Cycle Route Maps

[Stryker1989]

Hi guys, I have recently started using my bike a lot more and was just wondering if there were any sites that you use like google maps that will plot out a route or you but using cycle lanes and routes etc.

Thanks guys

 

[HLaB]

I use www.bikely.com but there are plenty of them.

 

[3-IN-One]

I use MapMyRide.com just sign up for free and off you go.

 

[adunn01]

viamichelin.com has the option to say you're cycling and set your route, it's probably the closest to what theaa and rac do for drivers.

 

[ACS]

I use BikeHike. Google + OS maps and elevation data. Simple to use and you can create and post your own routes for others to use.

 

[Pottsy]

www.bikeroutetoaster.com

Based on google maps.

 

[adunn01]

www.bikeroutetoaster.com

Based on google maps.

+1

 

[buggi]

i just use something like multimap, decide where i want to go and put in "walking" instead of by car, and then it keeps you off the motorways

if you're feeling flush, you could always get a garmin. i think its the 705 model that acts like a sat nav.

 

[dudi]

If you want to pick destinations and just let it rip, then viamichelin.com is pretty good.

However, if you want to plan a specific training route, or find out how far a particular route was when you get home, then bikeroutetoaster.com is the best I think

 

[magnatom]

What I find really annoying is that none of these websites (as far as I can detemine) cope with tunnels and bridges. I did a route today that went over the Erskine Bridge (a fairly high bridge that is designed to allow oil rigs to float under it) and the Clyde tunnel (which drops a fair distance below the Clyde river) and the elevation measurements only track the height of the land below the bridge or above the tunnel. It makes my ride look easier . Is their a tool that takes this into account? I fear not.

 

[JamesAC]

I use BikeHike. Google + OS maps and elevation data. Simple to use and you can create and post your own routes for others to use.

That's brilliant -- thanks!

 

[ACS]

That's brilliant -- thanks!

 

[Bicycledanny]

Bikeroutetoaster gets my vote. Used alongside google earth, I've just found it through this forum and I'm having loads of fun using it.

 

[HJ]

I find bikemap.net really useful, also cyclestreets.net...

 

[BentMikey]

The best one is the A-Z - roads are what you want to get places.