Mec, the AI route partner

Last verified October 25, 2026

Mec is Bikepackia's AI route partner. You describe a trip in plain language and Mec drafts the route, splits it into days, finds stops and places to sleep, and makes changes like "make day 2 shorter". Mec never draws the route itself: the routing engine computes every path over real map data. Mec needs a free account and runs on credits.

What Mec can do

• Draft a route from a description, asking about anything it needs to know first.
• Start from a real signed route when one fits. Before composing a route, Mec checks Bikepackia's route library of measured cycle routes (see below). A match goes on the map as the signed route; when nothing fits, Mec says so and plans the route from scratch.
• Re-plan the days: change the number of days, move where a day ends, split by distance or by climbing, or find a different way for one day.
• Stick to the numbers you give. Mec keeps the total distance, days, distance per day and climbing you asked for during the chat, checks each option against them, and tells you when one falls short. If you change the numbers after picking a route ("make it 450 km"), Mec proposes new options in the same chat, and you can ask it to undo to get the previous route back. A ride with no days mentioned stays a single day. When you save the route, those numbers are saved with it, so a chat on the reopened route starts from them.
• Find places near any point of the route (water, food, groceries, bike repair, sights, places to stay), recommend a few, and pin them on the map.
• Answer questions about the route, such as how much climbing it has and where the big climbs are.
• Remember your preferences. Say "I always avoid city centres" and it's saved to your profile for every trip. Say "skip cities on this one" and it applies to this trip only.
• Reply in the language you write in.
• In the app, use your current location as a starting point — handy for "get me to a bed from here".

What Mec won't do

• Draw or invent a route. Mec asks the routing engine, so every line on the map follows real roads and tracks.
• Enforce traffic or gradient limits. Preferences like these shape its suggestions, but the routing engine doesn't enforce them.
• Book accommodation, or check live ferry timetables.
• Help with things unrelated to planning a bike trip.

The route library

The route library holds signed cycle routes that Bikepackia has measured section by section: length, climbing, surface, how much is traffic-free, and the stops along the way. Mec only suggests a library route when one matches your trip, and tells you which of your wishes it couldn't measure or had to relax. It currently covers:

• EuroVelo routes in France (EV1, EV3, EV4, EV6, EV15, EV17, EV19), Belgium (EV3, EV4, EV5, EV12, EV19), the United Kingdom (EV1, EV2, EV5, EV12), the Republic of Ireland (EV1, EV2), Spain (EV1, EV3, EV8), Portugal (EV1), Italy (EV5, EV7, EV8, EV9) and Germany (EV13).
• Germany's national D-Routes: D1 to D12 and the Radweg Deutsche Einheit.

Outside these, Mec plans from scratch, the same as for any other trip.

Where Mec is available

Mec is in the web planner and the mobile app. On the web, you can also plan entirely by hand without Mec. In the app, every route change goes through Mec. Either way, you need to be signed in.

Cost

Mec spends credits for each reply, based on how much work the reply takes. New accounts start with €2 of credit. See the Credits and pricing page.