tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795150805374542326.post6136536686479923088..comments2023-05-26T09:52:11.278+01:00Comments on KarmaCycle: How to tackle a new route on your bikeKarmaCyclehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15884964466372798027noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795150805374542326.post-55535687824615125272009-11-11T13:36:50.632+00:002009-11-11T13:36:50.632+00:00Thanks Nat - you're right that does sound very...Thanks Nat - you're right that does sound very organised, but also very effective and I will try to discipline myself to do that. There's nothing more annoying than being lost and vaguely remembering where you're supposed to be going. For some reason this always happens to me when I have to go any where near Chelsea. <br /><br />I didn't know that map site either, thanks. I used KarmaCyclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884964466372798027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795150805374542326.post-80632723635965159652009-11-11T10:04:13.621+00:002009-11-11T10:04:13.621+00:00Despite loving my iPhone I have a far more old sko...Despite loving my iPhone I have a far more old skool method when tackling a new route. First I use the cyclestreets.net route planner - do you know it? You can choose from a direct route, a quiet route or a balanced route. Each one tells you quietness in a percentage and elevation. Then I take a very small piece of paper (a sixth of A5) and write down the turning points on the route: i.e. L SmithNataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06878795083881920595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795150805374542326.post-84413546983335182942009-11-10T14:57:56.102+00:002009-11-10T14:57:56.102+00:00So what we need is a waterproof A-Z combined with ...So what we need is a waterproof A-Z combined with Google street view ... weirdly enough after writing that last entry I did see a guy carrying about 5 A4 bits of paper in one hand while steering his bike with the other, consulting the papers all the while (I assumed it was a map rather than an important business document he had to prepare for ...). To me that looked seriously dangerous. <br /><brKarmaCyclehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15884964466372798027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795150805374542326.post-19519523093790894522009-11-10T14:07:38.442+00:002009-11-10T14:07:38.442+00:00I don't run to an iPhone just yet, so my low-r...I don't run to an iPhone just yet, so my low-rent solution to Sat Nav is to have a look at the key junctions on Google Street View the night before - it allows you to make a note of key landmarks on the crinkly map. Works a bit. Sort of.Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2795150805374542326.post-24812037040037409792009-11-09T22:09:20.920+00:002009-11-09T22:09:20.920+00:00Probably not, but A-Zs don't tell you where yo...Probably not, but A-Zs don't tell you where you are which is useful when you're lost and need to figure out which way to go. I'm not sure I'd put mine on the handlebars though. And don't use anything as an excuse for not being able to read maps, of course.JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00311477438043994159noreply@blogger.com