontend Engineer
I come from south Germany, in the middle of the Black Forest. But if corona is over, and you need some vacation, come over.
We also have a lovely hicking trail here, where I live right at the beginning:
https://www.komoot.com/collection/811/the-westweg-trail-12stages-through-the-black-forest
//I guess the Software developers of Sketchup are from Michigan (therefore the T-Shirt motive)
Have you tried using Komoot? It plans bike routes (touring, gravel, mtb etc.) using users data and opencycle maps data. Maybe there you'll find a safer route for your commute
Note that the East Coast Greenway route *IS* the D&R path, from New Brunswick to Trenton.
Here's what I like best nowadays, route starting from Rahway or Woodbridge NJT.
Komoot has options for cyclist fitness levels and tends to do a better job of finding bike routes than Google. For Cashmere to Sockburn with rider set to "Athletic" it estimates 18 minutes. "Athletic" is probably the right level for the average ebike.
Okay perfect 🙂, yeah it’s really a nice place! to make it a bit easier:
Video: https://youtu.be/hQSLe0WDgXA
Here's my rec: the greenway is fine if you're close to it. Otherwise, I'm happy doing Columbus/9th Ave to 40th to avoid Times Square, cross over to Broadway, which at this point is sandwiched between pedestrian plazas so not much traffic, then from Union Sq, I go east on 16th St to 2nd Ave and take that all the way down to the Manhattan Bridge entrance by Canal. From Manhattan Bridge, I take Jay St and take a left on Schermehorn, right onto Hoyt and then left on Dean and take Dean all the way until you get to your Crown Heights area.
I haven't camped around there, but walked it several times. The village is at the bottom of steep forested slopes on either side - there's not many if any options on the way down, and while I've seen a couple of people camping on the way north (ie https://www.komoot.com/highlight/462206 ) , my preference if I was doing it would be to make sure I have all my supplies and then walk further, until the terrain levels out in the glen. But that means you can't pop down into the village for dinner or anything you've forgotten.
An advantage of doing this is that it evens the days out - instead of doing 9 miles Kingshouse to Kinlochleven, then 16 to Fort William, you can make it 12 and 13 or something.
If you'd rather camp close to the village, I suspect there are spots after you cross the river or if you cross the river and turn right, but not sure, and it's closer to houses than you should really camp.
Get a head net if you can. Weighs grams, saves sanity.
It's worth phoning the campsites - they don't put everything online.
https://www.komoot.com/plan you can use that to plan your route.
I bought the world map package for myself for tracking on mobile and can see the types of roads (and choose the type of biking you want to do - gravel, road etc and it will adjust the route). Quite good for planning my trips :)
In Garmisch, I recommend hiking here . It’s probably the most popular, but it’s so beautiful. You could also take the Zugspitze and hike around at the top. You could even rent a bike and bike around Eibsee if you’re in a rush.
Heidelberg and München can be done in a day or two each.
Not too familiar with Innsbruck, but you need to check https://reopen.europa.eu frequently to check the restrictions.
Happy Hiking!
https://www.komoot.com/guide/445/hiking-in-wuerzburg
Here are just some.
There are a ton in the vineyards nearby with trails between Würzburg and Randersacker and nice forest trails throughout Steinbachtal and behind Zellerau/Zell am Main as well. They're about a 20/30 minute walk from the city center. 10-20 minute bus/car ride. If you want to go further the regional trains will drop you off quickly and you can hike back into town. Part of the Camino de Santiago route also runs along the Main River til Ochsenfuhrt. I usually hike twice per week or so and I'm always finding new routes, even if I'm in the same woods.
Sure thing. I've given myself the whole month to do the trip, obviously that gives me plenty of time to take days off and enjoy the beautiful valleys I'm crossing. Also a lot of my colleagues live around this area, so I'm stopping off and taking detours to go and visit them. So far I've wild camped three nights and the rest I've stayed at campsites, not a fan of Hotels (too fancy for me).
If you want to see my day to day tracks, you can follow me on Wikiloc Or if you want to see my original plan (and all the different variations) you can check out my planning on Komoot . Hope this helps.
Here's my Etobicoke Creek & Humber Loop. I took my road bike so didn't want to cut through Claireville at the time. I took Gore road and Hwy 50 to get around it, but both of these were unpleasant. Will be easier for you cutting down McVean straight to Claireville.
