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RoadieRoger

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Nov 8, 2010
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Pretty well spot on for me Hatti on my 8Ah Batribike . Even after two and a half years` use , I am nearer the 10 Ah line . Should I wish to do a Reggie Perrin and do the one way trip , I could make it over the Bristol Channel and easily get to Minehead .
 

DSGC

Finding my (electric) wheels
Mar 7, 2013
9
0
Taunton, Somerset
It works very well for me, seems to take the most direct route and I think, takes into account the terrain. An excellent piece of software. Many thanks, Don (from Somerset)
 

baldylox

Pedelecer
May 25, 2012
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Hants/Wilts border
Unfortunately it doesn't really work for me :(

Unless I'm missing something (which is quite likely) it seems to always route me along major roads.

My favourite icecream route is from Roche (PL26 8**) to Padstow & it sends me along the Atlantic Highway; whereas there are 2 or more shorter & quieter routes.
For me the route was Roche - Wadebridge (direct-ish) along minor roads and along the Camel trail to Padstein (sorry - force of habbit) Padstow. Google cycle route tool gives 3 options of varying route and one was your Atlantic Highway route (best avoided!), one along the B3274 and the one described above.

Although I have a bit further to go (from St. Stephen) but am routed through Roche.
 
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Woosh

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May 19, 2012
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Hi
We've added the Sport (thanks Annie) and also added a 'No highways' feature for you Baldylox so you can now go along quieter roads for your icecream (one of our friends belongs to the Rodda family BTW, well known for ice cream down there?). But you can also just plot your course in one way mode if you know the quieter roads, and you can also use the cycle tracks on the map (green dotted lines).

Keep comments coming folks, thanks.

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Shroppielass

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Jun 18, 2008
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Shrewsbury
Works nicely for me on Macbook/Firefox.

I agree with Hattie about the name, as soon as I saw 'predictor' in the thread title I thought of pregnancy testing kits.

The obvious alternative word is 'calculator', although it has too many syllables to be snappy.

Nothing better springs immediately to mind.
'Estimator'?
Not snappy but steers clear of pregnancy testing.

Is any one else with IE able to use this or is it just me having trouble? :rolleyes:
 
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GaRRy

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May 18, 2012
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Tamworth
Seems to work far better at home using safari on my Mac.

One issue though is that for commute and one way trip its shows me exactly the same circles !!!!.
 

Shroppielass

Pedelecer
Jun 18, 2008
82
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Shrewsbury
Seems to work far better at home using safari on my Mac.

One issue though is that for commute and one way trip its shows me exactly the same circles !!!!.
Circles? You should count yourself lucky. I can only dream of circles.
 
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I tried it again and now it sends me up the main road, which it didn't before, both with and without the box ticked.
 

Woosh

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May 19, 2012
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Now hopefully fixed D8veh, otherwise P45 time for programmer.......
Hatti
 

jackhandy

Esteemed Pedelecer
May 20, 2012
1,820
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the Cornish Alps
For me the route was Roche - Wadebridge (direct-ish) along minor roads and along the Camel trail to Padstein (sorry - force of habbit) Padstow. Google cycle route tool gives 3 options of varying route and one was your Atlantic Highway route (best avoided!), one along the B3274 and the one described above.

Although I have a bit further to go (from St. Stephen) but am routed through Roche.
I didn't realise you were local - Did you get to Eden?

This'll teach me to post without checking proper: It works much better on win8 with Chrome - Much as you say, straight out through Withiel to Wadebridge Then Camel Trail.

One point though; the reason I don't go that way is the killer hills in & out of Withiel
:rolleyes:

I was trying it, initially, on an Android tablet, but it's too compacted on there & difficult to be accurate with tapping destinations & manipulating the map.
 
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It still seems to be the same. If you use the post code TF3 4LZ and the click on Wheaton Aston (ENE on red circle), it takes me down the A5. If you change the destination to just south of the A5, it sends me along the cycle route. I'm not complaining. It's still pretty good.
 
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I just found a bug. If you enter an invalid post code, it tells you so, and there's no way back. Even if you close the window and start again, before doing anything, it still tells you that you entered an invalid post code, so I can''t use it any more grrrr!

