[RBW] Re: Trail Recommendation Database?
We were thinking of doing that- but Seaview is wicked steep at the very beginning- probably'd have to walk our bikes. Once one the ridge it's nice- short. http://g.co/maps/nbgdy I love this multi-trail thing: what a great way to get out of traffic, into nature, but still feel fast and smooth once on the asphalt. Tse-Sung On Jan 4, 4:15 pm, Horace max...@sdf.lonestar.org wrote: When I lived in Berkeley, my favorite mixed-terrain route was to take the seaview trail from Inspiration Point up to Grizzly Peak. The on-road parts of the ride varied, but it was typical to go up Spruce and come down Claremont or Tunnel. No Rivendells back then, so I did it on a 700c hybrid Miyata. Horace. On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:51 AM, TSW tsesun...@gmail.com wrote: Yes- my first 'country bike' ride. It started out pretty downhill, then rolling hills. Must do again, or try variants; head further east, or the Marin headlands, etc. It's nice to be cruising along in the wilderness, no car traffic. Tse-Sung On Jan 2, 5:07 pm, René Sterental orthie...@gmail.com wrote: I'll have to try this ride sometime... seems like a lot of fun! René On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:54 AM, TSW tsesun...@gmail.com wrote: hi all, Sorry if this has been discussed already- is there a place where people have posted or can post trail recommendations? Could be a thread here... or a Google spreadsheet perhaps? I know there must be online resources... I was thinking something that's a bit more Riv- ish- country biking and all that- a mix of road and not terribly technical off-road. TIA, Tse-Sung Berkeley ps- yesterday, in our neck o' the woods, I started at Inspiration Point in Tilden and took a trail down into Wildcat Canyon, then took the Wildcat Creek trail all the way to the Alvarado Staging Area in El Sobrante. A really nice ride. Met some very nice dogs too :-) More: http://g.co/maps/dq3c7 Hit the 3D button on the left, to fly it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Trail Recommendation Database?
I like that by posting links here, we can use any mapping site we like, which seems 5x as inclusive. A short description of length, difficulty, and location, along with the link is probably useful for long-term searchability. City, County/ Parish, state, length, road surface ('mixed terrain'), and features like ocean or mountains might be good keywords to include. If they're posted to this thread, database would filter for it, since that's not a word I see on the list very often. Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Jan 3, 5:25 pm, Bill M. bmenn...@comcast.net wrote: Strava is tied to GPS recording, and seems a little too oriented to look how fast I did this climb for my taste. The home page says Track your progress and compete against friends. Not really the attitude I expect prevails around this list. I don't need to share my watt output with the world to share a nice bike route. Bikely or Map My Ride might work better for route sharing and searching without a competitive attitude. Both have some tagging capability, but mixed terrain'' doesn't seem to be a category either has caught on to. Gmap-pedometer is a pretty basic tool that allows you to build and save routes in Google maps without logins or memberships. The route names are strictly numeric as far as I can tell, which makes searching them difficult, but they can be shared publicly. Here's one (paved) route I created as an example: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3765211 Bill On Jan 3, 8:44 am, TSW tsesun...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I've never figured out how to save routes the way one could in Yahoo Maps. But this is quite cool: you use its smartphone app or a GPS, and it maps your route, which you can post, share, etc. http://www.strava.com/rides/my-revenge-x2-at-montezuma-grade-2856587 Notice that you can get avg speed in various segments. I'm guessing they're crowd-sourced named. Searching isn't great, it seems. I wonder if it'd be possible to create a public Riv-ish collection of routes. Tse-Sung Berkeley On Jan 3, 12:26 am, Philip Williamson philip.william...