http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: 5 minutes by bike en Tue, 19 May 2026 10:04:26 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16950#post-232434 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 14:13:52 +0000 jdanielp 232434@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Neat. Apparently I cycle at a 'balanced' speed. Watch out for all of those pins that people are dropping everywhere. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16950#post-232431 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 13:36:58 +0000 crowriver 232431@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>If you choose "cycle" as an option on Googolplex maps directions, it usually sends you onto off-road paths. You can drag way mark points though if you prefer a bit of quiet on-road or busy A road instead. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16950#post-232407 Thu, 29 Sep 2016 10:28:49 +0000 chrisfl 232407@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>edd1e_h and Arellcat have a look at the routing on <a href="http://cycle.travel/">cycle.travel</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16950#post-232226 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:36:43 +0000 neddie 232226@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>There seems to be an inherent preference for off-road routes, even when 'fast' and 'road bike' are selected</em></p> <p>I find that cyclestreets does the opposite - too frequently it routes you along roads, where slightly longer (and much nicer) off-road routes are available.</p> <p>Maybe some compromise between the two sites on the weighting of off-road routes would be ideal? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16950#post-232224 Wed, 28 Sep 2016 10:27:08 +0000 Arellcat 232224@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Having a play with this site - I like it too.</p> <p>Based on many years experience (of Edinburgh) I'd say the 5/10/15 minute results are uncannily accurate.</p> <p>Not so hot on the point-to-point routing though. There seems to be an inherent preference for off-road routes, even when 'fast' and 'road bike' are selected. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16950#post-232114 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:58:39 +0000 crowriver 232114@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I like it! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16950#post-232113 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:54:26 +0000 cb 232113@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Previous discussion here:</p> <p><a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15162">http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=15162</a> (inc. input from the site owner) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16950#post-232110 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:36:25 +0000 dougal 232110@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@cb Ah thanks! I read the "5-minutes-by-bike" as meaning that was the already-enabled functionality rather than a further option. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16950#post-232106 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 13:01:55 +0000 wingpig 232106@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Leave the bike type as "city" otherwise it seems to create little islands of unreachability in the middle of the New Town, presumably where the cobbledyness prevents road bikes from moving. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16950#post-232104 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 12:58:38 +0000 cb 232104@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@dougal, click the 'more' link then change the routing mode to "5 minutes by bike" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16950#post-232102 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 12:55:51 +0000 dougal 232102@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hmm, not working for me. It does the route finding but doesn't show anything if I just mark my house with a pin. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16950#post-232101 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 12:46:49 +0000 steveo 232101@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Thats cool, I can cover most of the city in half an hour. I knew that but represented in that manner is much funkier. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=16950#post-232100 Tue, 27 Sep 2016 12:41:09 +0000 Stickman 232100@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>This may have been posted before: it's brilliant. Drop a pin on the map and it shows how far you can get by bike in 5 minutes. </p> <p><a href="http://map.bikecitizens.net/gb-edinburgh#/" rel="nofollow">http://map.bikecitizens.net/gb-edinburgh#/</a>!/2/1/55.95182,-3.19685/*,5 </p>