reeshar
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- Edinburgh, Scotland
Hello,
I'm looking for some advice on route planning an (hopefully) upcoming tour of France, going from Calais to Nice. I only have about 14 days so it's got to be quite direct, I plugged the start and destination into Komoot and it came up with a reasonable looking route, but how do you know if it's safe to cycle? Does komoot tend to pick bike safe roads? I'm fine with traffic but don't want to be getting inadvertently routed down the local motorway! I've attached an overview of the komoot route here, any input/advice gratefully received. I also had a look at a similar website called Geovelo, recommended by a friend in France, I've also uploaded an overview of this route below. The routes are very similar until south of Lyon, when the Geovelo route goes the long way round via Avignon, but it's 158km longer with 3,060m more climbing so I'm a bit reluctant to follow that one. Has any one used Geovelo? Is it better or worse than Komoot for something like this?
Cheers,
Richard
I'm looking for some advice on route planning an (hopefully) upcoming tour of France, going from Calais to Nice. I only have about 14 days so it's got to be quite direct, I plugged the start and destination into Komoot and it came up with a reasonable looking route, but how do you know if it's safe to cycle? Does komoot tend to pick bike safe roads? I'm fine with traffic but don't want to be getting inadvertently routed down the local motorway! I've attached an overview of the komoot route here, any input/advice gratefully received. I also had a look at a similar website called Geovelo, recommended by a friend in France, I've also uploaded an overview of this route below. The routes are very similar until south of Lyon, when the Geovelo route goes the long way round via Avignon, but it's 158km longer with 3,060m more climbing so I'm a bit reluctant to follow that one. Has any one used Geovelo? Is it better or worse than Komoot for something like this?
Cheers,
Richard