@gmail.com wrote: I made a map, added the phrase Rivendell Friendly to it, and tried to find it, both in GMaps, and in GGoogle. There doesn't seem to be any searchability in personal maps, even if they're public. Ideally, I could zoom in on Orange County, type Rivendell Ride in the maps search and find five or six mapped rides, but I can't. I imagine that's on the agenda for Google, someday, but not today. I agree with Tse-Tsung that a database of Rivendell rides would be dynamite. I like easy, I like central, so I'd vote for a thread here. Here's a test map for a route I saved: a mixed terrain ride from McMinnville, Oregon to the Flying M ranch, where bike events are sometimes held. So: link, description, location-specific keywords.http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208780260535319597769.0004b57dbfa... Bicycle route from Tommy's Bike Shop in McMinnville to the Flying M Ranch in Yamhill. Mixed Terrain, Rivendell friendly Willamette Valley ride. Lots of gravel, some climbing. Staying off of Westside Road, because there's no shoulder, low visibility, and the hay trucks go 70mph. McMinnville, Carlton, Yamhill, Oregon, 97128, Southwest of Portland, OR. Philip Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com On Jan 2, 2:04 pm, Philip Williamson philip.william...@gmail.com wrote: I used Bikely a few years ago, but now I've mostly plotted things out in Google Maps, usually after the ride. My MO is to set out, get lost, get found, and have a good time. I just tagged a Google map I made yesterday (in 97128 zip) as Rivendell friendly, but I can't see how to search public maps. It may just take a while to propagate. If it works, we can simply make our maps, tag them consistently, and done. Ideally, you can go to Carlton OR on Google Maps and search for 'rivendell.' It's a mixed- terrain route from the McMinnville bike shop to the Flying M ranch (I want to attend a bike thing there in May). Philip Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com On Jan 2, 10:54 am, TSW tsesun...@gmail.com wrote: hi all, Sorry if this has been discussed already- is there a place where people have posted or can post trail recommendations? Could be a thread here... or a Google spreadsheet perhaps? I know there must be online resources... I was thinking something that's a bit more Riv- ish- country biking and all that- a mix of road and not terribly technical off-road. TIA, Tse-Sung Berkeley ps- yesterday, in our neck o' the woods, I started at Inspiration Point in Tilden and took a trail down into Wildcat Canyon, then took the Wildcat Creek trail all the way to the Alvarado Staging Area in El Sobrante. A really nice ride. Met some very nice dogs too :-)
[RBW] Re: Trail Recommendation Database?
That might work- use searchable terms in the body of the post, and something descriptive and easy to sort in the Subject line: Subject: Trail Database: [location, state, approx mileage] e.g., Subject: Trail Database: Berkeley, CA, 12 miles Then a fuller description and links in the body. BTW, one of our local clubs uses this shorthand for describe rides: http://www.grizzlypeakcyclists.org/rides/current.html Cheers, ts berkeley On Jan 4, 12:47 am, Philip Williamson philip.william...@gmail.com wrote: I like that by posting links here, we can use any mapping site we like, which seems 5x as inclusive. A short description of length, difficulty, and location, along with the link is probably useful for long-term searchability. City, County/ Parish, state, length, road surface ('mixed terrain'), and features like ocean or mountains might be good keywords to include. If they're posted to this thread, database would filter for it, since that's not a word I see on the list very often. Philip Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com On Jan 3, 5:25 pm, Bill M. bmenn...@comcast.net wrote: Strava is tied to GPS recording, and seems a little too oriented to look how fast I did this climb for my taste. The home page says Track your progress and compete against friends. Not really the attitude I expect prevails around this list. I don't need to share my watt output with the world to share a nice bike route. Bikely or Map My Ride might work better for route sharing and searching without a competitive attitude. Both have some tagging capability, but mixed terrain'' doesn't seem to be a category either has caught on to. Gmap-pedometer is a pretty basic tool that allows you to build and save routes in Google maps without logins or memberships. The route names are strictly numeric as far as I can tell, which makes searching them difficult, but they can be shared publicly. Here's one (paved) route I created as an example: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3765211 Bill On Jan 3, 8:44 am, TSW tsesun...