Thank you! Yeah, Here’s the route info with elevation and what not:
https://www.komoot.com/collection/1262442/-from-beverly-shores-to-goodrich
As far as how I managed them, just grit my teeth and shout a few profanities at myself - haha.
I've got hundreds but here's one i set up nicely with simply the best views of Cardiff. Slight faff getting out of town from the last stop on the x1 bus. https://www.komoot.com/tour/182276777/zoom
Yet it isn't the highest part of Drenthe. That honour belongs to the giant garbage heap we turfed over called the "VAM mountain". Standing tall at +4800 cm.
And it was amazing!
Went from Amsterdam to Hilversum, passing in a lot of gravel, my bike was basically white afterward, but damn it was fun as hell!
Here the tour on Komoot if you are in the area: https://www.komoot.com/tour/391389426?ref=wtd
Heh, mostly it's just looking on Komoot to see what looks interesting.
- Mandai Loop (small detour via Old Upper Thomson road)
- ECP/TMCR/Punggol but you know about that ;)
- Punggol/Woodlands
- Pandan Reservoir via Alexandra Canal/Ulu Pandan Park Connector
- Mandai/Kranji/Bukit Batok (pass by Little Guilin)
- You won't go fast since it's narrow and usually crowded but Green Corridor starts out paved
I think my bucket list got a new entry.
Looks like an amazing hiking/cycling loop with "bothies" along the way where you can sleep. Some parts look very rugged. Check out the link above for some amazing photos.
Nah, I've got komoot. Usually just pick out a local highlight in like 30-40km distance set it to round trip, inspect the route, adjust it here or there, include some more highlights so that it's not a straight there-and-back, and hop on the bike. I've done this at random several times, and some of the routes have become my go-to loops.
Other than that, I use local folks on Strava or my cycling club's members' routes on various sites to find inspiration.
I find that not planning a route usually ends in frustration, but that's just he local bike infrastructure that's shitty and will send you off to middle of nowhere cul-de-sacs because in Germany, Mercedes go brrr.
(Granted, that's for road. But there's trail POIs in Komoot, too. I guess it helps to live close to the forest, if you can…)
Not sure about most of those areas, but Surrey Hills is def an option.
Did a recon trip a few weeks ago, and plenty of places. But there are a lot of trails and apparently people go for walks at night time so I suggest scouting the area before pitching up. And I'd definitely suggest pitching late leave early.
Here is the route I hiked looking for spots. Get komoot app (it's free) to view the route properly.
Here's an example route from Griffon Studios to College https://www.komoot.com/tour/261357255?ref=wtd. As far as I know, there are no protected cycle lanes along this route, but it does mostly take quiet roads.
If you are cycling in London for the first time, my advice would be to practice on a quiet road first: being able to confidently ride single handed and practising signalling, being able to look over your shoulder, practising emergency stops etc.
Prior to lockdown, I cycled 15km to College every day and back and have done for the last 3-4 years and I've never had an accident. If you ride with an awareness of what's happening around you then it is perfectly safe.
Buses are usually very busy in the mornings, or at least they were prior to Covid. If people start returning to work over the next few months (unlikely given that it looks like there will be a second wave) then they will probably return to this level of busy-ness.
edit: try walking the route beforehand, or going through it on Streetview or something, so when you ride it for the first time you more or less know where you are going / things to look out for.
The guys on GCN did this. https://www.komoot.com/tour/72774251?ref=itd
I have found some routes on RideWithGPS. I have been looking as well, although I am in the process of selling my gravel bike and getting a new one.
I only have the Strava and Komoot, should be able to get the GPX from those. From the west I would just head up to Kleinburg and back via Humber River Trail (Google Maps).
I would recommend the Main Radweg
There are several interesting day-long bike rides you can do along this route. Some easy ones include a ride from FFM to Hanau, FFM to Aschaffenburg
I’d also recommend Komoot
My favourite is the Niddauferweg
I checked out several different sites and apps after posting this same question.
https://www.komoot.com Koomot seems to be where it's at! Design your route online and it can sync to your phone app, similar to trailforks in that respect. It shows trail type designations and surface type, gravel, rails to trails, bike paths, etc..
