What’s New: Route surface details and Discover tab
What's new:Improved Route Surface Details & Discover TabWith our newly designed Discover tab, you can now use the presets to quickly filter by bike type and see all the route surface details in advance. What style of ride are you looking for? Looking for a...
From Iron Curtain to Green Belt: My cycling trip along the old German border
Written by Rolf SpethmannBikemap user Rolf embarks on an extensive solo bike tour every year. Many months of careful planning and excited anticipation precedes his trips. We're thrilled that he agreed to share one of his favourite tours with us: a few summers ago he...
What’s New: Self-guided navigation
What's new:Self-Guided NavigationLet's talk navigation! Do you often ride routes on off-road segments, finding yourself beyond the limits of regular navigation mode? Or do you get distracted by turn-by-turn directions and would sometimes prefer to turn them off? Then...
10 reasons why cycling in summer is amazing
Summer is finally here! The days are long, the sun is shining and there are countless awesome cycling destinations just waiting to be explored. Here are 10 reasons why cycling in summer is simply the best. 1. Great weather Leave the capricious spring weather behind...
What’s New: Loop planner
What's new:Meet the brand new loop plannerThis is for when you want to try out a new route, know the rough direction you wish to explore but also want to make sure you're home for dinner. Sounds like a complex task, but we built an easy fix: simply point your phone...
What’s New: Our new route planner
What's new:Proudly presenting our new route plannerWe have long dreamed of combining our two separate editing and planning tools to create one versatile, powerful tool which covers all your route planning needs. So we put our heads together and reconfigured all the...
Discover 5 of the coolest bike events around the world
Are you looking to combine your travels with a truly memorable cycling experience this year? Whatever your style, we have hand-picked some suggestions for you. Whether you wish to discover new regions, test your athletic limits or celebrate cycling among like-minded...
Riding with bears – a Romanian cycling experience
Written by Ionut MafteiAs a certified mountain guide, I have led cycling, hiking, and snowshoeing tours in Romania since 2007. I work for Bike In Time, a boutique cycling tour agency offering custom trips throughout the country. As cycling in Romania is becoming more...
What’s New: Your routes just got a fresh look
What's New:Your routes just got a fresh lookWe’re beyond excited to share what we have been working on: a fresh take on the tool that makes documenting your personal routes in our web version both fun and easy, the Bikemap Route Detail Page! Our design team listened...
A Ride through history: over the Alps and the Dolomites by bike
Written by Suni BelliureOne summer, I embarked on a remarkable cycling journey along the Via Claudia Augusta. This historic route traces its origins back to Emperor Claudius over 2,000 years ago. My expedition took me from Donauwörth, Germany, to Bolzano, Italy, and...
How Emerge Tools helped us shrink Bikemap by 20%
App size matters. It’s well known in the tech industry that reducing app sizes and the space they use, increases downloads. Especially when going below thresholds for WiFi downloads. Bigger apps are also the first to be deleted when space is tight. For months, the...
The Top 5 Cycling Destinations in 2020
Bored of your usual routes at home and in the mood for going on an adventure? Now is the perfect time to plan this year’s cycling holiday. Get inspired by our selection of the top 5 cycling destinations in 2020. 1. India 🇮🇳 A cycling trip through India offers...
Your First Long Bike Ride – 200km and More
What was the longest bike ride that you did in one piece? For most hobby cyclists, extremely long bike rides are likely not a common occurence. But rides that are over 200km long are also as rather rare for triathletes and ambitious cyclists. How can you prepare for...
4.5M – The World’s Largest Cycling Route Collection
Bikemap was created by passionate cyclists with the goal of sharing awesome routes with cyclists around the world. Until today, the Bikemap community has created over 4.5M unique routes in over 100 countries adding up to more than 410M route kilometers, which makes it...
The Latest Bikemap App News
Read on for the latest app updates and news on all-things Bikemap. iOS Updates: We are super excited about our latest iOS updates. The Bikemap app got optimized for iOS 13 and includes many new exciting features for you: Dark Mode 🌚 Reading maps is now...
