Google Maps, now with Bike Routing
by crashdan on Mar 11, 2010 7:12 PM EST
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PrintWired is running a crowdsourced review for Google Maps new "Bike Route" feature. They are asking for people to try it out and send in blurbs with pictures. As I'm led to believe that there are loads of people in the cafe with bikes, I thought you might be interested in this.
Since you ARE a cafe member, you probably would want to let all of us know what your thoughts are on it too, so rather than just blasting your review to Wired, drop your blurb into either the comments of this fanpost (with pics! Use imgur.com to host if you want), or create a fanpost if you think yours is worthy!
Link to Wired, here.
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How does this work
in LA? Does the map point you toward a place where you can trade your bike for a car downpayment?
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 11, 2010 7:30 PM EST reply actions
ouch
I'm feverished, or the way you want to spell it
by plinytheelder on Mar 11, 2010 7:53 PM EST up reply actions
Actually...
… the replace the little cartoon outline of the guy from “Street View” with a red outline of a deranged doctor.
I miss Paolo Bettini. That is all.
Well, Jimbo and Drew and
got around just fine. Except some twit in a Toyota truck kept yelling at us to get off his road when we were riding over here.
I've heard bad things about that neighbourhood
Was the back of his truck filled with carabiners for no apparent reason?
You should have made that bastard sit in a restaurant...
… and force him to watch some douchebag hipster fail to get anywhere with a smoking hot date. Then make him drink until 1AM while he coughs himself blue.
I miss Paolo Bettini. That is all.
Nobody made him do anything
And it’s nice to see his flame of hatred from the Hipster is still burning brightly (:
"Woof, woof, woof! That's my other dog imitation."
The flame that burns twice as bright, burns half as long...
… and you have burned so very, very brightly Roy.
I miss Paolo Bettini. That is all.
Dan has seen things you people wouldn't believe...
Large pelotons on fire off the shoulder of Pacific Coast Highway. He’s watched douche-bag hipsters glitter in the dark near the Santa Monica Pier Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain. Time to diet.
by Jimbo... on Mar 12, 2010 1:46 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
God damn you, Gaff!
You fuckin’ asshole! Everything’s a fuckin’ travesty with you, man! And what was all that shit about The Offworld Colonies? What the FUCK, has anything got to do with The Offworld Colonies? What the fuck are you talking about?
I miss Paolo Bettini. That is all.
I missed you guys
welcome back
"Today I was honked at...I caught up and made a great honking noise back...he caught up and said I'm gonna punch you in the face...I laughed."
~DZ
I'm impressed, Jimbo
How many posts does it normally take?
by Sui Juris on Mar 12, 2010 2:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
They don't advertise for Director Sportifs in the newspaper.
That was my profession. Ex-rider. Ex-Soigner. Ex-Doctor.
"Woof, woof, woof! That's my other dog imitation."
Fiery, Angel Gomez Gomez fell, bent wheels rolled around his shoulders...
I miss Paolo Bettini. That is all.
Seems pretty cool
Though it does try to avoid hills (boo! for training, yay for coffee shop and grocery runs), it does have neat features. It avoids big highways pretty well, though it isn’t quite as good at avoiding gravel. Seems to plan on you averaging 11-12mph (18-20kph) or so.
All in all, good work google. Glad to see them giving this a good go!
no worries
if you’re training, chances are you know where the hills are. This is more for the masses, which squares nicely with my parallel agenda to eliminate cars from the world.
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 11, 2010 8:29 PM EST up reply actions
I'm with you 95% on getting rid of cars
But how would we get to races?
by Douglas Ansel on Mar 12, 2010 12:46 AM EST up reply actions
In this utopic vision of the future...
wouldn’t we all just travel as bike-riding nomads from race to race, combining training with covering the intervening distances?
"To therefore answer your basic question what color socks should I wear, I issue the bold statement wear white shoes." - King of Style
by omnevelnihil on Mar 12, 2010 4:12 AM EST up reply actions
The answer to that question
is what stands between me and actually getting rid of my car.
(You know, if I ever get it back.)
Bah!
Ye of little hope. Obviously we would melt down all the cars to produce rail transport. And robots to operate the trains on time.
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 12, 2010 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
I do not doubt your ability to melt all the cars.
I do doubt your ability to change Amtrak’s rather bike-unfriendly policies.
Oh
we will be melting them down too. Fresh start.
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 12, 2010 2:46 PM EST up reply actions
I read about this on ecogeek and...
…they also shared a link to upload your own biking data/routes…if interested.
Milwaukee has "overseer"
David Schlabowske is the cycling coodinator for the city and he approves Google routes somehow.
See this Off the Couch Milwaukee Journal Sentinal Posting for more.
