Originally Posted by
ksisler
Has anyone tried bike touring based on a AAA Trip Tick? I ordered them up and used them a lot for car trips. They followed the routes I specified and have lots of details on hotels, foods, services, detours, etc. Just curious as I am now getting into bike touring...the AAA format is familar enough to be enticing if they are workable.
Appreciate any insight or experiences.
/K
Years ago I did a triptik through AAA. Basically all I did was walk in give them my AAA card and then told them what I was doing and where I wanted to go. They designed the route to avoid hwys and put me on scenic routes. It worked really well I thought. Those maps to lack info like bike shops but they do list camping areas, and they can mark motels and restaurants. It's been some time since I used it so I can't recall all the details of the way the map was laid out, but the spiral narrow flip style map worked great for use in the handlebar bag. We used AAA a lot when we traveled by car too back in the day, but the routing was different due to using hwys, today by car we just use a GPS.
But today with Google and or ACA you really don't need that for cycling unless you want a supplement for some reason.