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I've never figured out how to save routes the way one could in Yahoo Maps. But this is quite cool: you use its smartphone app or a GPS, and it maps your route, which you can post, share, etc. http://www.strava.com/rides/my-revenge-x2-at-montezuma-grade-2856587 Notice that you can get avg speed in various segments. I'm guessing they're crowd-sourced named. Searching isn't great, it seems. I wonder if it'd be possible to create a public Riv-ish collection of routes. Tse-Sung Berkeley On Jan 3, 12:26 am, Philip Williamson philip.william...@gmail.com wrote: I made a map, added the phrase Rivendell Friendly to it, and tried to find it, both in GMaps, and in GGoogle. There doesn't seem to be any searchability in personal maps, even if they're public. Ideally, I could zoom in on Orange County, type Rivendell Ride in the maps search and find five or six mapped rides, but I can't. I imagine that's on the agenda for Google, someday, but not today. I agree with Tse-Tsung that a database of Rivendell rides would be dynamite. I like easy, I like central, so I'd vote for a thread here. Here's a test map for a route I saved: a mixed terrain ride from McMinnville, Oregon to the Flying M ranch, where bike events are sometimes held. So: link, description, location-specific keywords.http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208780260535319597769.0004b57dbfa... Bicycle route from Tommy's Bike Shop in McMinnville to the Flying M Ranch in Yamhill. Mixed Terrain, Rivendell friendly Willamette Valley ride. Lots of gravel, some climbing. Staying off of Westside Road, because there's no shoulder, low visibility, and the hay trucks go 70mph. McMinnville, Carlton, Yamhill, Oregon, 97128, Southwest of Portland, OR. Philip Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com On Jan 2, 2:04 pm, Philip Williamson philip.william...@gmail.com wrote: I used Bikely a few years ago, but now I've mostly plotted things out in Google Maps, usually after the ride. My MO is to set out, get lost, get found, and have a good time. I just tagged a Google map I made yesterday (in 97128 zip) as Rivendell friendly, but I can't see how to search public maps. It may just take a while to propagate. If it works, we can simply make our maps, tag them consistently, and done. Ideally, you can go to Carlton OR on Google Maps and search for 'rivendell.' It's a mixed- terrain route from the McMinnville bike shop to the Flying M ranch (I want to attend a bike thing there in May). Philip Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com On Jan 2, 10:54 am, TSW tsesun...@gmail.com wrote: hi all, Sorry if this has been discussed already- is there a place where people have posted or can post trail
Re: [RBW] Re: Trail Recommendation Database?
When I lived in Berkeley, my favorite mixed-terrain route was to take the seaview trail from Inspiration Point up to Grizzly Peak. The on-road parts of the ride varied, but it was typical to go up Spruce and come down Claremont or Tunnel. No Rivendells back then, so I did it on a 700c hybrid Miyata. Horace. On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:51 AM, TSW tsesun...@gmail.com wrote: Yes- my first 'country bike' ride. It started out pretty downhill, then rolling hills. Must do again, or try variants; head further east, or the Marin headlands, etc. It's nice to be cruising along in the wilderness, no car traffic. Tse-Sung On Jan 2, 5:07 pm, René Sterental orthie...@gmail.com wrote: I'll have to try this ride sometime... seems like a lot of fun! René On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:54 AM, TSW tsesun...@gmail.com wrote: hi all, Sorry if this has been discussed already- is there a place where people have posted or can post trail recommendations? Could be a thread here... or a Google spreadsheet perhaps? I know there must be online resources... I was thinking something that's a bit more Riv- ish- country biking and all that- a mix of road and not terribly technical off-road. TIA, Tse-Sung Berkeley ps- yesterday, in our neck o' the woods, I started at Inspiration Point in Tilden and took a trail down into Wildcat Canyon, then took the Wildcat Creek trail all the way to the Alvarado Staging Area in El Sobrante. A really nice ride. Met some very nice dogs too :-) More: http://g.co/maps/dq3c7 Hit the 3D button on the left, to fly it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Trail Recommendation Database?
