If y'all search for bike directions inward Google Maps y'all volition last shown a route that avoids busy streets as well as uses suitable bike paths. Time estimates for bike routes on Google Maps are based on a complex fix of variables accounting for the type of road, terrain as well as turns over the shape of the route.
In the UK Sustrans has created a handy mapped guide to cycling routes. The Sustrans Cycling Map shows traffic gratis cycling paths as well as on-road cycling routes.
The map too includes the selection to persuasion bike store locations, develop & rider vehicle stations, accommodation, restaurants / cafes as well as museums & galleries.
Cyclodeo allows cyclists to preview cycling routes on video earlier they endeavour to cycle the route for real. Cyclodeo latterly added cycling route video coverage for Amsterdam.
Cyclodeo uses Google Maps as well as videos of a cycling route to permit the user to persuasion the route inward a YouTube video. The videos are synced to the Google Map of the route as well as hence that the user tin give the axe click anywhere on the route as well as persuasion the video at that location.
As good equally providing video bike routes inward Amsterdam Cyclodeo has coverage inward Copenhagen, New York, London, Paris, Berlin as well as Barcelona.
Also See
Flat Route Finder - uncovering routes that avoid the steepest hills
Cyclist's Road Map - crowd-sourced Google Map guide to route quality
