Ep. 72 - Route Building, with Kevin from RWGPS
Bikes or Death
Patrick Farnsworth
4.8 • 563 Ratings
🗓️ 13 May 2021
⏱️ 133 minutes
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Summary
When we did our Bikepacking Basics episode earlier this year we got a lot of questions, but the most asked questions where about route building. So I reached out to Kevin Prentice with RideWithGPS to see if they would be interested coming to do a episode on route building and (spoiler alert) they said yes!
On this episode we get to know Kevin and some history on RWGPS and then we get into the maps! And we go deep. But, we also cover very basic topics. This episode was designed with the hope that it will be a resource for you to build your own routes, modify existing ones, or fly by the seat of your pants using heatmaps. Even if you think you're a RWGPS expert I can guarantee you'll learn something on this show, I sure did!
For me Route Building is one of my favorite parts about bikepacking. With the tools and information available to us now it's truly remarkable what you're able to do from your laptop in the comfort of your home. This is where you can hone in and find the perfect camp spot or best gravel roads. Regardless of how well you plan, we all know that even the best plan can go wrong. So it's also important to know how to navigate when things don't go according to plan. After listening to (or watching) this episode you will be able to know more about doing both!
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| 1:04.5 | I'm excited about today's episode. It is 100% brought to us by Ride With GPS. |
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| 1:17.8 | When we did the Bikepacking Basics episode a few months ago, |
| 1:21.5 | the number one question we got was on route building. |
| 1:25.4 | So I reached out to Kevin Prentice over at Ridewood GPS and asked him if he'd be interested in doing a show |
| 1:29.5 | dedicated solely to route building. They love the idea immediately and agreed to come on. |
| 1:36.7 | And so over the last couple of months, Kevin and I have been working on putting on this show |
| 1:42.2 | and hopefully making it good and informative. Since today's |
| 1:47.3 | episode is a little bit different, I'm going to just go over a little bit of housekeeping before |
| 1:51.0 | we hit play. About halfway through the episode, we're going to turn on screen share and actually |
| 1:57.5 | be working through how to build maps, just some route building basics, |
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