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Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-08-24, 10:03 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 729
Posted By firebird854

Thanks! I was surprised at the animosity some had...

Thanks! I was surprised at the animosity some had for just showcasing a free tool... I guess it could be construed as advertisement? but it clearly doesn't cost anything or has any ads, and just...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-08-24, 10:01 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 729
Posted By firebird854

All valuable points, and, generally I appreciate...

All valuable points, and, generally I appreciate the feedback for the idea. I've already begun scoping it out, as we've already been working on a phone app for following routes, but argh, the map...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-07-24, 03:49 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 729
Posted By firebird854

I've integrated ChatGPT into multiple systems...

I've integrated ChatGPT into multiple systems already, it's pretty easy. Onto your next point, which is exactly why I brought this up, as there're many knowledgeable people on this forum. So, You...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-07-24, 03:22 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 729
Posted By firebird854

That profile sticker is super cool! I could...

That profile sticker is super cool! I could easily incorporate that into the printable cue sheet. Additionally, you're right about both the Fit and the TCX files, it's super annoying to...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-07-24, 02:33 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 729
Posted By firebird854

Goood point, that would be quite a bit easier,...

Goood point, that would be quite a bit easier, I'll probably update it with these suggestions in the next day or so, thanks again for the ideas!
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-07-24, 02:32 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 729
Posted By firebird854

I disagree. With an alert it's hard to get...

I disagree. With an alert it's hard to get multiple pieces of information at once, for instance, if I have a nutrition guide pasted to my top tube, and pull a gel out of a pocket, and a bunch fell...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-07-24, 01:31 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 729
Posted By firebird854

These are, phenomenal points! I will likely use...

These are, phenomenal points! I will likely use all of them, perhaps I'll call it "even more condensed view" and add options that visualize the gaps, thank you quite a lot for these suggestions.
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-07-24, 11:14 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 729
Posted By firebird854

I'm still not quite understanding your point. Is...

I'm still not quite understanding your point. Is your point, "Don't share cool completely free cycling tools you've developed to help yourself and your teammates because I can spend $$$ on a computer...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-05-24, 06:55 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 729
Posted By firebird854

Oh.. they're setup at a time interval, I had...

Oh.. they're setup at a time interval, I had thought there was a "smart" aspect to it relying on nutrition research.

Additionally, I'm not necessarily rewriting the wheel when many many cyclists...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-01-24, 11:57 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 729
Posted By firebird854

Oh I'm aware of this, in fact, I already work...

Oh I'm aware of this, in fact, I already work with Garmin on my main site, https://sherpa-map.com, with the "send to Garmin" button. I could even implement this on my site so it's not necessary to do...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-01-24, 11:54 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 729
Posted By firebird854

Hmm, I didn't know they had this, my Garmin...

Hmm, I didn't know they had this, my Garmin doesn't support it, and I'd be curious what white papers/research/info is behind it and what they account for. I tend to get carried away accounting for...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
05-01-24, 11:50 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 729
Posted By firebird854

You're too kind, honestly, I plan to keep working...

You're too kind, honestly, I plan to keep working on this and integrate it more into my routing site, I can see it being a tool where you select many details, such as the filtered out climbs you find...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-30-24, 06:55 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 729
Posted By firebird854

I thought I saw a video of that recently too! I...

I thought I saw a video of that recently too! I also made this site https://sherpa-map.com/cycling-route-calculator.html which calculates hundreds of thousands of physics simulations, accounting for...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-30-24, 06:50 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 729
Posted By firebird854

I plan on updating this tool to allow manual...

I plan on updating this tool to allow manual entries as well, as I like to mark water crossings, feed zones, and all other sorts of details.
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-30-24, 02:05 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 729
Posted By firebird854

Well, when Garmin's pops up for me, it...

Well, when Garmin's pops up for me, it immediately covers plenty of useful data, speed, HR, power, etc. has often stopped before the true end of the climb, or started in a weird spot. I often forget...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-30-24, 01:30 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 729
Posted By firebird854

Yeah, and Garmin has its upcoming climb feaure as...

Yeah, and Garmin has its upcoming climb feaure as well, however, I like the fact I made this filterable such that if you only care about the larger climbs or perhaps steeper climbs (I run 1x on both...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
04-30-24, 01:06 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 729
Posted By firebird854

I made a printable cue sheet generator for cycling climbs on your route/race!

Hi cyclists!

