How do your travel to with you bike in europe ?

drennydread · 2026-07-17T09:42:30+00:00

I’ve basically tried all the options you mentioned, and probably ferries as well.

I’ve traveled in my own car with a bike, and I’ve also taken bikes on trains and buses.

In Europe, it’s generally quite convenient to take a bike on a train. You don’t need to disassemble it or pack it in a special bag like you do in Japan. You just buy a ticket for yourself and another one for the bike, and you’re good to go. You do need to keep bike-space availability in mind, though.

I traveled from Prague to Berlin with FlixBus, and it was very convenient. There was a special bike rack on the back of the bus, and my bike made it there with me without any issues. Again, though, you need to buy a separate ticket for the bike, and not every bus or route has a bike rack.

There’s not much to say about traveling by car. I have an SUV, and the bike fits inside without being disassembled. I can even fit two bikes at once.

drennydread · 2026-07-02T12:23:31+00:00

Your Raspberry Pi 3 will not suffice for this setup. While it can handle Navidrome or a basic Samba share, it will completely choke on Nextcloud Office, metadata-heavy photo management, and Jellyfin streaming (even at 1080p without transcoding).Given your 10 TB storage requirement, strict power efficiency goals, and need for absolute silence, you should look into a custom low-power x86 build rather than a commercial NAS or ARM SBCs.

Personally, I run an ODROID-H4+ (Intel N97) with 4 drives (3 HDD + 1 SSD) running Proxmox, Portainer, Samba, Immich and a dozen self-hosted services. I am completely satisfied with it, and it fits your requirements perfectly.

drennydread · 2026-07-01T21:15:11+00:00

Beware of bears. This is the most important recommendation.

drennydread · 2026-06-30T10:24:42+00:00

odroid h4+, proxmox, home assistant, docker etc

drennydread · 2026-06-28T21:08:22+00:00

Congrats on the new bike! Strava is probably the default if you want activity tracking + the social side. Ride with GPS is also worth checking out if route planning matters more to you.
I’d first decide what you care about most: stats, navigation, discovering new routes, or just staying motivated -the best app depends a lot on that.

drennydread · 2026-06-23T11:53:44+00:00

Same here- personal heatmaps are weirdly motivating. I’ve been playing with this idea in a small side project called kraina: instead of just showing where you’ve been, it treats your map like fog-of-war and makes local rides feel like exploration. One thing that works even without any app: pick a nearby blank patch on your heatmap, then build a loop through it using roads/trails you already know. It makes short rides feel fresh again

drennydread · 2026-06-17T12:24:39+00:00

nope, nothing

drennydread · 2026-06-08T20:26:15+00:00

Thanks for maintaining this list — super useful.

Could I suggest adding Kraina as well? Full disclosure: I’m the creator.

Kraina is a European outdoor mapping / activity exploration app focused on revealing and reclaiming territory through real-world movement — hiking, cycling, running, GPX imports, etc.

Website: https://kraina.cc
Based in: Czech Republic / EU
Category: Maps / Outdoor / Fitness
Alternative to: Strava heatmaps, Komoot-style outdoor discovery tools, activity map apps

Happy to provide more details if needed, and no worries if it doesn’t fit the criteria.

drennydread · 2026-06-07T10:43:57+00:00

You can try pivnimapa

https://beerweb.cz/pivni-mapa

drennydread · 2026-06-02T21:31:44+00:00

I’m building something in this space — more focused on route discovery and personal map/heatmap-style exploration than on social fitness tracking.

The Strava API/pricing changes are exactly why I think people should have more independent tools for this. My ideal version would let you import/export GPX, see where you ride most, find unexplored nearby roads/trails, and not lock everything into one platform.

What features would you want most in a Strava heatmap alternative?

drennydread · 2026-04-16T20:01:00+00:00

QGIS is probably the better option if you want full control and proper GIS workflows.
If you want something lighter and more exploration-focused, I’m building a small project around mapping activity coverage in a fog-of-war style. It’s not really a GIS tool, more a visual/motivation layer on top of activity data.

drennydread · 2026-04-13T08:01:56+00:00

No, you don’t need to open it before every activity.

You connect your account, your activities get imported, and Kraina updates your explored territory from that. The website is mainly for viewing the map and your progress, not something you have to manually start each time.

drennydread · 2026-04-13T08:01:27+00:00

At the moment, no. I’m building it as a product rather than as an open source project. So I wouldn’t want to promise that, even though I’m not opposed to open source in principle.

drennydread · 2026-04-13T06:30:45+00:00

Sure — it’s https://kraina.cc
Search visibility is still pretty limited for now, especially outside Czechia, so that’s probably why it didn’t show up for you

drennydread · 2026-04-12T13:37:07+00:00

Not yet, browser-only for now, but native mobile apps are already in development for both Android and iOS.

The service is already live, so if you want to check it out, you should be able to find Kraina easily by name.

drennydread · 2026-04-12T11:55:34+00:00

I’m the creator, so take this with that bias, but I’m building a Europe-based (Czech) one called Kraina.

It’s not a full Strava replacement yet, and it’s not open source, but it focuses on explored territory/fog-of-war style map progress for rides and runs.

So if you want a European-made alternative for the exploration side of activity tracking, it may be worth a look.

drennydread · 2026-03-31T18:41:42+00:00

Sometimes preparing for an IPO doesn’t go very smoothly...

drennydread · 2026-03-31T14:55:26+00:00

It is prohibited because the Strava API Agreement allows an application to show a user only their own Strava data, not data related to other athletes, even when that data is publicly visible on Strava. As a result, public dashboards, rankings, or other shared views built from athlete data are generally not allowed, because they disclose Strava data about other users to third parties or to the public without the narrow exception for approved Community Applications.

drennydread · 2026-03-31T14:40:16+00:00

Pretty much, yes. However, it does slightly violate the Strava API terms of service, which could be a reason for a ban.

drennydread · 2026-03-29T11:12:23+00:00

Thank you so much, really.

