I went to 21x21 this week Steve! Watch out fella you're gunna to get dropped!
Veloviewer map - explorer tiles
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Once you got route done with that you could even load the exported GPX into Strava via the "GPX to Strava route" tool on Strava Labs and then view on Veloviewer in the routes tab if you wanted to double-check.Chew wrote: ↑Sun May 24, 2020 6:54 pm Suggestions are to use:
https://brouter.de/brouter-web
<Load>, <Tracks>, <Your VV .kml file>
Allows you to plot in your missing tiles and from there you can plot a route.
Only an initial play around, but looks promising
The biggest potential problem with the method as far as I can see is that the kml only highlights squares within 10 squares of the edge of your cluster, so if wanting to plan a long one then you could run out of range.
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I think that was a gauntlet aimed at me!
Might have to have a little challenge this year then....
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23x23 is coming, could be today, maybe tomorrow
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22x22
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Ffs, got some catching up to do
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Might pop again this evening for 23
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I reckon our 3 squares probably overlap.
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Mine goes from Hall Green (Birmingham) at the north edge to Bidford on Avon on the south edge.
A reasonable ride next w/end will see a fair chunk of south Birmingham done, and that might just sneak into 23x23. Then a bit of cheeky riding to collect a couple of squares in the south and it's game on!
A reasonable ride next w/end will see a fair chunk of south Birmingham done, and that might just sneak into 23x23. Then a bit of cheeky riding to collect a couple of squares in the south and it's game on!
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Up north I’m into Daventry/ Stratford-on-Avon down south I’m through Woodstock/ Bicester.
I’m approaching some bigger towns, anything above 28x28 and I’ll have Warwick or oxford to deal with.
I’m approaching some bigger towns, anything above 28x28 and I’ll have Warwick or oxford to deal with.
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Steve you overlap with pickers, he’s out your way
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Having now done the whole of the urban conurbation of Birmingham, the northwest/north/northeast during lockdown, believe me Warwick is going to be easy.BigdummySteve wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 9:14 pm I’m approaching some bigger towns, anything above 28x28 and I’ll have Warwick or oxford to deal with.
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Did you sprint through Nechells?composite wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 11:31 pmHaving now done the whole of the urban conurbation of Birmingham, the northwest/north/northeast during lockdown, believe me Warwick is going to be easy.BigdummySteve wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 9:14 pm I’m approaching some bigger towns, anything above 28x28 and I’ll have Warwick or oxford to deal with.
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Waves
I've been sat on 29x29 for a bit now, not many to go to 30x30. I've not found towns to be too bad, Worcester and Redditch both done ok... Cheltenham was bloody dangerous though..... more near misses there than pretty much everywhere else combined!
Veloviewer screen by Richard Picton, on Flickr
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Wow, that is a bloody impressive max square!
Most of my max square is urban, I live in North London but my square covers a lot of London
My latest project is cycling all the roads in my postcode, which I’ve now done. Planning to try other local ones now. Veloviewer helps with knowing which ones I’ve been on or not
Most of my max square is urban, I live in North London but my square covers a lot of London
My latest project is cycling all the roads in my postcode, which I’ve now done. Planning to try other local ones now. Veloviewer helps with knowing which ones I’ve been on or not
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Impressive Rich, how long has that taken?
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I did a lot of "those" areas on pre-work rides so it was early morning enough.PaulB2 wrote: ↑Tue May 26, 2020 8:27 amDid you sprint through Nechells?composite wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 11:31 pmHaving now done the whole of the urban conurbation of Birmingham, the northwest/north/northeast during lockdown, believe me Warwick is going to be easy.BigdummySteve wrote: ↑Mon May 25, 2020 9:14 pm I’m approaching some bigger towns, anything above 28x28 and I’ll have Warwick or oxford to deal with.
For me it's Small Heath/Saltley that always looks like the end of the world.