Here's the wiki for the different sites and apps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_bicycle_route_planning_websites
Yes, if its the bit I'm thinking of round the back of Beckenham cricket ground, some roots have raised the path quite a lot very recently. It's definitely much worse than last year.
Thinking about it though, I would probably get off the Waterlink Way just after Catford and head towards Peckham. It's a bit of a rise, though not as bad as Crystal Palace, but there's a nice quiet route from Peckham that leads onto Quietway 1 then over Tower Bridge. You could swap to London Bridge if you prefer, though the endless work at London Bridge makes me think Tower Bridge is the less of two evils. Here's the detail for that: https://www.komoot.com/tour/37394215
And just for completeness, a route via the Greenwich Tunnel would look like this, but it is a couple of miles longer https://www.komoot.com/tour/37394803
Much appreciated! The route I'm thinking of is this, plus getting back home on the Upper West Side. I figure I'll hit the 85% mark somewhere around Nyack/9W which I've ridden a bunch and that will help me get through the mental block part. I also figure I can bail out after Bear by going to Peekskill if I'm really suffering for whatever reason.
The nutrition part I'm less familiar with, so really appreciate the advice in that respect. Any tips on what kind of water-based calories might be best to carry on the bike?
That's a long circuit you have there, and Whipps Cross roundabout isn't pleasant at the best of times, plus the bit up through Wood Street despite having a cycle lane, will have plenty of parked cars and associated dangers : https://goo.gl/maps/NtB9PjLSVFp
If it were me, I'd do laps through Hackney and Walthamstow Marshes, heading back down Orient Way which can be totally traffic free if you use the bike lanes, plus are reasonably fast. It's around 6 miles per loop. Here's the detail: https://www.komoot.com/tour/35435941
Guess your after info from someone who knows the route, but in case you'd be happier with a route creator that's better than google, then the following will help.
Google is not really interested in Cycling and much of their data is simply wrong. Best routing software/websites use OpenStreetMaps for their data.
CycleStreets produces some of best routes, but can be biased towards cycle tracks some of which may not have great surfaces. It suggest the following for your journey https://www.cyclestreets.net/journey/61087781/#balanced
The komoot app & website also uses OpenStreetMaps, but allows you to make a choice between touring, road cycling & mountain biking. In other words attempts to take into account surface. So if you choose road bike your more likely to be kept on good roads. The app is becoming very popular. https://www.komoot.com
I've tried a range of route creating tools and I prefer Komoot as my preferred choice as you can select the Opencycle map as a layer both on the desktop or mobile app and create a viable route in minutes which lets you know both the surface and the gradient
I'm happy to share both the routes I've planned if there's some inspiration there: https://www.komoot.com/user/374132247416/tours?type=planned
And my opinions on the best routes others are thinking about, but often, routes are personal to the rider and where they live. It's rare to be able to take someone's route and not have to amend any of it
If it were me, I'd take Quietway1 which runs parallel to OKR, cross the river on Blackfriars bridge using CS6, and then pretty much follow that all the way as the other person suggested. Here's the detail: https://www.komoot.com/tour/32327337
Been looking for more mini bike tours do with my friends, and among the many B.S. tripadvisor lists, I did find this one from Komoot. I guess they're an app, I don't use it, but their list of local bike tours looks nice.
Grunewald is kinda my default bike trip. Never goes wrong, and the woods have alot of hard-gravel/packed-dirt trails so you can take your regular bike in and it'll be fine.
Second ridewithGPS but also recommend https://www.komoot.com/ . Komoot does a great job of letting you pick a destination and allowing you to see how much effort the ride is, what kind of surfaces, etc. Let us know what you end up using and how it goes!
This is how I did it. If it hasn't rained lately I'll take the Reformatory Branch Trail. If not, roads.
As a note, at the rt 2 roundabout I hop onto the sidewalk for a few blocks, regardless. I want nothing to do with that roundabout.
If you want a more "gravel" route then this is a fun weekend (Obviously starting in Hornsey, and maybe reversed):
https://www.komoot.com/tour/309823229
I wild camped but there is guaranteed to be places you could stay around Hatfield/Welwyn Garden City
Would highly recommend anyone who appreciates a good cross country tour to visit the Chilterns. Lots of lovely single-track, beautiful moody forests, fun descents and super convenient train connections all over. This is the route I did. It's a complete mix of surfaces and biking styles. My friend managed pretty well on his gravel bike and was faster on the smoother sections but had to walk some of the technical ascents or downhill bits.
