[BHV] maps of favorite routes

Tue Sep 25 09:29:18 EDT 2007

I have some routes on my web site, but I also have many routes (maps, cue 
sheets, elevation charts) that I have prepared for the annual Southern Tier 
Tandem Rally over the years.

Of course, all of these routes begin and end at the tandem shop:)

Off to Vegas for Interbike in 3 hours, back in three days.
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Rich Shapiro    Gear-To-Go Tandems
850 W. Clinton St.   Elmira, NY  14905    607-732-4859

http://www.gtgtandems.com
Rich at gtgtandems.com

Southern Tier Tandem Rally     August 22-24, 2008
http://www.gtgtandems.com/sttr.html

Tandem Tours:
http://www.gtgtandems.com/tours.html

Santana, Calfee, Burley, Co-Motion, Cannondale, Rans test rides by
appointment
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kingsbury's Cyclery" <kcyclery at stny.rr.com>
To: "Big Horn Velo Cycling Club, Elmira, NY" <bhv at icycle.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 9:12 AM
Subject: Re: [BHV] maps of favorite routes

> Ask Rich Shapiro how he did his maps. On his website he offers several 
> local
> rides  http://www.gtgtandems.com/cuesheets.html
>
> PK
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kent Goben" <KGoben at co.chemung.ny.us>
> To: "Big Horn Velo Cycling Club, Elmira, NY" <bhv at icycle.org>
> Cc: <jimarey at stny.rr.com>; "Linda Couchon" <lwc4 at cornell.edu>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:49 AM
> Subject: Re: [BHV] maps of favorite routes
>
>
>> Bill,
>> Do you have any idea where some of those maps are that were done in the
>> past?
>> We discussed going to the internet initially instead of doing the hard
>> copies because:
>> 1.  MOre people go to the internet now days than in the past to find
>> information.  Having these maps on the internet (with a hit counter) will
>> probably be a more efficient way for people to find them.
>> 2.  If we set it up in a way that you can see each route seperately, and
>> combined, on the internet, we may be able to put a much larger variety of
>> routes than just on paper.
>> 3.  I personally would like to see where you can pull up each route
>> individually and get the route, elevation, and other information about 
>> the
>> route than we could probably put onto the paper.
>> 4.  This will be a goal for the 2007-2008 committee.
>> 5.  Our goal is to also link to a larger variety of web sites (chamber of
>> commerce, tourism groups, bed and breakfast groups, etc.) and end up
>> promoting to them that we could create the maps (someway in contradiction
>> to what I just said) in a hard copy form or a variety of hard copy forms
>> (maps for hiking, map for cross country skiing, map for cycling, etc.) 
>> and
>> have them provide the funding to do it.
>>
>> We should also have the expertise of Mike at ECTC to create the
>> maps/website to some extent, but would also probably need some volunteer
>> web casters to extend this.
>> This may not be perfect, but at the least it is a step in the right
>> direction to get it started.
>> It would be great if we already have some of the maps that our riders
>> already have, and the maps that your committee already has developed.
>> .
>>
>>
>>
>> To: "Big Horn Velo Cycling Club, Elmira, NY" <bhv at icycle.org>
>> From: William Lodico <wlodico at stny.rr.com>
>> Sent by: bhv-bounces at icycle.org
>> Date: 09/24/2007 08:09PM
>> Subject: Re: [BHV] maps of favorite routes
>>
>> Kent,
>>
>> At BACPAC*'S predecessor, there was talk of putting together maps for
>> the Schuyler, Chemung, Steuben a couple of years ago.  A fairly
>> large, well informed group of us spent several hours   marking up
>> some large county maps, and we actually got a pretty fair start on
>> the project although there was clearly quite a lot more work to do.
>>
>> When we saw the amount of volunteer work that was going to be
>> involved, we asked for a commitment from government transportation
>> liaisons that there would be money and other resources available so
>> that we could publish a high quality map.  I believe that I broached
>> the topic at least once during last year's BACPAC meetings.  Although
>> there was assurance that that sort of commitment could be obtained,
>> to the best of my knowledge it has not yet been obtained.
>>
>> I frankly think we get should strive to get that commitment, not just
>> in money but in expertise with assurances that what we will wind up
>> with will be worth the effort, before committing the necessary
>> volunteer time and effort toward the worthy goal you suggest.
>>
>> Bill
>>
>> *for those wondering, BACPAC is our acronym for the Chemung/Schuyler/
>> Steuben Bicycle Advisory Committee/Pedestrian Advisory Committee.  If
>> you are interested in joining Kent and me as BHV representatives on
>> this committee, let me know.
>>
>> On Sep 24, 2007, at 9:20 AM, Kent Goben wrote:
>>
>> I was at the BACPAC meeting last Friday.  It was a very interesting
>> meeting.  One of the points that was made is that there does not seem
>> to be
>> a way to find some of the best bicycle routes (road and trail, hiking,
>> etc.) for visitors, new riders, someone wanting to try something
>> new.  One
>> person said that he frequently took his bike up to Rochester because
>> he had
>> maps on where to ride.  His comment was that there goes the money that I
>> could be spending in the Southern Tier instead.
>> So, to make a long story short, we started a new sub committee.  We are
>> going to try and develop a web page that will list routes,
>> elevations, etc.
>> for the average and higher rider.
>> So, those of you that have the computers that would be able to send
>> us some
>> of the maps in our area, this would be a start.  We have a meeting
>> scheduled for October 19 to start organizing ideas.
>> If there is anyone else that would like to be a part of this group, we
>> would surely appreciate the expertise.Kent
>>
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