Interactive cyclists map thingy

[dellzeqq]

I couldn't agree more. It never ceases to amaze me what other people think makes good cycling terrain. I ride regularly with some experienced and otherwise sensible cyclists who take us every time on a bizarre diversion through what looks like the scene for a ransom handover deal in a movie and then announce "we'll get off here because there's always glass here (wtf?!)" and hobble 100 yards in their cleats. And all to avoid... a lovely stretch of flat, direct, smooth road that requires no skill more demanding than a bit of door-zone avoidance.

Ah...Sustrans!

 

[theclaud]

Having a descriptive/comment setup wouldn't help with what you mention though.

What stops this exact set of people posting on there "always covered in glass" etc etc when yourself says it's otherwise.

Eh? It is always covered in glass. What beats me is why anyone who knew that would think it was a good idea to take a bike ride that way, when there's a perfectly good road that gets you there quicker. By all means note the glass on the map, and if wiggly routes through the arse-end of nowhere with tyre-destroying accoutrements happen to be your thang, you're welcome to go that way...

 

[DrSquirrel]

My mistake, I see what you meant now.

But still doesn't mean much in the grand scheme of things - most people won't be so exuberant and i'm sure that most of them riders is just following the group leader(s).

I still think comments without numerical rating of some kind is just asking for a nice mess and waste of time.