Thanks a lot for the nice words. Yup, it was a really enjoyable hike. Here's a link to the route if your interested: https://www.komoot.com/tour/507103520?share\_token=aVspnq8uARR1IbQdexx5qntEMXJrgluNY8on2YhgFNMt4sD80U&ref=wtd
Here you go: https://www.komoot.com/tour/488553431?share_token=aWW8Z4hALyQ9h4dyLYnyI4kEUnV3cM8ol1GLCOd1pGPINe6A0T&ref=wtd
This version has about ~30km of highway between castlegar and trail. It is a nice road with a large shoulder, but there is also a single track trail on the east side of the river. The track is a bit tough on a gravel bike and will add some more elevation, but it's doable.
Yes its very popular but usually in summer; never been this time
I'd imagine so https://www.komoot.com/guide/17659/hiking-in-halkidiki
Chalkidiki is the three fingers you see on a map of Northern Greece
If you start from Linate/Peschiera Borromeo (just south of Linate), there are cycleways for about 80% of the journey to Cremona via Mulazzano, Lodi, Castiglione d'Adda, and Pizzighettone. Here was my route but there are similar ways to make it even more cycleway-friendly.
If you wanted to cycle the whole way on a flattish route, you could follow the Meuse south of Liège then pick up the Saône greenway near Nancy down to Lyon and the Via Rhona. At Avignon, you swing east and have a few options but I’d recommend going north of Lubéron and down to Nice via Grasse. https://www.komoot.com/collection/1084765/-three-rivers-meuse-saone-rhone
I don’t know anybody who has transitioned from Wahoo to Garmin but I know at least 6 people who have transitioned from Garmin to Wahoo.
I don’t know how you set up navigation on a Garmin to be honest but with the Wahoo you simply use your phone and it’s all synchronised. I normally use Komoot to plan a route, but you can use Strava. The Wahoo Elemnt app has ways of planning routes but I’ve not really used it to be honest.
My Wahoo Elemnt Bolt V1 has been flawless. If it broke tomorrow I’d buy the same one again or a V2. I refuse to upgrade my V1 as I can’t find a fault with it.
Edit: I much prefer not having a touchscreen on my bike computer. It just means there’s less to go wrong, it’s far easier to use when riding and rain won’t make the controls go haywire.
The Alpine loop is a classic. Less distance and climbing but it’s a beautiful canyon and all doable on a road bike. A good portion of the non-canyon part is on a multi-use trail so it’s away from traffic.
I found this one on Reddit a while ago. Made some modifications, have yet to ride it. Hopefully sometime this year 3 Bridges Loop
I ended up making this route
Still gettting used to the idea of wild camping. I’ve wild camped in a bivy before in Germany, since it was minimalistic i did not have a problem then.
I was frightened at first but I enjoyed the feeling then. I’m more worried about selecting the site
So I’ve made a small map based on your recommendations.
swiss tour map:
Any suggestions welcomed
Here's a Komoot map of the route: https://www.komoot.com/tour/407657180
I had a night at Glen Rosa, 2 at Seal Shore, 2 at Lochranza and 1 at Carry Farm (Caravan site on the map). Distance per day varied quite a bit (2 days 20-30km, 2 days 50-60km, 1 day 100km) - some people might stay at different campsites to make things a bit more even but it's a route that worked really well for me. Would have loved to have an extra night to come back to Glasgow through Bute - maybe that can be part of my next tour!
All of this is pretty ambious for a week but if you're just driving around to "see" and not to enjoy each spot, it's okay. You vacation your way!
Rottweil is nice and so is Singmaringen. If you are into waterfalls and cuckoo clocks, Triberg is nice. Nagold was one of my favorites to take a break in. Horb am Necker is also pretty good but less of a sense of "old" to me.
I also love Tuebuing as it's got the classic charm and is along a river that has a nice walk. It is also close to Hohenzollern which is a charming castle and there is an easy walk near by that you can give you some amazing views: https://www.komoot.com/highlight/71645
In the Konstanz area, there is a popular island call Mainau in Konstanz that has a nice garden for walking. In this region if you are staying in Germany, one of my favorite towns was Meersberg. There is boardwalk area that you can stroll and take ice cream on the hot summer days. Konstanz is a good city but I prefer Meersberg myself. You can take the ferry across from either if you want usually.
