Keeping track of all your rides

[ChUcK]

Here's a map I made recording all the places I have explored in western WA so far. This has been roughly 3 months, 3000 miles. I plan on getting over to the eastern side over the summer, and one of these days the pass around Mt. Rainier will open up so I can see what's on the other side.

Does anybody else do this? My buddy does on his bicycle, but the GPS records it all for him. I don't have any of that fancy stuff, I just go back to google maps after the trip and reconstruct my route.

 

[Rabbitman109]

Here's a map I made recording all the places I have explored in western WA so far. This has been roughly 3 months, 3000 miles. I plan on getting over to the eastern side over the summer, and one of these days the pass around Mt. Rainier will open up so I can see what's on the other side.

Does anybody else do this? My buddy does on his bicycle, but the GPS records it all for him. I don't have any of that fancy stuff, I just go back to google maps after the trip and reconstruct my route.

I create routes before I leave, and save them in my google maps. That makes it easier to share them and then go back later. I never remember to use the GPS tracker, not only that, haven't gotten the time to see if I can figure out how to get that to Google Maps. Looks like some nice runs there.

 

[XTRAWLD]

Using a GPS to track is by far the easiest way, and then you download after you are done. Kudos to go back onto google and set it up!

 

[CrazyCawi]

Xtra what do you use to track for gps?

 

[dart1963]

my little Garmin 200/2005 or whatever has "tracks" turned on... the sw will even let you see how fast you are going (not very accurately)...

but I was just saying I should start a journal to document the fun roads I find when I venture off the normal paths... likes/dislikes, etc. not just where I've been, but whether it should become part of a ride someday.

Google is good for planning, but my GPS won't let me set up routes... I can only do checkpoints and let it sort of guide me

 

[ChUcK]

What's cool about the google map is that I use it to plan a route, then I go back later and drag the route around to modify it to exactly where I rode. Then I save it to the same map, the one shown above.

FZRBlack, there were a few good ones in there. Hwy 20 between Rockport and Diablo, and Hwy 112 on the peninsula headed out to Neah Bay, the most NW point in the continental US. Everything else is just scenic driving, nothing really lean-inducing unless you're traveling 80 mph. I need to do more exploring instead of touring!

 

[bmw675]

a coworker downloaded an app that kept track of his route and miles while on his bicycle. i thought that sounded like a great idea until i seen how unreliable it is. good to see other options appear to work as advertised. :thumbup:

 

[Jet A]

If you have a Blackberry, InstaMapper - Free Real-Time GPS Tracking works well, and its free! (I think it works on iPhones too, not sure though)

 

[ChUcK]

a coworker downloaded an app that kept track of his route and miles while on his bicycle. i thought that sounded like a great idea until i seen how unreliable it is. good to see other options appear to work as advertised. :thumbup:

My friend's GPS thing works awesome. He has it on his body, not the bike, so when he crashed it even showed where he rolled across the road instead of going straight like the Bianchi did, haha.

 

[alaskanflyboy]

Hwy 20 between Rockport and Diablo, and Hwy 112 on the peninsula headed out to Neah Bay, the most NW point in the continental US.

Contiguous! Northwesternmost point in the contiguous US. Alaska holds the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost points in the continental US.

All teasing aside, those look like some fun routes. I've got a Google Maps that I save my routes in too. I need to clean them up a little before I send a link here. I also use an iPhone app called iMapMyRide. It's technically for bicycling, but — save for the calories burned — it gives pretty relevant information to my trips. Start and end time, duration, average speed, elevation profile, elevation gain and loss, and of course a rather accurate track of my route.