The excellent bike hike is no more?
excellent interface os map on the left - googlemaps on the right
any alternatives out there?
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bikehike.co.uk done? - any alternatives
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Posted 5 months ago #
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wheresthepath.
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Great shame - only discovered it fairly recently, and it seemed too good to be true.
Just wish Memory Map would do a Mac version.
Simon
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wheresethepath ? - i can't get this to work at all
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It seems to disappear every few months, only to come back a few days later. Every time I panic and then breathe a sigh of relief because none of the others even comes close, and I have tried them all.
I would gladly help the guy with hosting and maintaining the site if it meant this didnt happen but now it is down I wouldnt know how to get hold of him.
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How was bikehike run?
I would be happy to have the software running from my server.
Does anyone know who was running bikehike, was he a MTBer?Posted 5 months ago # -
walkhighlands FTW
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I would be happy to have the software running from my server.
Does anyone know who was running bikehike, was he a MTBer?
I've been trying to get hold of him to see if I can help out (I run a hosting company) but he's quite good at keeping his contact details hidden. If anyone has contact details, please let me know.
Posted 5 months ago # -
Shame, I liked using that site
pdw - Have you tried the DNS entry for contact details: DNS For BikeHIke.co.uk
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I was emailing Simon on admin@bikehike.co.uk a couple of years ago. No idea if that's still valid.
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i've emailed him previously...a couple of years back though when he was having issues over a conflict of the database of routes he used to host and a publisher.
will see if i can dig out the email.
edit: simon1975 beat me to it - that's the email I contacted BikeHike Simon on a while back.
Shame if its gone - it was a great resource.
Posted 5 months ago # -
Will be such a shame if bikehike disappears, it is by far the best route plotting website on the web IMHO.
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I am sure it will be back - seems to do this a couple of times a year for up to a week at a time. Just when you think it is dead & buried, it pops up again. Hopefully that is the case now.
Would be worth finding out what the problems are though and seeing if we can do anything to help avoid it in the future.
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Plesk default page - probably the domain/hosting plan need reviewing - I sometimes forget to do mine - I expect that maybe why it happens sometimes?
Whois info:
Domain name:
bikehike.co.ukRegistrant:
Simon CalderRegistrant type:
UK IndividualRegistrant's address:
The registrant is a non-trading individual who has opted to have their
address omitted from the WHOIS service.Registrar:
Fibranet Services Ltd [Tag = FIBRANET]
URL: http://www.freeparking.co.ukRelevant dates:
Registered on: 25-Feb-2008
Renewal date: 25-Feb-2012
Last updated: 11-Mar-2010Registration status:
Registered until renewal date.Name servers:
ns05.jabservers.co.uk
ns06.jabservers.co.ukProb hosting needs paying for!
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BTW Simon posts on bikeradar - http://www.bikeradar.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=12672783&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=20
An alternative might be http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/ ?
Posted 5 months ago # -
+1 for Bike Route Toaster. Uses OpenCycleMap. Very good for planning road rides.
Posted 5 months ago # -
As mentioned above and as advertised here yesterday
look absolutely brilliant.
I think the best bit is that instead of searching for routes you find a trail head (ie car park etc) then you can see all the trails from the trail head.
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MTB Trails does not show Open Cycle Maps which is really useful at times and more importantly does not automatically follow routes on either google maps or Open Cycle Maps (obviously) - so it would be a laborious task to create the 140 mile route that I want to do from Bournemouth to Brighton...
BikerouteToaster is usable, but not great. No OS maps I could live with (just) but you dont seem to be able to move a point once it is set - so you have to get it perfect at each step and cant go back and change things or deviate from the automatic route.
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Is that [i]the[/url] Simon Calder? The travel chap?
Posted 5 months ago # -
Last time it was down I tried to email the guy who runs it suggesting it might be worth introducing a small fee to use it as the service is obviously greatly valued by all who use it, but the email was bounced back. I’d happily pay a few quid a month to be able to access it as its by the far the best online mapping service with OS maps. Hope it comes back soon
Posted 5 months ago # -
Gutted about this site going as well. All the others dont really seam as good
Posted 5 months ago # -
Yaaaayyy - its back again!
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