Bicycle Touring and Bikepacking

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For all the pedal pushers out there that love long distance cycling. There are no gear requirements and no 'minimum distances' here.

Have you ridden for a cheeky overnighter or a 3 year global trek? Doesn't matter, you're welcome here.

Have you got panniers, bikepacking bags or just a backpack with the essentials? Doesn't matter, you're welcome here.

Have you got the latest in carbon engineering or your dads old 10 speed from the 70's? Doesn't matter, you're welcome here.

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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/bicycle_touring

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Which are you using?

For most things (day trips, few km after work...) I use multiple of them.

Mapy.cz

online and offline mobile app
trip planner works pretty well
you can check out places (photos, reviews...) when online
well maped whole Europe
not enough information about roads (asphalt, paved, gravel...)
basically interactive version of KČT maps

Cykloserver.cz

can't find app
basic planner, but better for drawing your route
much more helpful info about roads
it is just automatically scaled paper map, so you have to know how to read it

Osm clients - I tried multiple of them.

Paper maps - from the same company that makes the Cycloserver maps. You can get set of them for about 100€ (CZ not sure about SK). There is just something special about planning trip on paper maps.

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[–] AchtungDrempels 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I use brouter for planning a route at home. I plot a route that i then use as an overlay in OsmAnd on my phone and then route my daily segments on the go (with the brouter as a routing engine for OsmAnd, offline routing). I only plan the big route, no daily segments, probably will have a plan for the first day though when i start.

There's also the cycloroute render style for OsmAnd, i like the look of it, but i got so used to OsmAnd default rendering that i just keep using that.

In cities i use google maps for shops and stuff because osm data is kind of lacking in that regards i think.

I like having a paper map too, just to have a better feeling of where i am and what is where, i don't think a phone screen is great for that. Especially when i'm making routes up on the go. Nice souvenir too, if you buy a map on the road. I've also been sending paper maps home when i rode out of its boundaries, so i don't need to carry it along.

There's also cycle.travel which many people seem to like. IGN must have a very good (paid) app for France. There's an IGN layer in brouter too for France. Michelin has "scenic routes" and "dangerous roads" marked, i have used this sometimes but also really only good in France.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah, nearly the same here. Brouter-web for planning + overpass queries to find infrastructure POIs (drinking_water, supermarket).

On the go: OSMand installed via F-Droid, following the gpx track or routing with brouter on my phone.

I've got a routing profile for following designated bike routes (luckily quite plentiful in Germany) and one that concentrates on good surface conditions for bad weather set up in brouter that are bound to two different profiles in OSMand.

I'm switching in and out of the cycloroute style on OSMand. It's useful for planning, but on the bike I'm not used enough to it to interpret it at a glance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

I will give a brouter a try it looks more feature rich than openstreetmap.cz