I just finished putting together a completely free tool that gives you the ability to import a GPX file of a route you’re planning on cycling, automatically extract all of the climbs,...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
02-20-24, 02:43 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 576
Posted By firebird854

Thanks for the feedback! White is simply the...

Thanks for the feedback!
White is simply the road color for the default map under the surface overlay, if a road doesn't get a coloring from the overlay, it means there is no data in OpenStreet map...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
02-20-24, 01:52 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 576
Posted By firebird854

Glad I could help! Same situation in my area,...

Glad I could help! Same situation in my area, Wisconsin... I have to drive 3 hours in any direction to find gravel.

I'm also adding more overlays too, I'm working on adding Strava's heatmap, an...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
02-20-24, 01:36 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 576
Posted By firebird854

This is why I'm using AI to help with this...

This is why I'm using AI to help with this mission. I've just finished building one heck of a work station so I can more easily pull satellite images of roads with no classification and classify...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
02-20-24, 01:32 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 576
Posted By firebird854

Good question, frankly, I compile a variety of...

Good question, frankly, I compile a variety of terms into the different "surface" types, as Open Street Map datasets allow users to manually enter any type they desire. Paved = Asphalt, Concrete,...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
02-20-24, 11:45 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 576
Posted By firebird854

I made a map that shows all of the paved/gravel roads!

Hello,

I'm part of the team of three roommates who've been developing a completely free alternative cycling routing service, similar to Strava's route builder/Kommot/RideWithGPS over the past...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
01-14-24, 09:48 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,722
Posted By firebird854

So kind of you! To address your second...

So kind of you!

To address your second point, my routing profiles are designed to just let you bike on roads that don't disallow bikes and paths that specifically allow bikes. I'd imagine in your...
Forum: Road Cycling
11-24-23, 10:38 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,007
Posted By firebird854

Very nice! Totally understand the sound...

Very nice! Totally understand the sound situation, ours can get pretty noisy why performing the graph network rebuild for the routing systems with new OSM changeset data. If you have any cool ideas...
Forum: Road Cycling
11-24-23, 08:47 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,007
Posted By firebird854

Ah, good point about the bandwidth that Strava...

Ah, good point about the bandwidth that Strava probably has to have to serve all those upload/download requests from their 30 odd million users a month. Our server is cobbled together from used...
Forum: Road Cycling
11-24-23, 08:44 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,007
Posted By firebird854

How cool! I took a stab a few years ago at making...

How cool! I took a stab a few years ago at making my own "zwift" in unreal engine and porting the signals through the phone (similar to Zwift) so it could be used on console. I was a 3d artist before...
Forum: Road Cycling
11-24-23, 08:40 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,007
Posted By firebird854

I mean, I would if they asked! I'm also working...

I mean, I would if they asked! I'm also working on a peer to peer multi-person conference web app for podcasters... not quite the same... but it's not that hard to make webRTC apps. :D
Forum: Road Cycling
11-21-23, 08:10 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,007
Posted By firebird854

Thanks! that was probably after 10 takes... lol ...

Thanks! that was probably after 10 takes... lol

Funny story, I know the mic quality is isn't amazing but, it's wayyy better than what that $10 microphone should give. I actually wrote a python...
Forum: Road Cycling
11-21-23, 08:07 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,007
Posted By firebird854

Funny story, the initial version of this site,...

Funny story, the initial version of this site, with far less features and barely functioning only for the US, did immediately net me an interview with RideWithGPS, unfortunatly it was for a...
Forum: Road Cycling
11-21-23, 08:04 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,007
Posted By firebird854

I SOOO understand, I'm also not a UI guy. I...

I SOOO understand, I'm also not a UI guy. I picked up full stack coding while creating these projects, but never went to deep into html/css/bootstrap/react. I touch theme here and there obviously,...
Forum: Road Cycling
11-21-23, 07:56 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,007
Posted By firebird854

I respectfully disagree. If Strava hadn't...

I respectfully disagree. If Strava hadn't patented their segment racing, I would have replicated it. Moreover, I have React Native iOS and Android apps with navigation that surpass Strava's...
Forum: Road Cycling
11-21-23, 07:45 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,007
Posted By firebird854

Me? These tools used strava's route builder as a...

Me? These tools used strava's route builder as a starting point. I wanted to create routes a bit easier, with weather forecasting, amenity projecting (cafes, public water/bathroom, etc.) Google Map...
Forum: Road Cycling
11-13-23, 09:06 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,007
Posted By firebird854

How odd, I admit, I tested mostly with...

