Velo Viewer

[tallliman]

As a result of this thread, I've been investigating some of the no through roads near me to up my square count!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

 

[Deanie81084]

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Some people just have to show off! Well done, very impressed :-)

 

[MichaelO]

As a result of this thread, I've been investigating some of the no through roads near me to up my square count!

I hadn't looked into the Explorer thing before - I can see this becoming my 2017 project!!

 

[Tom B]

I hadn't looked into the Explorer thing before - I can see this becoming my 2017 project!!

Likewise! I'm even considering going ordering a Boardman Team FS MTB tomorrow to tackle some of the off road sections to rough for my hybrid. Also thinking up routes to cycle around the edge of my current squares.
How quickly does a BC discount card arrive?

MODS- I think i have rather hijacked the OPs original post with explorer talk, could you please split the thread?

 

[Tom B]

And the cell highlighted in yellow is my nemesis - considering it's only two squares away from where I live, it's almost impossible to find a route to cross it as most of the land is a private solar farm guarded by tall fences. There's supposed to be a footpath across it, but when I looked once, I couldn't see how to access it when at ground level. The cell to its right and the one above that were also very difficult but I just literally crept far enough over the line to get them (though had to walk my bike both times!)

A few years ago some wannabe play farmers bought a field a the rear of my mums house and promptly fenced off a well used footpath. A few folk took issue with this and eventually got them to re-open the path. A coupe of tips, if you visit the local council website they will likely have a mapping system installed (try maps.councilname.gov.uk) you can then often set filters to find the definitive map of footpaths. If it is shown but you still cannot find access to it, contact the PROW officer at the council and ask for assistance - they are generally quite helpful and interested in something out of the usual complaints about dog poo. Failing that contact the ramblers assoc, if you find a blocked off footpath and let them know I can guarantee that within a week two dozen ramblers will turn up and want access, they can be rather militant, know exactly how to get access and are seemingly well resourced. If you look on the planning applications on the council site for a planning app near or affecting a footpath the generally write to a local walkers association who will give their views. This in my LA is then recorded on the planning app. You can also contact these guys an ask for assistance.

That square would properly annoy me!

PS
I went and collected my Sq 1, for my 9x9

 

[Sbudge]

Go into the Activities page and switch on the Map button at top right. Underneath the map will be a tickbox to turn on the Explorer viewer; this will show you all the squares you've already crossed, plus highlighted in blue will be your current max square(s) so you can easily see what you need to cross to improve your score.

Just a warning though - once you start down this path, you'll spend the next few months obsessing over that one square that you can't find any way of getting to on your bike!

Dammit Steve, I've just had a look. There's a square like that between the villages of Marsh and Ford! Otherwise I could go from an 8x8 to 13x13 in a couple of rides max. Grrr. As it is I reckon I can get to 11x11 this weekend easy enough.

 

[steverob]

Dammit Steve, I've just had a look. There's a square like that between the villages of Marsh and Ford! Otherwise I could go from an 8x8 to 13x13 in a couple of rides max. Grrr. As it is I reckon I can get to 11x11 this weekend easy enough.

Yeah, that cell is missing on my map as well, although it wouldn't come into play for me until after I got to 17x17, as my max square is all to the north and east of Aylesbury at the moment. There is a roadway of sorts that crosses that cell (coming from the direction of Ford - starts off as Water Lane, then turns into a concrete farm track) and I did start to ride down it one time, but about 1/3rd of the way along, there were big signs up saying Private Road, so I decided not to push my luck and turned back.

 

[Twizit]

Go into the Activities page and switch on the Map button at top right. Underneath the map will be a tickbox to turn on the Explorer viewer; this will show you all the squares you've already crossed, plus highlighted in blue will be your current max square(s) so you can easily see what you need to cross to improve your score.

Just a warning though - once you start down this path, you'll spend the next few months obsessing over that one square that you can't find any way of getting to on your bike!

Oh dammit, now I've just given myself an interesting new target and some funny route planning for the next few weekends. Amazing what you can achieve in the first day back at work...

 

[Sunny Portrush]

Just had a look at Veloviewer and it`s just taken my first 25 rides from Strava as I havent upgraded - do you need to upgrade to get the results like SupersuperLeeds in past #17?

I could quite easily see me becoming addicted to this tho!

 

[Smithbat]

This is mine, not much in 2016 but i am aiming for 1500 miles in 2017.

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Dammit Steve, I've just had a look. There's a square like that between the villages of Marsh and Ford! Otherwise I could go from an 8x8 to 13x13 in a couple of rides max. Grrr. As it is I reckon I can get to 11x11 this weekend easy enough.

I have that square empty on mine too, also out to the north east of Aylesbury, I have a square between, the A413 and Hulcott that is just going to annoy me.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Just had a look at Veloviewer and it`s just taken my first 25 rides from Strava as I havent upgraded - do you need to upgrade to get the results like SupersuperLeeds in past #17?

I could quite easily see me becoming addicted to this tho!

No you don't need to upgrade to get that graphic, it might take a while to load up though as it has to go to Strava and get all your data to work it out.

 

[summerdays]

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Genius.. This needs a VV tab of its own and probably a CC thread!

Am I correct in thinking that if I manage to do a ride into Square marked 1 in green ill get my 9x9?

Then if I do Squares 2 - 7 ill get my 10x10 - looks like the MTB is going to be getting dusted off!?

That looks interesting ...

 

[steverob]

I have that square empty on mine too, also out to the north east of Aylesbury, I have a square between, the A413 and Hulcott that is just going to annoy me.

Which square is that on the map I've previously posted? (e.g. go up one, right two from the yellow square). If I've already crossed it off, I'll be able to tell you exactly what I did to get it so you can try the same.

 

[Sunny Portrush]

There we go - don`t know why it`s chosen Sunderland as a start point!