There are a couple other mentions on this thread of OpenStreetMap, but what they don't mention is that half the value of google is in their mobile app. There ar

There are a couple other mentions on this thread of OpenStreetMap, but what they don't mention is that half the value of google is in their mobile app. There are a few mobile cycling apps, mine included, that solve this while using OSM data for routing. We use an open source routing engine called graphhopper. It's really good, the team behind it is great, and I strongly recommended it out of all the major routing systems. We tried them all, graphhopper is the most extensible, fastest, and best managed project. Graphhopper takes OSM data and computes a routeable graph based off one or more routing profiles you specify. There are default profiles, but we have spent a considerable amount of time making our own custom routing and weighting profiles to give the best directions for cyclists, and are in the process of extending it further so that it takes into account our database of about 50mm recorded bike rides by our users. The result is that our cycling directions are pretty dang good at this point. We hope to deploy the new popularity based routing stuff in the coming weeks. We have both a web and mobile route planner that are worth checking out. The mobile route planner is a paid feature, but allows free demos without saving. The web route planner is free, though some of the more advanced bits (multi-route editing, advanced libraries of routes, etc) are paid. https://ridewithgps.com https://ridewithgps.com Finally, another mention in this thread of a quadlock - they are awesome. I take my quadlock mountain biking and it has never budged. I'm not talking gentle mountain biking, but big jumps and drops and high speeds. They are super durable, the case is solid and is extremely protective of your phone. They are worth the premium!