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Creating ride routes with Google maps

§ April 12th, 2008 § Filed under Cycling, IT § No Comments

Use case: I want to draw a bike route on a map, for own joy or for sharing with my cycling friends. Google maps are cool, and free. As they are, they are not perfect for this task… but you can make them perfect with a tweak. § Read the rest of this entry…

First spring road ride of Helsingin Polkupyöräilijät

§ April 6th, 2008 § Filed under Cycling § 1 Comment

This time I was “leading” the club ride. I did not expect too many people to join, as the weather forecast was not the best one, ride was announced less than 1 week in advance, and there was another club ride the same day. 4 persons rode in the announced 22-25 km/h tempo to Veikkola and then back via another road. Nothing too much, but not bad for the first time in the spring – in case you did not have chance to “open the road season” earlier!

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