Finding public created routes

[Andrew William Jones]

Good morning

How do I find other users routes that are public but not created Experts. I live in South Lincolnshire and I am looking for routes to enjoy

Thanks

[Nick Carthew]

@Andrew-William-Jones Can I ask what’s wrong with the RouteXpert routes?
You don’t have to use a RouteXpert route in its entirety, you can adjust it to suit your needs.

[Kenny Thierens]

@Andrew-William-Jones On Facebook I have found a few groups who are also active on MRA. These are a few (mainly Belgian) groups with a lot of routes. I'm sure there are a few British groups too.
Otherwise download gpx files of your region on the web.

[Con Hennekens]

@Nick-Carthew said in Finding public created routes:

Can I ask what’s wrong with the RouteXpert routes?

Sometimes there just aren't many in the region

@Andrew-William-Jones said in Finding public created routes:

How do I find other users routes that are public but not created Experts.

There is no method of searching for them. Public routes can be shared by the maker, through hyperlinks or embedded in their own website. Like @Kenny-Thierens explains, it is a good idea to look for some MRA groups. Within a group you can browse through routes published in that group.

[Bart De Medts]

In the past, you could see everyone's routes (at least the public ones) in the MRA library. That hasn't been possible for years now... perhaps a bit of a loss. Of course, there was also a lot of junk among them, but a user library alongside an expert library wouldn't be a bad idea.

[Kenny Thierens]

@Bart-De-Medts that would be very nice indeed.
Or a seperate forum topic for users who want to share their public routes/tracks. Possibly subdivided into country and region.

[Con Hennekens]

@Kenny-Thierens said in Finding public created routes:

Or a seperate forum topic for users who want to share their public routes/tracks. Possibly subdivided into country and region.

I think it is much more clever for sharing them in groups for each country or region. But instead of everyone creating their own groups for that purpose, to have some officially MRA maintained groups per region.

As far as the library map goes, it would perhaps be sensible to be able to switch user-routes on/off. But keep in mind that the concept of Xpert routes was thought up to guarantee some quality standard, which in the start-up fase, like @Bart-De-Medts described, was far from met for the user-routes.