I just found that if I re-enter from the Woosh website, it works again.
 
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Woosh

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May 19, 2012
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Hi again,

A killer hill indication might well be very useful - we'll look at that.

D8veh, the invalid post code bug has now been fixed, thank you for telling us.
Also, your problem with the A5 doesn't seem to have an immediate solution - manually looking up Google is no better, there are a lot of houses in the area so it is tricky.

Hatti
 

baldylox

Pedelecer
May 25, 2012
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Hants/Wilts border
I didn't realise you were local - Did you get to Eden?

This'll teach me to post without checking proper: It works much better on win8 with Chrome - Much as you say, straight out through Withiel to Wadebridge Then Camel Trail.

One point though; the reason I don't go that way is the killer hills in & out of Withiel
:rolleyes:

I was trying it, initially, on an Android tablet, but it's too compacted on there & difficult to be accurate with tapping destinations & manipulating the map.
Sometimes come out your way although wasn't around during the week of the Eden Project e-bike event (sorry - work come's first I'm sure you'll understand).
BTW I would love to see an element of the tool which does take altitude variation into account.
Jack - I still pedal a lot so I try to take routes which avoid big hills. Definitely avoid the run up to (and down from) Withiel, my preferred route is either The Old Coach Road out of Victoria. Then out left toward Ruthernbridge and north to join Camel Trail at Grogley Moor. This way is relatively flat by comparison with those made by the automatic route finder but longer (and much more picturesque IMO).
 

Taff

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Mar 19, 2011
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Wrexham
Just had another look. This looks very good, will be interesting to compare when I get my bike. Soon baby, soon.
 

flecc

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Oct 25, 2006
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Killer hills? Electric bike???
I never see e-bikes being ridden in my area, it's far to hilly. Yes really! :confused:

It's a weird fact that e-bikes are at their most popular in flat areas, the Netherlands being a famous example with the highest ratio of e-bike to ordinary bike sales in the world. I've noticed over the six years of this forum how popular they are in our unchallenging eastern counties and some of the gently rolling counties, while in at least some of the hillier areas like my North Downs, membership is very sparse. I've only known of two e-bikers in my area, one of whom has now switched to a 125cc motorbike!

Hopefully this may still change since there is now an e-bike dealer over to the west at Caterham, so perhaps the influence of the sales there will spread eastwards across the North Downs.
 

Sara_H

Finding my (electric) wheels
Mar 13, 2013
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I never see e-bikes being ridden in my area, it's far to hilly. Yes really! :confused:

It's a weird fact that e-bikes are at their most popular in flat areas, the Netherlands being a famous example with the highest ratio of e-bike to ordinary bike sales in the world. I've noticed over the six years of this forum how popular they are in our unchallenging eastern counties and some of the gently rolling counties, while in at least some of the hillier areas like my North Downs, membership is very sparse. I've only known of two e-bikers in my area, one of whom has now switched to a 125cc motorbike!

Hopefully this may still change since there is now an e-bike dealer over to the west at Caterham, so perhaps the influence of the sales there will spread eastwards across the North Downs.
I live in Sheffieldwhich is very hilly and have only ever seen two ebikes prior to getting my own! Having got one of my own I'm thinking of opening an electric bike shop up!
 

jackhandy

Esteemed Pedelecer
May 20, 2012
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the Cornish Alps
Killer hills? Electric bike???
They beat the sn0t out of the battery, otherwise I'd go that way just to prove I can - Again! - Definitely one to be avoided, when I remember.

Baldylocks - Try going out through Tregonetha & Rosenannon to Ruthernbridge - Bootiful route; a bit longer but worth it: Plenty of climbing both ways, but steady ones.

Hatti - Sorry for hijacking your thread :eek:
 

Marctwo

Pedelecer
Dec 1, 2012
182
1
I may be wrong but I think the WH may actually be the average power.

I put the same route in this (101WH) and CycleStreets and after reversing th KCal from cyclestreets back to power, I got roughly the same figure (102W). So at the predicted 44min, that would be ~75WH.