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  • Strava heatmaps on the BBC
  • allthepies
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    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35640743

    Darn sarf, North Downs, Swinley, Tunnel Hill etc showing up well.

    natrix
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    Well done to Gorrick & co for putting us on the map 😀

    chiefgrooveguru
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    I love how the hilliest average ride was in Merthyr – that’ll be the BPW uplift then! 😉

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    benp1
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    I love looking at the heatmaps, they’re interesting

    (I’m sad though, I like looking at maps too)

    thisisnotaspoon
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    Darn sarf, North Downs, Swinley, Tunnel Hill etc showing up well.

    It does illustrate how fragile MTB’ing in the area is though, one call form the MOD to enforce the no MTBing bylaws and it’d be over.

    globalti
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    Strava Heatmaps fascinates me especially when I look at Africa where almost nobody cycles or runs except around a few big cities. Even Lagos has a few suicidal nutters prepared to risk the traffic and potholes.

    theotherjonv
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    Yeah, but would it. That genie’s well and truly out of the bottle and trying to stop that number of users is nigh on impossible now. Particularly if antagonised to the point where we were to join forces and create a proper fuss about it. Hence why I’m still inclined to think that in the end it will be a compromise solution that they’ll have to offer, and why we should continue to do our bit by being reasonable about access when those areas are in use.

    Pook
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    Surprisingly bendy those lines

    bails
    Full Member

    where almost nobody cycles

    “Strava users” and “people cycling” aren’t necessarily the same thing. I’d imagine utility/transport cyclists use Strava at a far lower rate than mtbers/roadies/’sporty’ commuters.

    nedrapier
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    + 1,000,000 for utility users in developing countries. They’re not on forums asking “what garmin to track PBs for water run?” are they?

    scotroutes
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    teamhurtmore
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    Damn – we only do leisure rides in Surrey!!

    oldejeans
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    I reckon uplifts at BPW skew Merthyr borough’s claim for highest average altitude

    benp1
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    +1 – BPW uplifts are skewing that massively!

    I like looking at the heatmap to find routes

    Suggsey
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    I’d like to see them over layed on a map of footpaths to see how many cheeky routes are used.

    benp1
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    The layering over other maps is quite poor I find. You need to do a side by side comparison (unless I’m doing something wrong)

    thisisnotaspoon
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    [double post]

    thisisnotaspoon
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    Yeah, but would it. That genie’s well and truly out of the bottle and trying to stop that number of users is nigh on impossible now. Particularly if antagonised to the point where we were to join forces and create a proper fuss about it. Hence why I’m still inclined to think that in the end it will be a compromise solution that they’ll have to offer, and why we should continue to do our bit by being reasonable about access when those areas are in use.

    I dunno, it’s still their workplace. And we can’t play the ‘x years of unchallenged access and it becomes a ROW’ card because it’s not been unchallenged. It’s not like council or Crown Estate land where there’s a requirement to allow access or manage it for the local community.

    I suspect a small number was tolerated, even when the Trolls were taking 30+ people out there in a group it was still the only group for miles around. Now you pop down in the evening and it’s as busy as Swinley (pre trail center).

    OTOH the land must be worth a fortune, if the Army was to give it up it’d be to sell for housing and buy half of Scotland with the proceeds.

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