Just up the way from Meersberg is Ueberlingen which is much bigger but they also have some nice restaurants along the water.
In the southern part of the areas above, Maultaschen is a particular specialty though you might find them in other places. I can't really think of any other regional dishes I had while living there that wouldn't be easy to find other places.
You will miss Spargel season as it ends in June which is a bummer as it was one of my favorite seasonal times of year.
Debit/credit cards are not an issue if you have a true PIN number situation. It's only really an issue if you need to sign. In Munich, it's probably not really at issue at all unless you're in a mom and pop shop.
Piner Creek Trail is just off Marlow and goes as far as Willow Creek Road. Flat, well maintained, clean, friendly. There are a couple places where you have to cross busy streets w/o a crosswalk (Guernville Rd and Fulton Rd) if you want to keep going. They both have big medians, so it's not too bad. https://www.komoot.com/highlight/163572
Ako nešto pomaze ovo ti je dobra aplikacija fokusirana na biciklističke puteve manje prometa Itd..
Hi. I have a Wahoo Element Bolt but I all Wahoo head units have the functionality.
If you scroll to the bottom of this webpage it gives you instructions on how to sync the Wahoo and Komoot.
Then on my Wahoo Bolt I naviagte to the Route page and press the sync button. My Bolt connects to my wifi and syncs with Komoot.
If you don't want to sync with Komoot directly then you can export the gpx, import it into the Wahoo element app, pair the Wahoo head unit to your phone, via bluetooth, and the route will be added to the Wahoo head unit.
Great advice!
Question to other skaters; I've recently moved to Southampton and started cruising on my cruiser board. Any nice pieces of tarmac/bicycle tracks where i can go for a long smooth (possibly scenic) skate? Southampton common is a little rough on my ATF rough riders 159mm!
The best one i've found so far is this one up to Eling Harbour
https://www.komoot.com/tour/340458206?ref=itd
This is a quiet route that I have taken quite a few times from Canons Park to Central London. Much more pleasant than going down the A5. The only busy section of note is in Neasden but I can’t find a way around it due to the North Circ and train lines.
The route probably takes 20 mins longer than going down the A5 but worth it in my opinion.
Ignore the ridiculous time, we should have done it in 3-4 hours but there were puncture and motivational issues but this route was great I thought - https://www.komoot.com/tour/33484108?ref=itd&share_token=apCvaBuFVunniYHW0ZGZJSqh1yB7gxGNZUqj1Og3CDCYjrGjbT
I Honestly dont know that much about it myself. But you can check out this link. Its the top 20 cycling routes, with good details and pictures of the route etc. Some of them starts near Copenhagen https://www.komoot.com/guide/567/road-cycling-routes-in-denmark
Not sure where you are located, but we ride this loop all the time (and others). While it is on roads, hwy 80 and the 30 frontage rd west of 820 is pretty clear of traffic and there are two lanes with a wide shoulder. Lots of cyclists ride out here.
30 frontage / Old weatherford loop.
If you don’t want to be on the busier road (Chapel Creek) you can always do an out and back.
I personally don’t like riding my bike on the trinity trails because of the width and all the pedestrians wearing ear buds in their own little world.
ooo very jealous! I do like look bikes, they have some lovely designs! A 230km ride? Ouch that's a long time on the bike, is it flat at least?
I've got this one planned for end of September evil
Not sure on the kind. Will depend on how muddy everything will be after the past few days of rain. But I expect a decent amount of gravel & dirt (or mud) :)
Something like this. You can ask /u/kekkon how that was. We did about 70% of that gpx.
I was planning to stop at a terraske along the route, because it doesn't seem such a long distance but with the offroad parts it easily takes 4-ish hours to complete I noticed.
There is no bike path that goes all the way, but you can avoid Highway 1 almost completely (there's a few miles without any real alternatives that I've found).
Here's an example route (all of which I've ridden):
The stretch along Highway 1 has shoulders on a large portion of it, only down near the marsh does it get kind of tight but it's a short distance.
