Gifts for cyclists: their ride, their sportive or their mountain bike trail as a poster
A cyclist’s gift is judged on one detail: does it show that you know what they ride? A generic bike proves nothing; the track of a ride they actually did proves you looked. For one particular ride — a climb, a bike tour — the route poster draws the GPS track on the map, from a GPX file, their Strava account or our route library, with distance, duration and elevation gain. For a sportive, a dedicated poster puts the climbing, the time, the average speed and the race number up front, with a marker every ten or twenty kilometres. For a mountain bike ride, a separate poster colours the track and the profile by gradient: green under 3 %, then blue, red, and black beyond 12 %. Every print leaves our workshop in the Aveyron, at €19.90 for an A4 or €69.90 for a 70 × 100.
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Personalised route poster — your run, your hike, your trip
The track of one particular ride on the map, from a GPX file exported from their watch or app. Distance, elevation gain and duration are written under the line. For a climb done, a tour ridden, a ride worth keeping.
From €8.90
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Personalised cycling sportive poster — your ride, your climbs, your time
The sportive, on a poster: the event name in big letters, the route on the map, then distance, elevation gain, time, average speed and race number, with the event’s elevation profile along the bottom. For a first sportive, a gran fondo, a long ride finished with friends.
From €8.90
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Personalised mountain bike poster — your ride, its gradients, its climbing
The mountain bike ride as a poster: the name of the ride in big letters, the route on the map coloured by gradient, then the elevation profile, climbing, descent, maximum altitude, time and average speed. For a loop completed, a mountain range explored, a Sunday ride worth keeping.
From €8.90
Which one to choose
| If… | Then |
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| You have the GPX file of a ride | The route poster |
| They rode a sportive, with their time and race number | The sportive poster |
| They have a mountain bike ride worth keeping, with its gradients and climbing | The mountain bike poster |
| You don’t have their file | A route from the library, or the track of a friend who rode the same outing |
| You want to keep the budget small | The A4 of any of the three, at €19.90 |
The occasions, and when to order
| Occasion | When | When to order |
|---|---|---|
| Father’s Day | third Sunday in June | Order before 10 June |
| End of a club season | September–October | Ten days ahead |
| After a first sportive | the week that follows | 48 h in the workshop is enough |
| Christmas | 25 December | Order before 15 December |
| A new bike | any time | Ten days ahead |
The route poster starts from a GPX file or a route from the library: have the file to hand.
Frequently asked questions
What do you give a cyclist who already has all the kit?
Something that cannot be replaced by more equipment: an object that names their riding rather than equipping it. The route poster draws a ride they actually did, the sportive poster adds their time and race number, the mountain bike poster their gradients — none of them duplicates anything they own, and none is sold in a shop.
Route, sportive or mountain bike: which one?
The route poster for a ride, a climb or a bike tour: the track, the distance, the duration and the climbing. The sportive poster for a timed event: the official distance, the time, the average speed and the race number, with kilometre markers. The mountain bike poster for a day on the trails: the track and the profile are coloured by gradient, and the highest point is written on it. If in doubt, the route poster is the most versatile of the three.
Can a poster be made from a Strava ride?
Yes: connect your Strava account in the editor and pick the ride, or export it as GPX from Strava (“Export GPX” on the activity page, on the Strava website) and drop the file in — the track, distance, elevation gain and duration are read from it. A library of well-known routes is there if you have no file.
What do I need for the sportive poster?
Their track, as a GPX file or through Strava, their official time in h:mm:ss, their race number, and the name of the event as they want to read it in large letters. The official distance is optional: without it, the measured length of the track, rounded to the kilometre, is what gets printed. Elevation gain and average speed are worked out for you.
How far ahead should I order for Father’s Day?
Father’s Day falls on the third Sunday in June in Ireland. Order ten days ahead: 48 h of printing in the workshop, then the post from the Aveyron, which takes two days longer across a border than within France.
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Printed in AveyronComposed and printed in our family workshop in Aveyron, checked before it ships.
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Printed to order250 g matte paper, pigment inks: printed in our Aveyron workshop, whatever the size.
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Shipped within 48 hTo your door or to a pickup point, by La Poste or Colissimo.
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Ready to giveStandard frame sizes, easy to find.