I made a map, added the phrase Rivendell Friendly to it, and tried to find it, both in GMaps, and in GGoogle. There doesn't seem to be any searchability in personal maps, even if they're public. Ideally, I could zoom in on Orange County, type Rivendell Ride in the maps search and find five or six mapped rides, but I can't. I imagine that's on the agenda for Google, someday, but not today. I agree with Tse-Tsung that a database of Rivendell rides would be dynamite. I like easy, I like central, so I'd vote for a thread here. Here's a test map for a route I saved: a mixed terrain ride from McMinnville, Oregon to the Flying M ranch, where bike events are sometimes held. So: link, description, location-specific keywords. http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208780260535319597769.0004b57dbfa8652517590msa=0 Bicycle route from Tommy's Bike Shop in McMinnville to the Flying M Ranch in Yamhill. Mixed Terrain, Rivendell friendly Willamette Valley ride. Lots of gravel, some climbing. Staying off of Westside Road, because there's no shoulder, low visibility, and the hay trucks go 70mph. McMinnville, Carlton, Yamhill, Oregon, 97128, Southwest of Portland, OR. Philip Philip Williamson www.biketinker.com On Jan 2, 2:04 pm, Philip Williamson philip.william...@gmail.com wrote: I used Bikely a few years ago, but now I've mostly plotted things out in Google Maps, usually after the ride. My MO is to set out, get lost, get found, and have a good time. I just tagged a Google map I made yesterday (in 97128 zip) as Rivendell friendly, but I can't see how to search public maps. It may just take a while to propagate. If it works, we can simply make our maps, tag them consistently, and done. Ideally, you can go to Carlton OR on Google Maps and search for 'rivendell.' It's a mixed- terrain route from the McMinnville bike shop to the Flying M ranch (I want to attend a bike thing there in May). Philip Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com On Jan 2, 10:54 am, TSW tsesun...@gmail.com wrote: hi all, Sorry if this has been discussed already- is there a place where people have posted or can post trail recommendations? Could be a thread here... or a Google spreadsheet perhaps? I know there must be online resources... I was thinking something that's a bit more Riv- ish- country biking and all that- a mix of road and not terribly technical off-road. TIA, Tse-Sung Berkeley ps- yesterday, in our neck o' the woods, I started at Inspiration Point in Tilden and took a trail down into Wildcat Canyon, then took the Wildcat Creek trail all the way to the Alvarado Staging Area in El Sobrante. A really nice ride. Met some very nice dogs too :-) More: http://g.co/maps/dq3c7 Hit the 3D button on the left, to fly it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Trail Recommendation Database?
Yes- my first 'country bike' ride. It started out pretty downhill, then rolling hills. Must do again, or try variants; head further east, or the Marin headlands, etc. It's nice to be cruising along in the wilderness, no car traffic. Tse-Sung On Jan 2, 5:07 pm, René Sterental orthie...@gmail.com wrote: I'll have to try this ride sometime... seems like a lot of fun! René On Mon, Jan 2, 2012 at 10:54 AM, TSW tsesun...@gmail.com wrote: hi all, Sorry if this has been discussed already- is there a place where people have posted or can post trail recommendations? Could be a thread here... or a Google spreadsheet perhaps? I know there must be online resources... I was thinking something that's a bit more Riv- ish- country biking and all that- a mix of road and not terribly technical off-road. TIA, Tse-Sung Berkeley ps- yesterday, in our neck o' the woods, I started at Inspiration Point in Tilden and took a trail down into Wildcat Canyon, then took the Wildcat Creek trail all the way to the Alvarado Staging Area in El Sobrante. A really nice ride. Met some very nice dogs too :-) More: http://g.co/maps/dq3c7 Hit the 3D button on the left, to fly it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Trail Recommendation Database?