The days don't match up because I didn't begin using Komoot until last year - I'm slowly adding all my tours retrospectively just out of interest and to, hopefully, calculate total mileage, etc. You basically want days 5-8 but in the reverse order:
https://www.komoot.com/collection/1085970/-occitanie?ref=undefined
I found it! Here: https://www.komoot.com/polar
It says:
>Relive the adventure
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>Once you're done, your adventure will be saved to your komoot profile, so you can add photos, create some Highlights and share it all with your friends.
To me that says that the Polar recorded activity should sync back to Komoot.
> Most of the routes that I take, on multi-use paths and along canals, wouldn’t even be included on GPS.
I can highly recommend Komoot, it's specifically designed to route you through those types of paths, and you can customize the type it prioritizes. While it's mostly meant for bicyclists, it works rather well with electric scooters as well. Even though I though I knew the areas around where I live, Komoot knew of all kinds of neat forest paths and shortcuts I had never even thought about.
They have an online route planner where you can test it out.
Salut, îți las un traseu pentru 2 zile, cu oprire într-o noapte la Baraolt. Ai traseul aici: https://www.komoot.com/tour/301760089?ref=aso&share_token=adctfN1X72OCPX89uFMnHJsq1ReIKfU1GtoYKwsF3hjvAWB8N4 . Eu vreau să-l fac cu o bicicletă de trekking, deci ar trebui să fie ok și pentru voi.
I can't help you with the first part of your journey, except to say "get yourself onto the Kedron Brook Bikeway".
Once you're there though, it's easy. A fantastic route. Head east along the bikeway until you're in the Grange and exit onto Uxbridge Street.
Follow that to briefly go along Days Rd before going down the nice low-speed Kedron Brook Rd. Head straight at the lights down the quiet residential street next to the park, and cross the creek at the pedestrian/cyclist bridge. Head straight south there until you reach Herston Rd, head left on that (or cross the road and ride on the southern footpath here) until you reach the bike path just past the bus stop.
Take the right fork after you pass Brisbane Grammar, which will take you through to the Roma Street Parklands. From there it's really up to you, depending on where in the CBD you want to go, and what types of streets you feel comfortable with.
I was following this walk that I found on Komoot when scouring the Internet for beautiful natural vistas in Belgium. One of the points of interest/highlights on this trip is the view on Walzin. It is not necessary to do the whole round to see the view in the photo but you will see roughly where you need to go if you zoom in on the maps.
Übernachtung auf dem Waldfriedhof. ganz in der Nähe von Laim.
Alles Gute. Hier ist eine detaillierte Karte, falls Sie interessiert sind.
https://www.komoot.com/tour/258641320?ref=wtd
PS: Die Strecke ist einspurig, da mein Fahrrad ein Gravel-Hybrid ist.
Make an account on the “Komoot" website
There are popular user routes on there
https://www.komoot.com/guide/68950/cycling-in-western-australia
Oh I'm so glad you like it. This was the route as I planned it, which I didn'tstray too far from: https://www.komoot.com/tour/r241818361?ref=atd
The best bit is definitely the viking trail. It could be just a weekend ride and it's just stunning.
For accomodation I just wild camped. First night on the beach on Dungeness and second night around Sandwich bay. I used the train to get from London to Hastings and back from Canterbury at the end of the trip.
I rode the towpath from Slimbridge to Gloucester recently, with a detour along the green in Frampton. It had been dry, and 30c road tyres were fine, even carrying camping gear. The towpath is all on one side, and there are quite a few bridges, so you should be fine. If you decide against the canal, there are quiet lanes that cover most of the distance, with only about 3 km where you have to go on the A38.
Check out my Komoot route if you want: https://www.komoot.com/tour/224847403?ref=wtd
Usually everything marked as a „yellow“ hiking route can be driven with your gravel bike. Some „white-red-white“ hiking routes might work as well but there you need to be extra careful when planning if you don’t want to carry your bike instead of riding it.
I don‘t know Schweizmobil but Komoot tends to be pretty good in finding good gravel routes in Switzerland. MTB trails marked as „S0“ should be doable with a gravel bike, I would be more careful with the ones marked „S1“ or higher, but I guess that also depends on your definition of gravel.
In short, there‘s no shortage of gravel routes in Switzerland but I think the more you‘re looking into driving fast and in an alpine off-road environment the more I would go for an MTB.
