routes library

• Here is a library of Western Wheeler route sheets and GPS map files
• If you’re interested in being the club's ”Routes Curator” to collect, organize and maintain a set of routes for use by the club’s ride leaders, please contact the Ride Chair.

route planning

• Google Maps…
• • Street View movies, stitches together Street View images along a route
  • Perfilderuta elevation profiles with live elevation & gradient readouts
• RideWithGPS, can switch on the fly between Google and Open Street Maps, must login with free account to create routes
• Strava Global Heat Map, useful for seeing popular cycling routes
• BikeRouteToaster, can switch on the fly between Google and Open Street Maps, login not required to create routes
• MapMyRide, displays ads to unregistered visitors
• Public water fountains in the Bay Area
• Altimeter comparison spreadsheet (right-/control-click to download)—data collected from Calfornia Triple Crown riders since the 1990's

weather…

• …along route…
  • Forecast.io (mobile-app-like web page, supercedes Dark Sky)
  • The Weather Channel
  • Weather Underground
• KPIX hi-def doppler radar
• Wind forecast
• Fog forecast animated model
• Wind Chill Calculator—How cold does the air feel at biking speed?

emergencies & traffic law

• non-911 emergency numbers for Santa Clara County and San Mateo County towns and unincorporated areas, for your cell phone address book: closer and therefore faster-responding than calling 911 from a cell phone
• reporting a non-injury incident…
  1. Stay calm, get the vehicle license if possible & relevant
  2. If you have the vehicle’s license number and description, call 1-800-TELL-CHP to report it to the CHP.
• reporting injury accidents/property damage…
  • League of American Bicyclists form
  • Instructions for the form (although it’s mostly self-explanatory)
• CA bike law on Wikipedia