Route Planner

[Alba Zeus]

Morning,

I used to use a route planner a few years ago that whilst plotting a recreational cycle allowed you to select "choose quieter roads" when plotting the ride.

Had a look today and can't seem to find it so possibly it has gone but wondering if anyone remembers it and knows if it is still going somewhere?

Alternatively if someone knows of a webpage that has the same option?

 

[PapaZita]

Cycle.travel is pretty good.

 

[Alba Zeus]

Hi,

Use that one regularly these days and it is very good for a free service.

 

[T4tomo]

google streetview is always good for double checking width / busyness / road surface of roads if unsure. That's what I do

 

[Petrichorwheels]

Cycle.travel is pretty good.

yep - it's excellent - does exactly what the OP is looking for.
You can ride for miles on its routes seeing few signs of civilisation - though this does tend to mean that you see very few pubs.

 

[cyberknight]

strava heatmap is good for showing you where other cyclists ride

 

[chris-suffolk]

yep - it's excellent - does exactly what the OP is looking for.
You can ride for miles on its routes seeing few signs of civilisation - though this does tend to mean that you see very few pubs.

+1 for cycle.travel

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Do you mean Cycle streets , which is still around.

https://www.cyclestreets.net/

 

[Mike_P]

Do you mean Cycle streets , which is still around.

https://www.cyclestreets.net/

Yikes, just used that, balanced takes me a ultra steep hill I only ever tackle on the Ebike and further on up one even steeper that has steps for pedestrians. Fastest meanwhile does avoid them but then takes a twisting uphill fast A road that I only ever use, and rarely even then, in the downhill direction.

 

[Petrichorwheels]

strava heatmap is good for showing you where other cyclists ride

sheep on wheels?

 

[Petrichorwheels]

Do you mean Cycle streets , which is still around.

https://www.cyclestreets.net/

cyclestreets can be good for urbanstuff where cycletravel's traffic aversion can produce some odd suggestions at times. I do like the 3 alternatives it suggests, so can be good for comparisons.
for general cross country though i still prefer cycletravel.

 

[cyberknight]

sheep on wheels?

pardon ?
heat map shows where others use popular roads and can give an insight into preferred roads that can be safer

 

[HobbesOnTour]

sheep on wheels?

I don't use Strava for planning routes. I figure that most Strava users are roadies and their routes may not be my kind of routes.
I do use Strava to keep a record of my rides.

But to slag off unknown people and members of the forum as "sheep on wheels" within 15 posts is a tad provocative.

CycleTravel for me is the best route planner, home and away. There's loads of features that make it especially suitable for touring and it is being enhanced monthly.
Unfortunately, it can be hard to keep track of all the innovations!

 

[mikeIow]

+1 for cycle.travel

+10 for cycle.travel 👍
I used it for my LEJoG last year - superb, quiet roads…although it failed to flatten Cornwall 🤪
Used last week for ‘Iron to Iron’
& use it all the time for local rides (25-65miles), often find new lanes
Works great with a sat-nav device - I love my Wahoo Roam, but others like Garmin etc….

 

[HarryTheDog]

I have used this in the past https://www.routeyou.com/en-gb/route/planner/1/cycle-route-planner

has a lot of options. I actually use it now for walking routes on the coast and works fairly well for that.