Yes, I've never figured out how to save routes the way one could in Yahoo Maps. But this is quite cool: you use its smartphone app or a GPS, and it maps your route, which you can post, share, etc. http://www.strava.com/rides/my-revenge-x2-at-montezuma-grade-2856587 Notice that you can get avg speed in various segments. I'm guessing they're crowd-sourced named. Searching isn't great, it seems. I wonder if it'd be possible to create a public Riv-ish collection of routes. Tse-Sung Berkeley On Jan 3, 12:26 am, Philip Williamson philip.william...@gmail.com wrote: I made a map, added the phrase Rivendell Friendly to it, and tried to find it, both in GMaps, and in GGoogle. There doesn't seem to be any searchability in personal maps, even if they're public. Ideally, I could zoom in on Orange County, type Rivendell Ride in the maps search and find five or six mapped rides, but I can't. I imagine that's on the agenda for Google, someday, but not today. I agree with Tse-Tsung that a database of Rivendell rides would be dynamite. I like easy, I like central, so I'd vote for a thread here. Here's a test map for a route I saved: a mixed terrain ride from McMinnville, Oregon to the Flying M ranch, where bike events are sometimes held. So: link, description, location-specific keywords.http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208780260535319597769.0004b57dbfa... Bicycle route from Tommy's Bike Shop in McMinnville to the Flying M Ranch in Yamhill. Mixed Terrain, Rivendell friendly Willamette Valley ride. Lots of gravel, some climbing. Staying off of Westside Road, because there's no shoulder, low visibility, and the hay trucks go 70mph. McMinnville, Carlton, Yamhill, Oregon, 97128, Southwest of Portland, OR. Philip Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com On Jan 2, 2:04 pm, Philip Williamson philip.william...@gmail.com wrote: I used Bikely a few years ago, but now I've mostly plotted things out in Google Maps, usually after the ride. My MO is to set out, get lost, get found, and have a good time. I just tagged a Google map I made yesterday (in 97128 zip) as Rivendell friendly, but I can't see how to search public maps. It may just take a while to propagate. If it works, we can simply make our maps, tag them consistently, and done. Ideally, you can go to Carlton OR on Google Maps and search for 'rivendell.' It's a mixed- terrain route from the McMinnville bike shop to the Flying M ranch (I want to attend a bike thing there in May). Philip Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com On Jan 2, 10:54 am, TSW tsesun...@gmail.com wrote: hi all, Sorry if this has been discussed already- is there a place where people have posted or can post trail recommendations? Could be a thread here... or a Google spreadsheet perhaps? I know there must be online resources... I was thinking something that's a bit more Riv- ish- country biking and all that- a mix of road and not terribly technical off-road. TIA, Tse-Sung Berkeley ps- yesterday, in our neck o' the woods, I started at Inspiration Point in Tilden and took a trail down into Wildcat Canyon, then took the Wildcat Creek trail all the way to the Alvarado Staging Area in El Sobrante. A really nice ride. Met some very nice dogs too :-) More: http://g.co/maps/dq3c7 Hit the 3D button on the left, to fly it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Trail Recommendation Database?
Strava is tied to GPS recording, and seems a little too oriented to look how fast I did this climb for my taste. The home page says Track your progress and compete against friends. Not really the attitude I expect prevails around this list. I don't need to share my watt output with the world to share a nice bike route. Bikely or Map My Ride might work better for route sharing and searching without a competitive attitude. Both have some tagging capability, but mixed terrain'' doesn't seem to be a category either has caught on to. Gmap-pedometer is a pretty basic tool that allows you to build and save routes in Google maps without logins or memberships. The route names are strictly numeric as far as I can tell, which makes searching them difficult, but they can be shared publicly. Here's one (paved) route I created as an example: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3765211 Bill On Jan 3, 8:44 am, TSW tsesun...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, I've never figured out how to save routes the way one could in Yahoo Maps. But this is quite cool: you use its smartphone app or a GPS, and it maps your route, which you can post, share, etc. http://www.strava.com/rides/my-revenge-x2-at-montezuma-grade-2856587 Notice that you can get avg speed in various segments. I'm guessing they're crowd-sourced named. Searching isn't great, it seems. I wonder if it'd be possible to create a public Riv-ish collection of routes. Tse-Sung Berkeley On Jan 3, 12:26 am, Philip Williamson philip.william...