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How are they marked? Line through a bike or something?
Do they have bike path alternatives or can I just avoid Germany to make life easier?
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It is only the 313/312 in Pfullingen as far as I can see in Germany and my route goes nowhere near there anyway.
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I’m not talking about tcr banned, but German local authority banned.
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Lets see if I can explain.
Basically Germany has cycle lanes that are mandatory to use, then using the road is illegal. Not using them will not show on the tracker, but using them will be safer and if something happens while you ride on the main road when there is one of the mandatory lanes you will more liable.When not in Towns/villages this means you have a 2 Meter strip running either left or right next to the road. Those are often great because you wont get run over and sometimes have better surface, but sometimes more windy and up/downhill than the road or have tight bends, barriers keeping cars out etc. The problem is to actually see where they start when the village ends. Thats where you have to pay attention if you see the blue sign with the bike. The blue signs with bike and pedestrians basically mean shared sidewalk that is mandatory to use often used in villages.
I took a random maps screenshot, as an example where you would have to cross the road when coming from the right to join the cycle way where the white cars are parked.
Also outside villages speed limit is 100km/h which means you get close passes from cars doing 120. So even if I miss the entry to the separate lane I will often backtrack or go over the grass for my own safety. Drivers get quite annoyed when you don't use them.
The Bike in red circle means no bicycles. Mostly used when theres works going on or the road is to fast.
PBoynton
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Watch out for banned cycling roads in Germany. Pita.