[DVBC] ride routes

Wed Apr 9 18:45:14 EDT 2008

Dave,  It sounds like you know more about this than I do.  I am familiar with mapping rides on Bikely but know little about how to transfer info to our website.  There seams to be a lot of oposition to Bikely but it is extremely easy to use and will not cost the club anything.  I already have the Art Museum ride logged in bikely and I have the Q sheet for the Bonkers Metric. I could start a page for that. IF we get a few others that could be our trial group. I'm open to any other suggestions though!   Tom

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From: Dave Hartrum <dhartrum at mac.com> 

> It would be hard to equal the easy and flexibility available in creating routes 
> with Bikely. 
> That being said there is no reason we can't have a committee to create the 
> routes on Bikely. 
> >From Bikely we can extract a PDF cue sheet that can reside and be downloaded 
> from our own web page. 
> There can also be a PDF version of the overall route map for download. 
> There could then be a secondary link that will take you to Bikely from our web 
> site if you need to use the live interactive route map. 
> In any case the start point would be our DVBC web site with title listing of 
> rides and possibly a link that takes you to that route on Bikely. 
> 
> How about if the committee puts up a few trial routes working with our DVBC 
> website designer and then get member feedback on how best to continue on? 
> 
> It would also be interesting to see if there is anyway to have Bikely link back 
> to our DVBC site if someone does a search for routes in our area. 
> Essentially what Google does with sponsor links from search result pages. 
> 
> ---------------- 
> Dave Hartrum 
> dhartrum at mac.com 
> 
> 
> On Tuesday, April 08, 2008, at 08:24AM, "Drew Knox" wrote: 
> >If the goal is to help the club, then putting our club's ride leaders' 
> >routes on Bikely is not the best way to go. A much better value for the club 
> >would be making and posting cue sheets on the club website. Posting on 
> >DVBC would provide a unique value proposition that attracts interested 
> >riders to the club's primary public interface which in turn helps boost 
> >regular ride participation and awareness, drive membership, and increase 
> >event attendance. Putting the same information on another website 
> >potentially undermines that unique value that we can offer. 
> > 
> >Creating cue sheets is a good and valuable project. We have 
> >started discussions and are planning a major revision of the club's 
> >website on which cue sheets will have a prominent place. Let's just try to 
> >maximize the return on effort and benefit to the club. 
> > 
> >Drew 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> >On 4/7/08, ira at craftech.com wrote: 
> >> 
> >> Ummm, I think we've got something going here. And we seem to have a 
> >> committee. Do you guys want to set up an in-person meeting along with 
> >> anyone else interested or just discuss it via email. Can anyone answer 
> >> Mike's questions? Maybe talk about it while on a ride, thats my favorite 
> >> place to meet. 
> >> Ira 
> >> 
> >> > Count me in, too. Awhile back I floated the idea of cataloging rides in 
> >> > Topo 
> >> > USA but there wasn'y much response. Does Bikely have enough detail that 
> >> > Topo 
> >> > would offer little or anythin additional? 
> >> > -----Original Message----- 
> >> > From: dvbc-list-bounces at list.dvbc.org 
> >> > [mailto:dvbc-list-bounces at list.dvbc.org]On Behalf Of Dave Hartrum 
> >> > Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 8:26 PM 
> >> > To: dvbc-list at dvbc.org 
> >> > Subject: Re: [DVBC] ride routes 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > I would be willing to work on the Bikely archive of club rides as 
> >> well. 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > Dave Hartrum 
> >> > dhartrum at mac.com 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > On Apr 6, 2008, at 5:38 PM, smitt542 at comcast.net wrote: 
> >> > 
> >> > I would be willing to volunteer for a Bikely project. Do we need a 
> >> > committee? Tom 
> >> > -------------- Original message -------------- 
> >> > From: "Ira Josephs" 
> >> > 
> >> > Just so you all know, I had 6 riders on my CU at Selene ride 
> >> > yesterday. Some in shorts and some with several layers. Mostly it was a 
> >> > little chilly, but when the sun came out it was hot. And we ran in to a 
> >> > group of 40 or 50 that said they were a Tri- clinic from Healthplex. 
> >> > Today, Don and I started out in the rain at 10:30 and saw no one. 
> >> > Went 
> >> > to the Bagel Crust in West Chester and back via 926 and the Bonkers 
> >> Route. 
> >> > By the time we got back the roads were drying and we saw some racer 
> >> types. 
> >> > So, recently, 2 cyclists asked me if I had maps/cues for local 
> >> > rides. 
> >> > I used to have 2 big folders that I was trying to give away for the 
> >> club's 
> >> > use. So does anyone remember getting them from me? 
> >> > I also referred them to my CU ride on Bikely. Does anyone have a 
> >> > list 
> >> > of the rides we have on their? This could be a great resource and a nice 
> >> > project for the new board. 
> >> > Ira 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > From: "Ira Josephs" 
> >> > Date: April 6, 2008 3:00:50 PM EDT 
> >> > To: 
> >> > Subject: [DVBC] ride routes 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > 
> >> > 
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