Any rides for beginners?

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That is all I have to say on the matter.

orly?

(fwiw, I've used ridewithgps to plot and plan routes, combined with a basic maphoder from njs.

hipster

Until I got a Garmin for Christmas I'd successfully plotted and navigated routes of up to and over 100 miles with this sort of thing:

wanted to post a pic of Matheus' 5 metre long map of google maps printed onto many A4 sheets and sellotaped together. couldn't find it.