How odd, I admit, I tested mostly with Edge/Chrome, so you've definitely given me more to look into here. Further, if you're willing to send the files that aren't functioning and which page they...
Forum: Road Cycling
11-13-23, 09:04 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,007
Posted By firebird854

Ah, so kind! I would have responded sooner, but I...

Ah, so kind! I would have responded sooner, but I went back to coding and forgot about this post after a few days lol. Also, don't worry about the weather API calls, looks like some glitch caused it...
Forum: Road Cycling
11-06-23, 11:15 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,007
Posted By firebird854

I developed a site that lets you pit your races against yourself or others!

Okay, not strictly "I", my two roommates and I are bike nerds and computer nerds and we code all sorts of cycling projects in our free time. I did most of the functional coding, one of us did some of...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-30-23, 12:25 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,722
Posted By firebird854

This is quite doable, in fact, the next upgrade...

This is quite doable, in fact, the next upgrade I'm working on are additional grade options displayed by the graph. I have a nice, working, approach that lets you select a portion of the graph and it...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-29-23, 08:07 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,722
Posted By firebird854

So, I've been meaning to add an option that adds...

So, I've been meaning to add an option that adds a quick right-click and update for the surface type. However, it does already kind of exist, by navigating to the Open Street Map site, individuals...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-29-23, 08:04 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,722
Posted By firebird854

Great note about safari, I just fixed a couple of...

Great note about safari, I just fixed a couple of issues which allowed it to function on Firefox, happy to get to Safari next, Also, we'd love to make a mobile app! It'll work a ton better on mobile...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-29-23, 08:02 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,722
Posted By firebird854

I admit, I only had the budget to pull images...

I admit, I only had the budget to pull images across North America of roads to train my AI on (to be fair, we have the most amount of unclassified roads), I'm working on improving it however, if I...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-26-23, 08:41 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,722
Posted By firebird854

Hmm, I've never thought of this, I'd have to find...

Hmm, I've never thought of this, I'd have to find a bunch of images of those situations and classify them myself as "passible" but it's possible! It wouldn't be easy to implement, but who knows... I...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-26-23, 07:12 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,722
Posted By firebird854

YESSS! that took months to program and implement,...

YESSS! that took months to program and implement, I plan on making it much more accurate too! It uses 2 Pytorch Resnet 50 Neural Network classifiers, one to see if there is a road in the picture...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-26-23, 06:17 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,722
Posted By firebird854

Currently, I run a query to the OSM database that...

Currently, I run a query to the OSM database that will grab a parking spot within the view that meets any of the following criteria:
amenity='parking'
OR (leisure='parking_space' )
...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-26-23, 06:13 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,722
Posted By firebird854

That's a solid idea... honestly, I've been...

That's a solid idea... honestly, I've been meaning to add it to the graph too so you can hover over and see the gradient on that point of the graph. At the moment, I have a linetype that displays...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-26-23, 04:28 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,722
Posted By firebird854

I wish I could manage on paper maps... I'd get so...

I wish I could manage on paper maps... I'd get so lost!
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
07-26-23, 04:11 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,722
Posted By firebird854

Massive Update To The New Cycling Route Creation App I've Been Developing!

I'm back! With a huge update and overhaul to the site myself and my roommates have been building in our free time which is dedicated to making the best possible cycling routes!

The site is...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-09-23, 02:43 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,758
Posted By firebird854

Fascinating! To my knowledge, most of these...

Fascinating! To my knowledge, most of these groups are using the same underlying dataset for the routing that we use, which is simply https://www.openstreetmap.org/. Some of these groups, such as...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-08-23, 04:17 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,758
Posted By firebird854

You just made my day! (I was just struggling with...

You just made my day! (I was just struggling with a water bladder in a frame bag that just exploded sticky Gatorade everywhere, so I kind of needed that) If you have any suggestions, feedback, or...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-08-23, 02:36 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,758
Posted By firebird854

I have good news to anyone attempting to access...

I have good news to anyone attempting to access the site and having an issue actually creating routes, I redid how all the backend logic works and got everything running smoothly on port 443! So, it...
Forum: General Cycling Discussion
06-07-23, 09:19 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 1,758
Posted By firebird854

The cors error seems to be more a catch-all than...

The cors error seems to be more a catch-all than a real diagnostic, I actually receive the same errors if I access this on my work computer. As my current setup clearly causes some type of security...
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