cacique
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Has anyone done this ride across Europe? The official site is bereft of information on the exact route.
Velo 6
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vernon
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cacique said:
I've ridden it from Nantes to Beaunne.
It's well sign posted, not particularly challenging. The maps are good and show lots of camp sites though the ones in Orleans are now shut.
Have a look on Amazon the maps covering from St Nazaire to Basle can be had for around a tenner.
cacique
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'the maps' you refer to, are they sold as specific to the Velo route or are they regular maps showing the route in some way? If regular maps do you know the maker's and series?
I was thinking the lack of challenging gradients might be somewhat compensated by the overall distance covered and variety of countries. Maybe not, so the Alps and Carpathians offer themselves as detours en-route for some light masochistic relief.
I was thinking the lack of challenging gradients might be somewhat compensated by the overall distance covered and variety of countries. Maybe not, so the Alps and Carpathians offer themselves as detours en-route for some light masochistic relief.
MockCyclist
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Is it the route or the maps you want?
I know next to nothing about Velo 6 but I guess it's the route shown numbered 6 on my EuroVelo_map2007.pdf. If so, a great chunk of it seems to exist as EV6 in Open Street Map. Set the base layer to "Cycle Map" to see the cycle routes appear in red.
Mapping of this route in OSM fizzles out around Budapest but it looks as though that is the Danube route which you might be able to get from other resources.
Check: Wiki says that Euro Velo 6 does include the Donauradweg.
http://www.eurovelo6.org/
I know next to nothing about Velo 6 but I guess it's the route shown numbered 6 on my EuroVelo_map2007.pdf. If so, a great chunk of it seems to exist as EV6 in Open Street Map. Set the base layer to "Cycle Map" to see the cycle routes appear in red.
Mapping of this route in OSM fizzles out around Budapest but it looks as though that is the Danube route which you might be able to get from other resources.
Check: Wiki says that Euro Velo 6 does include the Donauradweg.
http://www.eurovelo6.org/
cacique
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That all sounds potentially very helpful MC.
It is the maps I need, the basic route is given on the V6 website you gave me the link to. I could not find links to maps on this site when looking the other day and that is what prompted this post.
OSM is not something I am familiar with, map software I assume?
Can you advise me where I can get hold of the PDF's you refer to?
It is the maps I need, the basic route is given on the V6 website you gave me the link to. I could not find links to maps on this site when looking the other day and that is what prompted this post.
OSM is not something I am familiar with, map software I assume?
Can you advise me where I can get hold of the PDF's you refer to?
MockCyclist
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There's a link to the pdf download here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EuroVelo
Open Street Map is a collaborative on-line map and many major cycle routes are now mapped. The start of route EV6 is here:
http://www.opencyclemap.org/?zoom=10&lat=47.20762&lon=-1.46685&layers=B000
You can zoom right in and see path-level detail. I use OSM as a basis for gps routing but you might be able to print something out (haven't tried) or mark up your own map with the route. Bits of EV6 are missing, but you might be able to patch it together using the overview map on eurovelo.org and other stuff, like this:
Danube Passau to Vienna: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/221225
Open Street Map is a collaborative on-line map and many major cycle routes are now mapped. The start of route EV6 is here:
http://www.opencyclemap.org/?zoom=10&lat=47.20762&lon=-1.46685&layers=B000
You can zoom right in and see path-level detail. I use OSM as a basis for gps routing but you might be able to print something out (haven't tried) or mark up your own map with the route. Bits of EV6 are missing, but you might be able to patch it together using the overview map on eurovelo.org and other stuff, like this:
Danube Passau to Vienna: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/221225
cacique
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superb post MC, thanks very much.
vernon
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Eurovelo map from Amazon here
It's possible to buy from other sources but usually at prices 50% higher than Amazon's price.
The map set (six strip maps) from St Nazaire to Basel covers a wide enough corridor to allow riding 'off piste' - something that I'd recommend at time s to avoid unnecessary deviations and the monotony of some of the cycle only cycleroute.
It's possible to buy from other sources but usually at prices 50% higher than Amazon's price.
The map set (six strip maps) from St Nazaire to Basel covers a wide enough corridor to allow riding 'off piste' - something that I'd recommend at time s to avoid unnecessary deviations and the monotony of some of the cycle only cycleroute.
