Part two of our Meet the Team series and it’s VeloViewer Director Anna Lowe who is in the spotlight. Here she shares an insight into her role at VeloViewer (VV) and how she keeps a healthy work/life balance.
Meet the Team Series – Part 1
Our Meet the Team series introduces the VeloViewer team with insights into their
involvement in the business operations and what makes them tick when it comes to activity.
Here we introduce Rachel Davison our Office Manager at VeloViewer HQ.
Update to Detailed VeloViewer Explorer Tile Ticking
A post at the geekier end of the spectrum as a couple of small changes to the VeloViewer Explorer Tile calculations are rolled out to fine tune some of those edge-case scenarios where tiles might have been missed. One key area was addressing the very rare occasions where your GPS device didn’t record a point in the required spot as your route crossed the very corner of a tile – the good news is this should now be sorted.
Cycling Sheffield set the pace for the 2024 season
Double celebrations for Elite Development Team Cycling Sheffield last week with the 2024 team launch at Sheffield’s Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC), and rider Jack Hartley winning the opening race of the season.
VeloViewer year wrapped 2023
It’s that time of year again – we are so excited to see people creating & sharing their own VeloViewer year wrapped!
I’ve enjoyed playing around with the new colour ways and think I’ve found my favourite. Great to see so many people staying faithful to the original VV black & red too.
If you haven’t already, you can take a look at the new-look VeloViewer year wrapped here.
Race Recon with Remco
One of our 2023 highlights – the legend that is Remco Evenepoel showing us how the pro riders use the VeloViewer WorldTour package for race prep.
Four glorious minutes of Remco preparing for the first mountain stage of La Vuelta 2023. Teams highlight the technical sections, intermediate sprints, gradient changes and much more. This info helps riders to identify key strategic attacking opportunities.
VeloViewer Explorer Tile 3D Heatmap in Google Earth
I’ve wanted to produce this view of VeloViewer Explorer Tiles since I first came up with the idea back in 2015 and can only put my lack of action down to being too busy with the professional teams these last few years! Simple idea though: provide a KML output that can be viewed in Google Earth shows a tower for each ticked Explorer Tile with the height representing the number of times the tile has been visited on your travels.
Veloviewer Explorer Tiles – Global Heatmap
When I meet VeloViewer users out and about, the enjoyment of ticking off VeloViewer Explorer Tiles is the most common feedback I get. Since I came up with the idea of Explorer Tiles back in 2015 1000’s of VeloViewer users have been discovering new roads and trails close to where they live and further afield. A global heatmap of the ticked tiles has been on my to-do list since 2015 so it is embarrassing that it has taken so long to make it a reality! But wait no longer.
Bamford Clough, the Steepest Road in the UK (World)?
A new contender for the steepest paved road in the UK (or perhaps even in the world if we’re talking Tarmac road) has reared its head after Bamford Clough recently received a pristine layer of smooth Tarmac up its (unofficial) 36.5 % slopes. A few contenders for the world’s steepest street/road have popped up over recent years looking to topple New Zealand’s Baldwin Street (34.8 %) in Dunedin so will Bamford Clough be a possible contender?
Viewing all of your Strava Photos on VeloViewer
If you are anything like me then looking back at photographs from past adventures brings all of those feelings rushing back. Whether it was of that ludicrous ride where you bit off far more than you could chew (I blame Simon Warren for most of those) or that image of the fantastic cafe stop when chewing was the highlight. With the integration of your Strava photos into VeloViewer you can now browse through all of your exploits on the map or thumbnail view with the added benefit of VeloViewer’s activity filtering to quickly narrow down the photos you want to see.