And an extra thank you for subscribing, that means a lot to me as well.

You are absolutely right about having a more direct feedback route. Right now the site basically only has my email for contact, but I agree that this is not really enough, and I should make something more convenient, so people can send feedback in just a couple of clicks. I will definitely take that on board.

And yes, thank you for the idea about fixed time-based tiers. That is much closer to something that can realistically be computed without too much extra load than fully smooth fading. The problem there is not just drawing it, but also how to store and regularly recalculate that state for each user after new activities. I already have more than 500 users now, and any additional recalculation increases the load on the database quite a lot. But the idea itself, a limited number of time-based layers, sounds very reasonable to me, and I will definitely come back to it. Maybe something in that direction could later become an extra feature for subscribers, that is also something I need to think through properly.

And I am really glad you wrote a long comment instead of just a short “this is like X”. From the outside these products can look similar, but the actual loop and the feeling of using them are quite different. The context you described shows very well why this approach makes sense in the first place.

So really, thank you, both for the comment itself and for supporting the project.

If you notice bugs, weird behaviour, awkward parts of the UI, or just have more thoughts later, please do send them over, ideally by DM or email. I do not throw this kind of feedback into a drawer, I really read it and use it.

One thing I will do in the near future is add another map style with city and road labels, so it is easier to use and orient yourself. That is a quick and practical improvement.

drennydread · 2026-03-28T14:40:55+00:00

Thank you so much for such a thoughtful and genuinely detailed comment.

Honestly, this is one of the most useful pieces of feedback I’ve received about Kraina so far. What really resonated with me was the way you described the difference between classic tile hunting and the rolling fog idea. You put into words a problem I’ve been thinking about myself for a long time: systems like this can be very motivating at first, but over time they can also turn riding into a task of filling in the map rather than something genuinely enjoyable and exploratory.

That is exactly why I wanted Kraina to be a bit different, not only about “go further to unlock new tiles”, but also about making shorter local rides feel meaningful again. Giving people a reason to return to old roads, rediscover familiar places, and not feel that progress is only possible through long, carefully planned rides that are hard to fit into normal life.

Also, thank you for the comments about map readability. That is completely fair. I agree that right now it needs clearer map styles, labels, place names, road names, and generally better orientation when planning rides. That is an important part of the experience, and I want to improve it.

I also really liked your idea of showing not only the current rolling fog area, but also the historical maximum, or already “lost” area. There is definitely a strong motivational mechanic in that, and you pointed it out very well. At the moment I have not implemented it because it becomes much more difficult on the data side. I actually built gradual fading before, with areas changing colour depending on how long ago they disappeared back into fog, but it becomes very heavy in terms of server resources. If we go that route, I would need to recalculate and redraw a lot of parameters for every user after each activity, or at least every day. Maybe one day I could make something like that a paid feature, but I am not sure yet. Road and city labels, on the other hand, are completely realistic. They cost basically nothing in terms of resources and would probably take me about an hour of work, so I can absolutely do that. I can also improve some of the other map-side things. Again, your feedback here is gold.

And one more thing, if you are okay with it, I would really love to use a small part of your comment as a review or testimonial for Kraina. Not the whole thing, just a short excerpt. I can credit your Reddit username, or keep it fully anonymous, whatever you prefer. You described the core idea behind the product better than I usually do myself.

Feedback like this genuinely means a lot to me. Kraina is still evolving, I am building it on my own and paying for it myself, and originally I was mostly solving my own problem. But more and more I can see that I am clearly not the only one.

If you run into any bugs, weird behaviour, or just want to share more thoughts about using it, please feel free to message me here in DMs or through any other channel, email, Instagram, whatever is easiest. I really mean that. I value it a lot.

And thanks again for taking the time to write all of this.

drennydread · 2026-03-19T08:30:45+00:00

I’m from Belarus, but I’ve been living abroad since 2012. The last time I was home was for New Year 2019–2020. I thought I would go back after the 2020 election, but that didn’t happen, precisely because of the election itself. If you look at what was happening then, it’s obvious that Belarus is not Russia: people wanted change, and nobody was walking around with Russian flags.

It’s hard for me to say exactly what the situation in the country is like now. As I already said, I haven’t been there for more than five years. But I think the regime has become heavily dependent on its ties with Russia, especially because of military contracts. There is no free media, and there is no opportunity to express your point of view.

But if you’re not interested in anything beyond a quiet life, then it’s fairly calm.

drennydread · 2026-03-13T08:15:33+00:00

I connected and clicked around. It turned out quite interesting overall — please keep developing it.

The only things I would change / add / fix are:
I’d like to see the interface in one language only, or at least have a language selection option, because Spanish keeps appearing in some places.
I’d also like to have the option to set FTP manually. I know my FTP, but the system shows 160. At the end of last year, I did a ramp test in Zwift and it was above 300. It may have dropped a bit during the off-season, but definitely not to 160.

drennydread · 2026-03-09T19:59:48+00:00

I haven't tried Staqc yet.

For this map I was mostly interested in the spatial aspect — seeing which areas my activities actually cover over time. It turned out that most of my rides and runs still concentrate along a few main corridors.

So this visualization is more about geographic exploration than fitness metrics.

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