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Planning with Mec in the app

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Mec, Bikepackia's AI route partner, reworks the route when you tell it what changed: "make today shorter", "the pass is closed", "find me a bed near here". It offers lettered route options to compare on the map, and places to sleep or refill as pins you can swipe through. A band at the top shows the live route's distance, days and climbing, with a Save button — nothing is stored until you press it.

The chat sheet: a band at the top reading 'Holland Green → Mauldeth R…', '344 km · 3 days · 2,231 m ↑ · 4% gravel' with an orange Update button and a LIVE badge; below it the rider's message 'Split it into 3 days' and Mec's reply 'Split into 3 stages. Want to add sleep spots now?'.
The chat, with the live route summary and Save pinned above it.

What you can ask for

  • A whole trip: "Plan a 3-day route Paris → Lyon".
  • A change mid-trip: "make today shorter", "the pass is closed, route me round it", "add Strasbourg as a stop".
  • A split: "split it into 3 days".
  • Stops: "find a place to sleep near the end of day 1", or water and lunch stops for a day.
  • A standing preference: "I always avoid city centres" is saved to your profile; "skip cities on this one" applies to this trip only.
  • A save: "save this as Loire spring tour".

Route options

The route options picker: three coloured route lines between Paris and Orléans, and a card for 'OPTION B — Direct fast route' via Auxerre at 556 km and 5,145 m, with a per-day table, a warning '3 days exceed the climb budget' and a 'Use this route' button.
Three options drawn at once; swipe the cards to compare them.

When Mec proposes options, the chat shows a '3 route options' card with View & pick. Each option is drawn on the map in its own colour, and its card carries the distance, the climbing, the per-day breakdown and an honest warning when the days exceed the climbing you said you were happy with. Use this route commits the one you picked, and Mec stages it.

Stops and sleep spots

The place picker: a map around Migennes in France with the route in red and a numbered brown pin, and a card reading 'Résidence Orfea Laroche Migennes', 'Sleep · 4.9 km away', with a 'Sleep here' button. The header reads 'SLEEP — 1 nearby, swipe to compare'.
Places Mec found, on the map. Sleep here puts it in the plan.

Ask for a bed, water or food and Mec searches around the right point on the route, then shows what it found as pins with a swipeable card for each. Picking one adds it to the route: a sleep spot becomes the end of that day, other stops become a point the route passes through.

Saving

  • The band above the chat shows the live route and a Save button — Update once the route is already saved.
  • Nothing is saved automatically. Leaving with unsaved changes warns you first.
  • Asking Mec to save works too, and you can give it a name in the same sentence.
  • LIVE means the map underneath is showing exactly what the chat has produced so far.

Credit

Each message you send to Mec costs credit from your balance, based on how much work the reply takes. Picking an option, tapping a place, saving, and everything else you do by hand are free. If you run out mid-trip, the chat offers a link to your wallet instead of a reply.

Frequently asked questions

Can I edit the route by hand on the phone?

No. Dragging the line, moving points and reordering stops are web-planner features. On the phone you ask Mec, or tap a place in one of its pickers.

Is my route saved automatically?

No. Use the Save button in the band above the chat, or ask Mec to save it. If you try to leave with unsaved changes, the app warns you.

Why did Mec show me three routes instead of one?

When a trip has more than one sensible line — say a flatter way round versus a shorter way over — Mec draws each on the map with its distance, climbing and per-day figures so you can choose.