I'm heading out tomorrow to do a 200 and take a big haul of new squares in the south-west of my target square.
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Ta Ben!
About 4 or 5 years since I started on VV, but it's stalled completely over the last 18 months or so. Maybe 3 years riding and collecting squares on and off.
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I woke up early this morning and couldn’t get back to sleep so I reached for the iPad and opened my favourite web site, no not pornhub
Phone in one hand with veloviewer open i used ViewRanger to plot a route, synced it with the garmin and quietly slipped out the door. I was on the bike just after 5am and rode a great route around Daventry, some great trails and a new BOAT! I saw Red kites, hares,deer,a kestrel and other assorted wild life. A very enjoyable ride.
Home just after 8, coffee and a plate of scrambled eggs and veggie Chorizo sausages
23x23
Video thing
https://www.relive.cc/view/v1OwMjN1WEq
Untitled
Came across this thing in the middle of a field, I think it’s something to do with aircraft navigation
Phone in one hand with veloviewer open i used ViewRanger to plot a route, synced it with the garmin and quietly slipped out the door. I was on the bike just after 5am and rode a great route around Daventry, some great trails and a new BOAT! I saw Red kites, hares,deer,a kestrel and other assorted wild life. A very enjoyable ride.
Home just after 8, coffee and a plate of scrambled eggs and veggie Chorizo sausages
23x23
Video thing
https://www.relive.cc/view/v1OwMjN1WEq
Untitled
Came across this thing in the middle of a field, I think it’s something to do with aircraft navigation
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Why have I never read this thread before
Thats me started on my tile ticking journey - only at a measly 7x7.
Clearly some catching up to do
Thats me started on my tile ticking journey - only at a measly 7x7.
Clearly some catching up to do
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Unless they start a land reclaiming scheme around the Isle of Wight I'm going to be stuck on 9x9 for some timemikehowarth wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 11:21 am Why have I never read this thread before
Thats me started on my tile ticking journey - only at a measly 7x7.
Clearly some catching up to do
Even when I'm allowed on the ferry again, at £20 a trip it would be an expensive way to gain more squares. Think of me when you get to 10x10
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Packraft seems like the obvious next step.
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Measly is good. We're on 9x9. I'm collected tiles when I'm out and about with my sons. It's a great way to let them where they have visited in their own country.mikehowarth wrote: ↑Wed May 27, 2020 11:21 am Why have I never read this thread before
Thats me started on my tile ticking journey - only at a measly 7x7.
Clearly some catching up to do
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Shall we start a little leaderboard? Just as a bit of fun, you can quote and repost if you've changed your scores. Here are some of the ones from this page, just to get us started, I haven't gone back through the thread so there will be loads more to add, I know Kevin/blackhound has a big max square and I think Chew is pretty big too
Bearbones VV max square leaderboard
29 - Pickers
23 - bigdummysteve
21 - Composite
20 - slarge
19 - benp1
9 - sean_iow
9 - Alan63
7 - mikehowarth
Bearbones VV max square leaderboard
29 - Pickers
23 - bigdummysteve
21 - Composite
20 - slarge
19 - benp1
9 - sean_iow
9 - Alan63
7 - mikehowarth
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I looked at the VV leaderboard only yesterday (it is on your VV summary page) and saw that I am in 7th place for 2020 with 18x18. Just ahead of me on 19x19 are Jack Petersen and local rider to me Pete Johnson or PeeJay. Hope to catch them by the weekend although they may have pushed on further. I have added my score to Ben's table
Bearbones VV max square leaderboard
41 - Blackhound
29 - Pickers
23 - bigdummysteve
21 - Composite
20 - slarge
19 - benp1
9 - sean_iow
9 - Alan63
7 - mikehowarth
Bearbones VV max square leaderboard
41 - Blackhound
29 - Pickers
23 - bigdummysteve
21 - Composite
20 - slarge
19 - benp1
9 - sean_iow
9 - Alan63
7 - mikehowarth