@gmail.com wrote: I made a map, added the phrase Rivendell Friendly to it, and tried to find it, both in GMaps, and in GGoogle. There doesn't seem to be any searchability in personal maps, even if they're public. Ideally, I could zoom in on Orange County, type Rivendell Ride in the maps search and find five or six mapped rides, but I can't. I imagine that's on the agenda for Google, someday, but not today. I agree with Tse-Tsung that a database of Rivendell rides would be dynamite. I like easy, I like central, so I'd vote for a thread here. Here's a test map for a route I saved: a mixed terrain ride from McMinnville, Oregon to the Flying M ranch, where bike events are sometimes held. So: link, description, location-specific keywords.http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=208780260535319597769.0004b57dbfa... Bicycle route from Tommy's Bike Shop in McMinnville to the Flying M Ranch in Yamhill. Mixed Terrain, Rivendell friendly Willamette Valley ride. Lots of gravel, some climbing. Staying off of Westside Road, because there's no shoulder, low visibility, and the hay trucks go 70mph. McMinnville, Carlton, Yamhill, Oregon, 97128, Southwest of Portland, OR. Philip Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com On Jan 2, 2:04 pm, Philip Williamson philip.william...@gmail.com wrote: I used Bikely a few years ago, but now I've mostly plotted things out in Google Maps, usually after the ride. My MO is to set out, get lost, get found, and have a good time. I just tagged a Google map I made yesterday (in 97128 zip) as Rivendell friendly, but I can't see how to search public maps. It may just take a while to propagate. If it works, we can simply make our maps, tag them consistently, and done. Ideally, you can go to Carlton OR on Google Maps and search for 'rivendell.' It's a mixed- terrain route from the McMinnville bike shop to the Flying M ranch (I want to attend a bike thing there in May). Philip Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com On Jan 2, 10:54 am, TSW tsesun...@gmail.com wrote: hi all, Sorry if this has been discussed already- is there a place where people have posted or can post trail recommendations? Could be a thread here... or a Google spreadsheet perhaps? I know there must be online resources... I was thinking something that's a bit more Riv- ish- country biking and all that- a mix of road and not terribly technical off-road. TIA, Tse-Sung Berkeley ps- yesterday, in our neck o' the woods, I started at Inspiration Point in Tilden and took a trail down into Wildcat Canyon, then took the Wildcat Creek trail all the way to the Alvarado Staging Area in El Sobrante. A really nice ride. Met some very nice dogs too :-) More: http://g.co/maps/dq3c7 Hit the 3D button on the left, to fly it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Trail Recommendation Database?
I have something called 511 bike mapper in my links list: http://511contracosta.org/bike/# I've used it to find rides but never set them up. Regards, Ray On Jan 2, 10:54 am, TSW tsesun...@gmail.com wrote: hi all, Sorry if this has been discussed already- is there a place where people have posted or can post trail recommendations? Could be a thread here... or a Google spreadsheet perhaps? I know there must be online resources... I was thinking something that's a bit more Riv- ish- country biking and all that- a mix of road and not terribly technical off-road. TIA, Tse-Sung Berkeley ps- yesterday, in our neck o' the woods, I started at Inspiration Point in Tilden and took a trail down into Wildcat Canyon, then took the Wildcat Creek trail all the way to the Alvarado Staging Area in El Sobrante. A really nice ride. Met some very nice dogs too :-) More: http://g.co/maps/dq3c7 Hit the 3D button on the left, to fly it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Trail Recommendation Database?
I used Bikely a few years ago, but now I've mostly plotted things out in Google Maps, usually after the ride. My MO is to set out, get lost, get found, and have a good time. I just tagged a Google map I made yesterday (in 97128 zip) as Rivendell friendly, but I can't see how to search public maps. It may just take a while to propagate. If it works, we can simply make our maps, tag them consistently, and done. Ideally, you can go to Carlton OR on Google Maps and search for 'rivendell.' It's a mixed- terrain route from the McMinnville bike shop to the Flying M ranch (I want to attend a bike thing there in May). Philip Philip Williamsonwww.biketinker.com On Jan 2, 10:54 am, TSW tsesun...@gmail.com wrote: hi all, Sorry if this has been discussed already- is there a place where people have posted or can post trail recommendations? Could be a thread here... or a Google spreadsheet perhaps? I know there must be online resources... I was thinking something that's a bit more Riv- ish- country biking and all that- a mix of road and not terribly technical off-road. TIA, Tse-Sung Berkeley ps- yesterday, in our neck o' the woods, I started at Inspiration Point in Tilden and took a trail down into Wildcat Canyon, then took the Wildcat Creek trail all the way to the Alvarado Staging Area in El Sobrante. A really nice ride. Met some very nice dogs too :-) More: http://g.co/maps/dq3c7 Hit the 3D button on the left, to fly it. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
[RBW] Re: Trail Recommendation Database?
I too am on the hunt for new places to ride but I've found more locally oriented sources to be the most helpful. This list is too geographically spread out. I'd suggest you get a local map and dive into google. I've found lots of great ride reports and useful info this way. Now all I gotta do is free up the next 35 weekends so I can go explore them all. Good luck on the hunt. --Smitty -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/RbCILwHDkFgJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.