Nix-Tracks

Earth and Gravel Cycling in Northern Victoria

Planning

Learning to Plan your route and to Navigate using your mobile phone are the gateways to great ride experiences.

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AI Planning

I think planning using AI is the way of the future for bikepacking and cycle touring in backroad areas. AI is the best way to collect, disect, distribute and keep current the mass of information riders need to have fun and stay safe in an area they don’t know.

See this page to try Nix-Tracks AI Planner. This planner is curated. It only has access to a limited set of information. This increases the planner’s accuracy and reduces it giving wrong or invented details. Because of the curation, the AI Planner only provides information on the following routes currently:

  • Earth Rivers and Ironbark – the AI Planner is well trained on the Earth Rivers and Ironbark route.
  • Yellowbelly Track – the AI Planner is not trained on the Yellowbelly Track specifically (yet). However, it is able to answer some questions about rides between locations on the Yellowbelly Track. This is because the ERI route between Echuca and Nagambie is the same as the Yellowbelly Track. The Planner also has information about riding between the ERI route and Tallarook Station (which is the rest of the Yellowbelly Track).

However, as I learn and experiment more I hope to improve the Planner’s operation and include more routes.

Some riders ask about using gpx files to navigate. This page – Navigation with GPX files – explains the basics of navigation on a bike.

The page details one way to navigate using a mobile phone as a starter for those who don’t know. However, there are many other different devices and apps that can be used for gpx file navigation.