Route Planning websites

alpsguy

Hi There,

I'm trying to find a decent website for planning my route from where I work in the French Alps back to my home in North Devon next spring. I have tried Garmin Connect and a few others. They each seem to have their own advantages and disadvantages but nothing has quite 'hit the spot' as yet.

Do you have any recommendations? One key criteria is the gradient planning as this will influence the daily ride time/distance.

Thanks in advance

Guy

megilleland

Try routeyou.com

DaveL

Never tried a route that long, but the one I usually use is GPSies.com

Dave

maringirl

mapmyride
bikehike

Cannock Chase

Probably not the way you want to plan it Guy, but for me this would be an excellent project over the winter months sitting in front of the fire with PAPER road maps in front of me. Nothing beats the fact that this would be a route that you picked, and not a computer. Having chosen some routes, you can always use a route planning website to look at milages/altitude etc.

andrew@snowrace

I've tried a couple of sites when planning rides from wales to spain and every time have resorted to good old maps big scale motoring road atlas seems to work best. Having done the ride a couple of times now with people of different fitness levels I found that if we cycled for about 6 hours a day we covered an average of about 75 miles fully loaded some days 45 others 90 we did'ent book accomadation but sorted it out on arrival mainly camping. Having no deadline to meet each day helped a great deal with moral. Have a great trip Andy