That's where the user-input comes in. In my area (Berlin) Komoot has curated collections in the "discover" section and popular stretches appear as little dots on the map you can mouse over for details, but I didn't see anything like that when I looked around my parents' house in Maine.
Maybe try the Strava Heat Map?
And the tried and true old-school method: Ask at your local bike shop (or local subreddit).
Edit Actually, there are a couple options if I search by the Maine town in Komoot's "Discover" tab, so maybe worth a try.
I've been wanting to ride Chenocetah Lookout Tower to Curahee fitting in more singletrack seeing my bike is basically a drop bar rigid MTB.
Awesome resource. Got to try to make a few of these rides soon. I hope you don't mind me sharing some additional GA routes I've come up with and ridden.
There's also some pretty good gravel in the North Oconee NF near Athens. Here's a route I planned around the Scull Shoals area.
Also, my personal favorite is a mixed surface ride that takes you to majority of the Georgia Power hydroelectric dams in Rabun county along this route.
And last, for those wanting to work those climbing legs you can tackle the Trey Mountain climb, crossing the Appalachian Trail twice, starting from LePrade's on Lake Burton.
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We are going to Camp as much as possible. In the big City's( Vienna and Budapest) we are probably looking for AirBnB's because we want to stay there for a few days .
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For the route: Its going to spontaneous but in the end we will just follow the Danube. For specific waypoints i looked at this route already.
https://www.komoot.com/collection/359/the-danube-cycle-path-from-donaueschingen-to-budapest
Trust me, there are riders at EVERY base. Road trips are commonplace and there are clubs you can find.
Germany ain't Moab, for sure, but there is riding alwys within driving distance.
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Trailforks may not be the best for outside of the US as I have found...
An alternative to get you started. The app is free, and if you buy the local area, you will see there are routes in many place.
Also (pro tip) ask around if anyone goes to SIS. If I say anything more, I'd have to kill you.
Yes I will ! Here's the route :
"https://www.komoot.com/invite-tour/68035827?code=p3wc8o-5Qsi6AREaxJMAbK3HFRmx9H7Xw6GL44pr5orGzwqkeU"
Komoot does some funny stuff sometimes but essentially I'll be on the ridge as long as possible - there's a trail on there. Both "terminus" are accessible by train from Geneva by the way. Maybe I'll see you out there !
"https://www.komoot.com/invite-tour/55129129?code=eg2p1a-fPNT4LQUBqMpQdIoBT7huNOVD6fVsVOsk1KkEspGSuk"
This is a rudimentary complete map I plotted. I plotted day to day maps under that account too but it might be too boring for you hahah
I followed a variation of the Scottish C2C (Annan to Edinburgh) which is a road route, so added in a trip though this forest for some gravel.
I use Komoot to plan routes and am not sure how to upload here, but it seems the forest has a multitude of forestry roads through it connecting wind farms etc.
Here’s a link for the portion through the forest, not sure if it will work tho, let me know!
https://www.komoot.com/invite-tour/61623464?code=zclfuv-R-lJdBuc2dG45_fS6CjEEr3MSuxcYwGeMGARTuTbePU
I find Komoot invaluable for planning longer rides - there's loads of fun user generated ones of increasing distance, or it's fine to take one and replan it yourself.
I recently discovered Komoot. Its a great route planning app and you can change the map setting around to more clearly label cycle paths and somewhat safe places to cycle. Can also pair komoot with my elemnt bolt so all the routes are just waiting to go ride.
Edit: if you are in a cycling friendly place in the US the county/city may have nice bike maps if you do some googling. My county has a fantastic bike map that gives roads a safety rating based on vehicle speed and the presence/absence of a shoulder.
When you say the pool river, is that the Waterlink Way? Aside from the flies, that's probably my favourite South London cycle route, so I think alternatives from that are going to be more hectic, traffic wise. I use Komoot for route planning and directions since you can download the London area map and it's lower on data than some. Plus you can load the Open Cycle map as a layer and that shows all the cycle routes. You're right, Crystal Palace is slap bang in your route, so if you wanted to avoid it the other side, you could use Quietway 5 into CS7. This extends your ride to around 14 miles from 12.5 but it's flatter for sure. Here's the detail: https://www.komoot.com/tour/37372801