Cycling UK Forum

Really glad it worked well! When you ask for the elevation, it basically goes back to the route-planning server and says "give me the route again, but with elevation". This means the route is calculated afresh, so if the base map data has changed since you first planned the route (e.g. so...

Richard, Just back from a three week tour from Holland to Ireland and back again, all planned in about 20 minutes on your great site and transferred to my Wahoo Elemnt. I just wanted to pass on my congratulations and gratitude for such a great resource. It was my first time creating and following a ...

MrsHJ, I've been playing around with the possibility of being able to create routes totally offline and transferring them to my gps device (Wahoo Elemnt) again with no wifi/data connection. The idea is to have an (emergency/back up) option that will work irregardless of phone or tablet connectivity....

I've been sorting through my bits getting ready to pack my panniers, and found the klick-fix thing that I thought I didn't have for my bar bag. :roll: I have the tools, tubes, first aid kit, even most of the food to take with me . Now I just need to decide which direction to go and which campground...

Hi everyone thanks for all the replies I live in the north east of England in Stockton on Tees. I have a budget of around 300 to 400 pounds so I am not on that tight a budget. I already have the bike and rear panniers rack. I intend to do short trips of 3 days several times a year with one 2 week t...

pete75 wrote:This https://www.decathlon.co.uk/trek-900-1p ... 92462.html .

Just had a look at that tent.
It's the first time that (I have seen) Decathlon give water-resistance in mm for their tents. At least now their tents are directly comparable to other brands in that measurement.

Hi after starting to ride again I have found cycling is helping me so much with my depression but I want to have a go at touring and camping. First of all, well done! Been looking at so many sites to decide on the gear I need. I do not have a great deal of cash as I have been unable to with for the...

I don't know if it was just because it is such a densely populated area, just because of my departure/destinations or because of the routing algorithms my GPS used to create routes. Another thing I found (mainly in S) was that I'd create a route and set it to go via a town that maybe looked an inte...

Can someone explain, what is the point of this? If it needs explaining you've already missed it. Jim has a point, in fairness. Without knowing what "Touring" means to respondents, without knowing what weight people are carrying on what type of bike, I don't see a lot of use to the poll. B...

1. Does anyone know whether the Zuiderzee route is a) revised yet, and b) easy to follow right now?! Is winging it re route-finding likely to cause me any significant problems? Given the efficiency of the Dutch, I can't imagine a scenario where the route has been changed and the signs haven't. You'...

Let me start off by saying that I really don't understand the obsession with tyre sizes, other than in the broadest sense. A tyre's job is primarily to keep me in safe contact with the surface, and to provide me with some comfort (my bike has no suspension). I'd also consider its propensity or other...

It was indeed a garmin. Etrex 20 that still works (ish) to this day. It didn't occur to me at the time but several forumites here pointed out I could have used the mapping anyway...or the smart phone...or to bring a map. I'm useless with a map though. No sense of direction whatsoever. He se the GPS...

Hi HobbesOnTour My first was started as the UK caught the tail end of Hurricane Bertha so the weather was knocking seven bells out of me soon as I was underway. I got about as far as Great Budworth on my way to Wales. By the time I got there, I was soaked and cold, the front panniers had been const...

Two failed tours to date but I'm gonna try an overnighter short trip soon to see how I get on. Good luck to you Old Blue. Hi Vantage, I don't mean to pry, but I wonder what constitutes a "failed" tour? I read a lot of journals on CrazyGuy and sometimes see postings under the "disaste...

If I was buying a new trailer, I would probably look for an Extrawheel. I've often thought of taking a kids tagalong bike and welding rails to it so you can mount two sets of panniers each side, or a guitar. The single wheel trailer is undoubtedly more flexible on bad roads. I've recently started u...