Hey Product Hunters! I made a webapp called Velo List that helps you find the perfect destination for your European cycling holiday. 🤔 The problem The problem is that it is pretty hard to find the perfect place for cycling depending on what type of holiday you want. Imagine you are going on a holiday to Europe and you want to get some rides in while you’re away. You google “cycling destinations Italy” and get suggestions for small towns in the Alps that have amazing cycling but your partner has to wait at the one pizzeria in the town square while you’re out living your best life. Or you want to go on a cycling-centric trip but you have to sort through all of the cycling websites with “10 best destinations”, and the random recommendations from your uncle’s friend who went there 10 years ago. There are too many destinations that could work, and the information about them is fragmented – is the cycling actually good? What about the restaurants, what else is there to do? How do you compare the destinations against each other? 💡 The solution I made an app that captures as many cities as possible and scored them based on the quality of 🏔️ the climbing, 🍽️ the restaurants, and 🗺️ the (non-cycling) things to do. You can scale how important these factors are to you – and the app will show you the cities that best match your preferences. You can also explore Strava segments for each city on the map, so you can see if the local climbs pique your interest. I have already found some cities that look amazing that I have never seen on cycling websites or been recommended by others. 🚀 What’s next I want to: 🌍 Add more countries: right now I have only scored cities in France, Spain, and Italy. There are lots of others to add 🏙️ Add more cities: I narrowed the city search based on which places had a lot of climbing, so there are no scores for cities that are mostly flat. I know that there is lots of amazing scenic riding to capture – I’m open to suggestions for how to do this! 🔧 Improve the city cards: I would love for the city cards to include more information about things to do, places to stay, and top restaurants in the area ✍️ User interaction: soon users will be able to add their own scores to places they have been and tag places they want to go, which will improve the recommendations and help everyone find the best cities to visit 💬 Other things to know This is my first ever project. I built it using the Django framework – but all of the code was written by ChatGPT, which I pieced together using a lot of trial and error. I made this app as something to do while my wife was pregnant with our twin boys. They arrived at the end of last year and life has been crazy since, so I haven’t been able to build out everything I wanted (I got so close to finishing the user interaction piece, but didn’t quite make it). I learned a lot making this project, and I know it’s not perfect, but I wanted to share with others to see if it’s something that people want to use. I would love to hear any feedback you have!

Velo List

Helping you find the best cycling holiday destinations

Helping you find the best cycling holiday destinations