BIKEMONKEY

It’s hard to write about the new bicycling tool at Google maps without prefacing the term ”bicycle route finder” with such adjectives as “amazing,” “cool,” or “way cool,” but I’ll try.

Sweepstakes

First, Google maps made the official announcement of the biking directions tool with a Google Share Your Ride Sweepstakes complete with a $2,500 voucher for American Cyclery. Win by simply posting links your routes to Twitter.

Here’s what Google says about the project at The Official Google blog and the Google LatLong blog…..