Not bad
I mapped my commute and it found most of the bike paths and shortcuts that I would actually use. It did fuck up one section pretty good and route me down a nasty section of dirt and rail-road-tie stairs next to the Golden Gate bridge, which would be illegal and fraught with peril on any bike, but on balance, not bad at all…
Hm
The plaintiff’s bar might be interested in this information Jimbo…
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 12, 2010 12:34 AM EST up reply actions
not so sure about "avoiding hills"
It had me veer off the first nice steepish pitch on my usual route up the Berkeley hills to tackle something these guys would have fun descending. Not so sure my road bike will make it up this stretch, though.
"The road is our agony, but also our daily bread; and at night, when it is deserted and the moon glistens on the asphalt, the ridiculous dreams of racers like us pass up and down it."
--Dino Buzzati
don't have the bike handling skills
to ride up a 30% grade without wobbling.
"The road is our agony, but also our daily bread; and at night, when it is deserted and the moon glistens on the asphalt, the ridiculous dreams of racers like us pass up and down it."
--Dino Buzzati
Avoiding hills is not a problem...
I just “processed” a route from my house to work. I can’t seem to find the “avoid stab wounds and maiming” filter.
"Italians often mock me for not enjoying tighter clothing" - willj
I think my 2011 VDS team will be named either
Lotion in the Basket
or
Fava Beans and a nice Chianti
The DS will definitely be Jame Gumb.
"Woof, woof, woof! That's my other dog imitation."
Hm
Before today I had wondered why SBN invented the close comments feature. Now I know.
"The only pain I got time for is the pain I put on fools who don't know what time it is." Edvald Boasson Hagen
by Chris Fontecchio on Mar 12, 2010 2:21 PM EST reply actions
Does this conversation remind you of that time you were in prison?
I miss Paolo Bettini. That is all.
Hey, you know what they say: see a broad to get dat booty yak 'em...
I miss Paolo Bettini. That is all.
Since we're hijacking this thread...
I’m going to a Korean BBQ place for dinner tonight. One of my friends said that they wanted to order the tongue. But we had no idea how to say it in Korean.
I went to Google Translate and it spat back the Korean symbol for tongue: 혀 This was not helpful.
My buddy Jim, then sent an email that read “Problem solved, I’ll just bring a printout” with the following attached…
I miss Paolo Bettini. That is all.
You will surely need this
because the odds of anyone speaking English in a Korean restaurant in LA must be infinitesimally small…
Fuck that place.
As soon as they’re done with the Whales’R’Us place down the street, I’m sending Fish & Game over to Animal.
Sadly, The Hump is the sister restaurant to the asian place I was going to take us to...
… fuckers. Down right fucktwits at Hump and Typhoon. Fuck those fucking fucks. Fuckers.
I miss Paolo Bettini. That is all.
Why do you hate penis, Drew?
I miss Paolo Bettini. That is all.
by crashdan on Mar 12, 2010 2:54 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Don't be fatuous Daniel
This a very complicated thread – lotta ins, lotta outs.
"Woof, woof, woof! That's my other dog imitation."
Bunch of herring eaters trying to find reverse on a Loda
This is not a worthy adversary
"Woof, woof, woof! That's my other dog imitation."
I say we tie Jens to the back of a chariot
and drag him seven times around the walls of Troy.
I miss Paolo Bettini. That is all.
What does that mean, huh?
“Litmus Configuration”? I don’t even know what the hell that means.
I miss Paolo Bettini. That is all.
Why don't they call it Roundtine?
It comes in a round jar. Ooops, gotta go. My wife had 2 martinis and just fell into the fireplace.
"Woof, woof, woof! That's my other dog imitation."
Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch
I’ll even pay a hundred dollars if that’s what it takes.
Staring at the swim team gets you killed by a gang of dancing ninja men who know how to twirl.
And that, my friends, is how you hijack a thread
NIce work boys.
"Woof, woof, woof! That's my other dog imitation."
We thank you for your support
It also helped that all of us had terribly boring afternoons at work. At least I did. For all I know Jimbo and Dan were working from a bar.
"Woof, woof, woof! That's my other dog imitation."
Ha!
No doubt. You were slaving away, they were drinking beers and laughing at you. Ha ha, look at Drew, all working and stuff.
I was working...
… working at jacking this thread to all holy hell! NOW I’m heading to a bar… and then to find a waitress who will give me 혀.
I miss Paolo Bettini. That is all.
I think we just found...
A fantastic Basque mascot! I’ll see if Jim can erase the red arrow and add a Txapela.
I miss Paolo Bettini. That is all.
by crashdan on Mar 12, 2010 10:03 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I think we just found...
A fantastic Basque mascot! I’ll see if Jim can erase the red arrow and add a Txapela.
I miss Paolo Bettini. That is all.
by crashdan on Mar 12, 2010 10:12 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
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