Online Cycle Route Planning

[Mr Scruff]

I used to cycle from my home (High Wycome) to work (Slough) a couple of times a week, however I decided to stop this as the roads I used all tended to be windy NSL routes and I felt I was becomming a hazard (he says, finding a diplomatic way of saying car drivers were getting frustrated behind me....).

However, the weather is lovely, and Mrs Scruff is rubbing in the fact that she's able to cycle in. As such I want to get back on the bike again.

I'd like to find a route avoiding the worst of the b-roads, for my own safety! Google Maps seems unable to help, is there another site I could try?

Thanks

[Mutley]

I use www.mapmyride.com I find it great for plotting a route taken, or a new route to be tried.

[ewenm]

Mutley said:

I use www.mapmyride.com I find it great for plotting a route taken, or a new route to be tried.

Same here.

I don't think the OP will be able to find a mapping tool that will automatically select b-roads and backroads for him though. You could use Autoroute for that by adjusting your preferences to 100% minor roads and 0% major roads etc. but that involves buying Autoroute first...

[john_p]

www.bikehike.co.uk lets you view Google Maps AND Ordnance Survey stuff together so you can plot a route involving roads and bridleways and see terrain etc. If you click on the road map, it calculates a fastest route based on Google; or if you click on the OS map, it just plots the route as-is. You can download as GPX etc too.

Hope you like hills Not sure how you can get out of Wycombe on the flat unless you go out the Wooburn Green way, in which case you're pretty much committed to the A4094

[Mr Scruff]

john_p said:

www.bikehike.co.uk lets you view Google Maps AND Ordnance Survey stuff together so you can plot a route involving roads and bridleways and see terrain etc. If you click on the road map, it calculates a fastest route based on Google; or if you click on the OS map, it just plots the route as-is. You can download as GPX etc too.

Hope you like hills Not sure how you can get out of Wycombe on the flat unless you go out the Wooburn Green way, in which case you're pretty much committed to the A4094

Lived in Wycombe for years, get kinda used to hills! I've been storing the bike at work and getting some miles in at lunch/post work but it's just too damn flat!

Thanks, I'll take a look at those suggestions

[Marcellus]

Not sure if it's teh route you use but there's one which goes past Cliveden (sp?) and then over and you can drop down into the back of SLough quite easily... admittedly not done it during rush our so don't know what the traffic is like.

Also might be worth a punt on HWCC.org (High Wycombe Cycle Club) as I'm sure there's someone there who does the same route(ish) daily!

[Mr Scruff]

Cheers... At the moment I go out of Wycombe on the A40 and drop down through Burnham Beeches, which is about the same route.

It's a great ride, just that the roads are so narrow that cars tend to take more risks that I'd like.

Despite all my hunting around I can't find any bridleways or anything I could take to cut out the dangerous bit between Holtspur and Burnham. The roads are great in the car or on the motorbike but they're a bit precarious on the bike.

Ah well. Will try the Wycombe cycle club site too.