I like this area a Lot

I'm thrilled that you post about this route. I've never done the full route as presented here but I've cycled almost all of it over the last years and various journeys. The effort required to ride this route is well worth it, the rewards in landscapes, vistas, picturesque villages and good food are plentiful.

The official V86 seems to start at La Canourgue (East to West, downstream). I'm surprised to see it start at Col de Finiels. Beautiful spot but how to get there? Also, I see that the route doesn't detour through Conques. It's unimaginable to ride this route skipping this unique village and historic masterpiece, the roman basilica Sainte Foy, a highlight of the Compostella pilgrimage since the middle age.

There is a choice of train stations to choose from which one could get to the Lot River and, possibly, to the col de Finiels. But the latter is the 2nd highest pass of the Massif Central. With a laden bike, not to underestimate.

2 comments/ suggestions :

1) reach the start of V86 at La Canourgue riding through the magnificent plateau of the Aubrac. There exist a few train stations to choose from which can help one do a good chunk of the elevation gain by train, ride across the vast plateau then do a great downhill to the Lot valley.

2) The V86 downstream can be combined with the V73 Via Allier (which itself can be done after the Loire à vélo) to the region of Langogne (with several possible routes), and other vélo-routes coming from the Rhône valley across Ardèche.

Anyone seeking detailed advice is welcome to contact me.

Montferrier/Lez - Avignon

This route goes through Nîmes, a city with great historic sites from the roman era (arena, "maison carrée"), the "Pont du Gard" (a roman aqueduct, UNESCO great site.

Arriving into Nîmes is not always through the best and scenic places yet it's not very long.

I selected paths using small country roads crossing vineyards into Sommières. This is a nice little town. Then it uses a former railroad cycle way until near Nîmes.

Routing question

Hello,

Just back from a journey in Provence and we followed a route mapped by C.T. We were very surprised to find very steep hills on that route whereas adding 0,5 km (on a 8,8Km C.T route) would have taken us on a flattish road, far from being a busy one.

The provided link shows my preferred road. Suppressing the waypoint will make C.T revert to its original route.

I used CT Web.

Change the landing page of "My" on CT

Hello,

This is a small detail but I find it cumbersome to have to go through 2 clicks/touches to be able to open a saved route.

Why does "Travelogue" get precedence over "Journeys" when I click "My" on the top right corner?

I publish very few travelogues and they are first. Plus those I see aren't travelogues anyway but postings on the forum.

But that's a different question.

This could get a small facelift IMHO.

Thanks.

Problem importing from CT in BikeGPX

Hello,

I use BikePGX, as advised by Richard. I don't understand why importing in BikeGPX from CT dos not work 

Strangely, BikeGPX only imports from url. It does work from other site that offer sharing a route via url, but it doesn't from CT. I have imported successfully to other sites from CT via the copied URL so this is very odd.

I know this is more a BikeGPX question than CT, but there might be a work-around that I haven't found out which could be shared.

Thank you.