Great way to preview your bike route - "See it in 3D"

markhewitt1978

Of course it's often just as easy to just fire up Google Earth and use that directly.

slowbike

Mark (Op) excellent - thanks ... I take it the site is yours?

Would be handy if you could upload T/GPX files to create the route as the route we want is often created by someone else. Saves re-drawing it.

Schoie81

@Slowbike - must be possible to add an upload route files system to the site (you can do it on another site I use, but it is Mark's website, so I wont crash his thread by advertising it..) but I don't know how hard it would be to do, or how costly.... The site does look good though!

desweller

Isn't the uncertainty part of the attraction?

Hoopdriver

DesWeller wrote:

Isn't the uncertainty part of the attraction?

It certainly is for me. I seldom do any planning whatever other than picking out my end points. The sense of discovery along the way is a big part of the fun

jscl

Hoopdriver wrote:

DesWeller wrote:

Isn't the uncertainty part of the attraction?

It certainly is for me. I seldom do any planning whatever other than picking out my end points. The sense of discovery along the way is a big part of the fun

No fun when you hit that hairpin right turn on a descent at 50mph.

desweller

JSCL wrote:

Hoopdriver wrote:

DesWeller wrote:

Isn't the uncertainty part of the attraction?

It certainly is for me. I seldom do any planning whatever other than picking out my end points. The sense of discovery along the way is a big part of the fun

No fun when you hit that hairpin right turn on a descent at 50mph.

Do you ride with your eyes shut or something? Do you employ an equal lack of anticipation when you're driving?

Anyway, yes it is. Get that knee down ha ha ha!

jscl

DesWeller wrote:

JSCL wrote:

Hoopdriver wrote:

DesWeller wrote:

Isn't the uncertainty part of the attraction?

It certainly is for me. I seldom do any planning whatever other than picking out my end points. The sense of discovery along the way is a big part of the fun

No fun when you hit that hairpin right turn on a descent at 50mph.

Do you ride with your eyes shut or something? Do you employ an equal lack of anticipation when you're driving?

Anyway, yes it is. Get that knee down ha ha ha!

Not at all but if any rider is descending whether it be in the alps, Majorca or Teide - you start to understand the geography on your ascent but if you're descending down the other side of any of these mountains, I'd recommend any rider to maybe drive it the day before or take it slow. If you're in unknown roads in the mountains, knowing what's ahead is key (especially in race situation).

Hoopdriver

I see the explorer's love of adventure and the unknown does not abide in you