Commute route

thiscocks
thiscocks Posts: 549
edited March 2011 in Commuting chat
Just been plotting my commuting route on this bike route site and thought it would be interesting to see other peoples. The route planners quite good as it plots the gradients on your route too, and is easy to do. You just have to log in to save a route.

Mine: http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=216258

20k
129m climb

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  • CRAIGO5000
    CRAIGO5000 Posts: 697
    Nice feature with the ascents and all. I'll use this from now on instead of Mapometer.

    I want to get a copy of the Manchester to Blackpool route and check the ascent. This will be perfect.

    Thanks! :D
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  • gbsahne001
    gbsahne001 Posts: 1,974
    useful information for people wanting to know where nice bicycles live, or am I a little too cynical?
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  • thiscocks
    thiscocks Posts: 549
    You don't have to put the address in just point from the road you are in (or general area).

    Yes it seems much faster and easier to use than other route mapping progs...
  • Butterd2
    Butterd2 Posts: 937
    I use Toaster because it interfaces with the Garmin, however the height data can be a bit wild at times, it seems convinced there is a 17,000ft peak in SE London.
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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    Butterd2 wrote:
    I use Toaster because it interfaces with the Garmin, however the height data can be a bit wild at times, it seems convinced there is a 17,000ft peak in SE London.

    It's that hump just after Deptford, these non-Londoners don't know how easy they've got it
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  • Butterd2
    Butterd2 Posts: 937
    dhope wrote:
    Butterd2 wrote:
    I use Toaster because it interfaces with the Garmin, however the height data can be a bit wild at times, it seems convinced there is a 17,000ft peak in SE London.

    It's that hump just after Deptford, these non-Londoners don't know how easy they've got it

    Ah, the one with the 80% gradient? Always wondered why I felt so light headed when I got to the top.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Butterd2 wrote:
    dhope wrote:
    Butterd2 wrote:
    I use Toaster because it interfaces with the Garmin, however the height data can be a bit wild at times, it seems convinced there is a 17,000ft peak in SE London.

    It's that hump just after Deptford, these non-Londoners don't know how easy they've got it

    Ah, the one with the 80% gradient? Always wondered why I felt so light headed when I got to the top.

    That's the kerb.

    Apparently the biggest hill in London.

    :P
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    thiscocks wrote:
    You don't have to put the address in just point from the road you are in (or general area).

    According to the gmaps route in his sig dhope lives in my old flat in Greenwich.
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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    Asprilla wrote:
    thiscocks wrote:
    You don't have to put the address in just point from the road you are in (or general area).

    According to the gmaps route in his sig dhope lives in my old flat in Greenwich.

    I'm a few houses away from where the route ends in the sig. Azof Street though? Small world...
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  • Allez Mark
    Allez Mark Posts: 364
    Been using Bike Hike but this seems faster. Can you get the gradients in %
  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    dhope wrote:
    Asprilla wrote:
    thiscocks wrote:
    You don't have to put the address in just point from the road you are in (or general area).

    According to the gmaps route in his sig dhope lives in my old flat in Greenwich.

    I'm a few houses away from where the route ends in the sig. Azof Street though? Small world...

    Yeah, Albion House, the former council block with a brothel at the other end of my floor. The crack deallers coming round there in the middle of the night was always amusing; quality place to live. My first job in London was working on Greenwich Market and I still occasionally frequent the Cutty Sark in the summer.
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  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    Asprilla wrote:
    occasionally frequent

    Make your mind up! :lol:
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  • dhope
    dhope Posts: 6,699
    It looks like they have have replaced Albion House with the building I now live in. Don't think the brothel or crack den survived however.
    I know the Cutty Sark well. If you happen to head past this summer let me know and I can buy you a pint in exchange for swimming tips (sorry, cross posting there)
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    dhope wrote:
    It looks like they have have replaced Albion House with the building I now live in.

    Just checked and it was Meridian House, not Albion house. Go knock on flat 9 and confuse Phil who still lives there.
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  • Agent57
    Agent57 Posts: 2,300
    http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=216349

    All 1.8 miles of it. Once my leg's better, I'll be doing a longer route.
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  • mattsaw
    mattsaw Posts: 907
    Mine is in my sig.........

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  • thiscocks
    thiscocks Posts: 549
    Agent57 wrote:
    http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=216349

    All 1.8 miles of it. Once my leg's better, I'll be doing a longer route.

    Squint your eyes and that could be a tdf stage profile!

    Used to live around that area- miss the sea breeze, which makes any ride twice as hard!
  • noodles71
    noodles71 Posts: 153
    No, thats the toxic gases being used to murder the chicken in the KFC.....
    Butterd2 wrote:
    dhope wrote:
    Butterd2 wrote:
    I use Toaster because it interfaces with the Garmin, however the height data can be a bit wild at times, it seems convinced there is a 17,000ft peak in SE London.

    It's that hump just after Deptford, these non-Londoners don't know how easy they've got it

    Ah, the one with the 80% gradient? Always wondered why I felt so light headed when I got to the top.

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