Commuting Route

attica
attica Posts: 2,362
edited April 2008 in Commuting chat
http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/My-Commute-Yatton-to-Bristle

Since the last time I used Bikely they've added the "Auto-follow the road" function which makes planning a route much quicker.

I've shown you mine, you show me yours!
"Impressive break"

"Thanks...

...I can taste blood"

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  • karl j
    karl j Posts: 517
    good grief thats hard work. I'll try again tomorrow maybe
    Morning route (when i don't get the train)

    Evening route ,
  • karl j
    karl j Posts: 517
    got there in the end ! . not bad and probably quite useful if a little long-winded . I found the Auto-Follow-the-road a little vague in places with it taking a straight line instead of a bendy road.

    But, all being well ( :shock: ) this is mine
    Morning route (when i don't get the train)

    Evening route ,
  • Matteeboy
    Matteeboy Posts: 996
    You both do those routes each way every day?! :shock:
    I thought I was going well riding 16km each day (although 16 very hilly Km!)
    Two Stumpjumpers, a Rockhopper Disk and an old British Eagle.

    http://www.cornwallmtb.kk5.org
  • Sea_Green_Incorruptible
    Sea_Green_Incorruptible Posts: 431
    And on a single speed too!

    I tend to swap between two different routes for variety's sake (+ I've also got a few 'long way home' options too).

    Here's my current one: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Wi ... ucester-Rd

    And here's my alternative:
    http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Wi ... ay-Park-Rd
  • karl j
    karl j Posts: 517
    Matteeboy wrote:
    You both do those routes each way every day?! :shock:
    I thought I was going well riding 16km each day (although 16 very hilly Km!)

    wotcha, no not every day. In the summer i sometimes do 4 days a week but more usually its 2 days a week with the rest made up with bike / train.

    Btw, whereabouts nr Truro are you ? - i lived in Trispen for 10 years (before they built that big new road around it)
    Morning route (when i don't get the train)

    Evening route ,
  • BentMikey
    BentMikey Posts: 4,895
    Nice! That's almost exactly the same distance as mine. Yesterday on fixed, because my 'bent needs a new disc brake.
  • Matteeboy
    Matteeboy Posts: 996
    Karl - Malpas Village, just outside Truro by the river.

    I ride through Truro, up the valley towards Threemilestone and back again.
    Two Stumpjumpers, a Rockhopper Disk and an old British Eagle.

    http://www.cornwallmtb.kk5.org
  • secretsam
    secretsam Posts: 5,099
    Sea_Green_Incorruptible wrote:
    And on a single speed too!

    I tend to swap between two different routes for variety's sake (+ I've also got a few 'long way home' options too).

    Here's my current one: http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Wi ... ucester-Rd

    And here's my alternative:
    http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Wi ... ay-Park-Rd

    you do that on a single speedy? You're nuts, mate :lol:

    PS: I used to go to BGS, ritght next door to where you work!
    It's just a hill. Get over it.
  • Sea_Green_Incorruptible
    Sea_Green_Incorruptible Posts: 431
    Not me on an SS! I meant Attica - and he goes all the way to Yatton!
  • Mossrider
    Mossrider Posts: 226
    Try this

    http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Mossriders-commute

    Not a route for bad weather and most certainly not recommended for fixed!
  • Sea_Green_Incorruptible
    Sea_Green_Incorruptible Posts: 431
    Mossrider wrote:
    Try this

    http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Mossriders-commute

    Not a route for bad weather and most certainly not recommended for fixed!


    Dear mother. That's the best part of 800m climbing each way!
  • nwallace
    nwallace Posts: 1,465
    Depends which hill I decide to climb

    But my favourite seems to be this
    http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Commute-Option-1

    I could avoid the steep climb up Riverside Drive by taking the improved shared use path beside riverside avenue, but it's a bit more riding and its short enough. I can also go up Invergowrie Drive instead of continuing along Perth road but that is even more steep climbing!

    The A&E access road probably is the easiest of the hills in, almost perfect steepness for me just now :D

    Especially with the road re-opening between A&E and the front Enterance.
    Do Nellyphants count?

    Commuter: FCN 9
    Cheapo Roadie: FCN 5
    Off Road: FCN 11

    +1 when I don't get round to shaving for x days
  • Mossrider
    Mossrider Posts: 226
    Dear mother. That's the best part of 800m climbing each way!

    Yes, I tend to do it once a week (I need to set off at a ridiculous hour, and at best get back for 7pm, Mossrider junior expects his old man to put him to bed...).

    More than once a week can be a bit draining (though I will occasionally try twice in good weather). I need to save some energy for the club run.
  • andrewc3142
    andrewc3142 Posts: 906
    Commutes out in the country sound nice. Here's mine, although for a route to London it's quite pleasant:

    http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Woking-West-End-Commute

    Not on a fixed, I'm afraid (and quite glad).
  • John Stevenson
    John Stevenson Posts: 962
    Mine:

    http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Lo ... i-Junction

    Follow-the-road is subject to the vagaries of Google's map data, but usually manages to do a decent job. Bikely was a couple of orders of magnitude harder to use till we implemented it.

    If you do find a spot where it goes haywire, just turn it off, and back on again a few waypoints later.
    John Stevenson
  • homercles
    homercles Posts: 499
    Mine's not in any way interesting - urban jungle and all that...

    Click
    Nail Trail
    Pompino
    CF SLX
  • attica
    attica Posts: 2,362
    Hi All

    Apologies for not responding sooner, been on a bootcamp training thingamajig, got no sleep and haven't exercised at all since last week, I'm going stir crazy. Anyhoo, I digress.

    Sea Green you seem to be making me out to be some sort of superman, I want to quantify, I get to ride four days a week on very rare occasions, I need one day a week in the car to transport all of the clean shirts I need etc. Then there are the days that I get sent to ther offices - so I have to drive to them as well (these happen sporadically) so on some weeks it's as little as two days a week.

    In order to counteract this bout of modesty, I thought I'd show you the route I occasionally take on the way home, I visit Mrs Attica at the Airport where she works. this doesn't add much extra distance to the journey but adds a nice little spicy hill just for the hell of it:-
    http://www.bikely.com/maps/bike-path/Co ... ia-Airport
    "Impressive break"

    "Thanks...

    ...I can taste blood"
  • attica
    attica Posts: 2,362
    John Stevenson wrote:

    Follow-the-road is subject to the vagaries of Google's map data, but usually manages to do a decent job. Bikely was a couple of orders of magnitude harder to use till we implemented it.

    John, you're one of the developers of Bikely?

    Can I suggest a "undo last action" button.
    When the follow-the-road function gets it wrong it usually takes quite a few clicks to correct as you have to go back through all of the waypoints that it's just created.

    Great function though, it's really improved the site.

    Thanks
    "Impressive break"

    "Thanks...

    ...I can taste blood"
  • whome
    whome Posts: 167
    Yes, yes! It definitely needs an undo-to-last-manual-point feature as the auto routing (which introduces lots and lots of points) can take you by surprise, if you aren't specific enough or you simply forget that cars can't go that way. It then becomes a pain to delete all the auto created points back to where you last clicked.
    Training, highway design and increasing cycle numbers are important to safety. Helmets are just a red herring.

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