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Hallo! Anyone knows, where I can buy good cycling maps(guides) in London?
I'm interesting in Germany, Holland and Belgium cycling maps .
I found some maps here http://www.sustransshop.co.uk/index.php , are they good maps? Thank you in advance |
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Hallo! Anyone knows, where I can buy good cycling maps(guides) in London?
"klimek" wrote in message oups.com... I'm interesting in Germany, Holland and Belgium cycling maps . I found some maps here http://www.sustransshop.co.uk/index.php , are they good maps? They are not very good at all. They lack detail. You can't beat going into a well stocked shop and eyeballing the maps for yourself. As for a place in London...how about Foyles? The better ranches of bookshop chains normally have a good range of maps - at least the ones in Leeds do. |
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Hallo! Anyone knows, where I can buy good cycling maps(guides) in London?
"klimek" wrote in message oups.com... I'm interesting in Germany, Holland and Belgium cycling maps . I found some maps here http://www.sustransshop.co.uk/index.php , are they good maps? Thank you in advance Sustrans deal only ( or mainly) in UK maps and many of those are directly tied to the Sustrans routes which wander all over the place in their efforts to avoid roads! If you want to buy on Net I suggest you have a look at www.Stanfords.co.uk who are very good. But as Vernon says above it is best to go and have a look at what you are buying in a real shop. I have bought from Amazon occasionally but they sometimes take an age to deliver and have let me down on a few occasions. But they aren't very "map orientated"! You can also look at www.esterbauer.com for a whole range of cycling specific maps and guides covering much of Europe but the site is in German! And I don't think that they actually sell from there when I think about t -- but you get a good idea of the sort of detail available. -- Trevor A Panther In South Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. www.tapan.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk |
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Hallo! Anyone knows, where I can buy good cycling maps(guides)in London?
klimek wrote:
I'm interesting in Germany, Holland and Belgium cycling maps . I found some maps here http://www.sustransshop.co.uk/index.php , are they good maps? Thank you in advance Not really sure what criteria makes a good cycling map. In germany I have ADAC maps (equivalent of AA), which clearly identify cyclepaths, footpaths, including the national and European route numbers. In Holland, I used to use Falk (or is it Valk?), which were very similar. Both the above are 'the standard' maps locally... ie walk into any bookstore, tourist info, ADAC shop etc and that's what you'll see. ADAC has key in German, English and French. The Dutch ones I cant remember. Belgium? I'd guess they have the Valk/Falk ones too. -- AndyM. |
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Hallo! Anyone knows, where I can buy good cycling maps(guides) in London?
"Pinky" wrote in message . uk... If you want to buy on Net I suggest you have a look at www.Stanfords.co.uk who are very good. But as Vernon says above it is best to go and have a look at what you are buying in a real shop. Also try this shop... http://www.mapstore.co.uk/ |
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Hallo! Anyone knows, where I can buy good cycling maps(guides) in London?
"vernon" wrote in message ... "klimek" wrote in message oups.com... I'm interesting in Germany, Holland and Belgium cycling maps . I found some maps here http://www.sustransshop.co.uk/index.php , are they good maps? They are not very good at all. They lack detail. You can't beat going into a well stocked shop and eyeballing the maps for yourself. As for a place in London...how about Foyles? The better ranches of bookshop chains normally have a good range of maps - at least the ones in Leeds do. I'll expand upon my previous answer, The original poster's link leads to the generic index of Sustrans maps. Sustrans maps of the NCN routes are very good providing one does not stray off the strips surrounding the route The maps for Germany, Holland and Belgium are dire and are not created byor for Sustrans. Last year I looked at the French one in a book shop with a view of using it for a Channel to Med ride - it was totally useless. There was insufficient detail off route for it to be useful. The amount of on-route info was barely useable . To make sure that it wasn't an aberration I looked at the Begian and Dutch maps and they too were devoid of useful infomation. |
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Hallo! Anyone knows, where I can buy good cycling maps(guides)in London?
klimek wrote:
I'm interesting in Germany, Holland and Belgium cycling maps . I found some maps here http://www.sustransshop.co.uk/index.php , are they good maps? Thank you in advance Just got a new ADFC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Fahrrad-Club) map. Covers the local area in Germany, with all the cycle routes, indicating all the local, regional and European route numbers (both cycle and walking routes), and ADFC's own recommended tours. Better still, being a 'cycling' map, the point-to-point distance markers are all for the cycle/walking routes, as are the single/double arrows indicating steepness of hills. Even indicates danger spots where a cycle track has to briefly share a busy road. http://www.adfc.de (all in German, and the online shop is totally rubbish!) They are made by Meki afaict. This is the one I have... http://www.meki-landkarten.de/produk...ten_da-di.html -- AndyM. |
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The best advice is really to wait until you arrive in the country and buy the maps there. They are cheaper. We have written some information about on free maps about cycling in German on our blog site: http://europeancycling.blogspot.com. Last edited by Bergstrasse Biker : May 7th 06 at 07:03 PM. |
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