Standard v Curvy routes.
Quote from sniffer on 05.05.2026, 06:56Hi. So I have been trying to use Scenic for around three years now but I'm getting to the point of giving up. I set a route on curvy and ask for no unpaved roads or motorways. Even with the new maps provider I always end up with weird doglegs heading to nowhere and more often than not end up down some single track gravely road with grass growing down the middle. This might be ok if you're on an adventure bike but I'm on a sport tourer. Most of the ride will seem fine until I get that dreaded turn right and I'm doing 15mph trying to keep the bike upright, flinging stones at my radiator.
I recently tried Calimoto to see if it was the same. Set to Winding (not Twisty) all the roads were fine on the trip and no doglegs. When I got home, I used two phones to compare routes between Scenic and Calimoto. I found Scenic set to Standard (adventure) was almost identical to Calimoto Winding. So, my question is, should I be using Standard mode for my rides to avoid these farm tracks and doglegs. I really want to like Scenic but it's getting to the point I dread whats ahead. Even the guy I ride with jokes it’s a good job he has an adventure bike when I'm using Scenic.
Hi. So I have been trying to use Scenic for around three years now but I'm getting to the point of giving up. I set a route on curvy and ask for no unpaved roads or motorways. Even with the new maps provider I always end up with weird doglegs heading to nowhere and more often than not end up down some single track gravely road with grass growing down the middle. This might be ok if you're on an adventure bike but I'm on a sport tourer. Most of the ride will seem fine until I get that dreaded turn right and I'm doing 15mph trying to keep the bike upright, flinging stones at my radiator.
I recently tried Calimoto to see if it was the same. Set to Winding (not Twisty) all the roads were fine on the trip and no doglegs. When I got home, I used two phones to compare routes between Scenic and Calimoto. I found Scenic set to Standard (adventure) was almost identical to Calimoto Winding. So, my question is, should I be using Standard mode for my rides to avoid these farm tracks and doglegs. I really want to like Scenic but it's getting to the point I dread whats ahead. Even the guy I ride with jokes it’s a good job he has an adventure bike when I'm using Scenic.
Quote from Guido on 05.05.2026, 09:13Sorry to hear about your bad experience.
Regarding the doglegs... are these legs already there during planning, or do they appear during navigation? If they appear during navigation, you might have missed a waypoint. If that happens, Scenic relentlessly try to guide you back (which could create U-turns, small loops, etc). Have a look here for more info on how to avoid and how to manually skip waypoints: https://scenic.app/help/detour-behaviour-scenic/
Regarding standard (adventurous) vs curvy... The standard routing has the advantage that it does not add additional waypoints. This will definitely reduce the risk of 'doglegs' if they are appearing during navigation due to a missed via point. With the slider all the way towards adventurous, bigger roads will be avoided in favor of smaller roads. If it gives you winding roads in your area that's great, but this is more a coincidence resulting from the kind of roads in your area I'm guessing, because there is no curviness taken into account with the standard routing.
Sorry to hear about your bad experience.
Regarding the doglegs... are these legs already there during planning, or do they appear during navigation? If they appear during navigation, you might have missed a waypoint. If that happens, Scenic relentlessly try to guide you back (which could create U-turns, small loops, etc). Have a look here for more info on how to avoid and how to manually skip waypoints: https://scenic.app/help/detour-behaviour-scenic/
Regarding standard (adventurous) vs curvy... The standard routing has the advantage that it does not add additional waypoints. This will definitely reduce the risk of 'doglegs' if they are appearing during navigation due to a missed via point. With the slider all the way towards adventurous, bigger roads will be avoided in favor of smaller roads. If it gives you winding roads in your area that's great, but this is more a coincidence resulting from the kind of roads in your area I'm guessing, because there is no curviness taken into account with the standard routing.
