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I just had this happen the other day, but with Google bicycle directions. It looked like a good shortcut, until I was deep in the woods hiking up a trail with m
by bdamm 7y ago
I just had this happen the other day, but with Google bicycle directions. It looked like a good shortcut, until I was deep in the woods hiking up a trail with my bicycle over my shoulder, and only then did I realize what a lemming I had become. It was the hope that there was a good shortcut (and it would have been if it had worked out) that kept me going.
- nradov 7y agoUnfortunately Google Maps cycling directions don't reliably differentiate between flat paved bike paths versus steep dirt single tracks that only a pro mountain biker could handle. It would be nice if there was an option to limit routing on that basis.
- kalleboo 7y agoGoogle cycling directions don't exist in my country but does it really not show/optimize for elevation changes? I use a local navigation app and the options you select between all show an elevation curve, I thought that was the whole point of a cycle route option!
- bdamm 7y agoYes it does, but there are cases where a steep single track through a hazardous forest is “better” than a steep and longer paved alternative. And it may be better... in daylight.
- gpm 7y agoMy favorite google bicycle direction was to ride up to a subway station via a parking lot, go down into the subway and up out the other side. Technically valid, but damn did I feel stupid.
- _0ffh 7y agoFor me it once turned out that a short ~25m connecting path between two roads was an old overgrown flight of stairs in the side of a hill, inclined by about 45 degrees...