1. Use Firefox - We test the site across a variety of browsers, and in almost all cases, Firefox is the clear performance winner. If you're not familiar with Firefox, it is a free browser, available on most platforms from http://www.getfirefox.com. The performance differences can be shocking, especially compares to Internet Explorer 6.0. If you're on windows and insist on using Internet Explorer, it will work, but please use at least version 7 for good performance. For the mac users, Safari's in the same boat...it should be functional on the site, but it isn't as fast as Firefox.
2. Check your memory - Our sites are accessed via the Internet, but the routing application still needs to use the horsepower of your computer to do most of it's work. The biggest variable here is RAM, and as always, the more the better. For most uses, we recommend systems with at least 1GB of RAM, however power users may want 2GB of RAM or more
3. Restart your browser - We have noticed that most web browsers tend to leak memory from time to time. This can cause your browser and computer to get in a state where it becomes very, very slow for what seems to be no reason. Sometimes the best solution is to simply restart your browser. Advanced users can check their browser process to see how much memory their using (i.e. via the task manager in Windows). I will often see firefox.exe processes using 250MB or memory or more, at which point it's time for a restart.
4. Check you routes- The more points your route has, the more 'juice' it requires from the route engine. If plotting long routes, try not to add points too densely. For GPS users uploading data, try to use a mode that reduces the number of points in your route data. For example, for Garmin Forerunner and Edge users, we highly recommend using "Smart Recording" mode for this purpose.

First, just want to say that the site is great!

I'm suffering from what seems to me to be a slow site. I have my workouts and rides planned in advance on your mapmyride calendar. It's editing workouts that I find very turgid. For instance if I want to delete one workout, first I have to click through 4 windows, in itself slow. When I get to the window that asks me if I want to delete just the one workout or a series, once I have clicked, it can take 30 to 40 seconds to serve up the next screen.

I use firefox, my imac is rammed to the gills and I regularly restart my browser. 

Are there any workarounds that, for instance allow me to delete multiple workouts, or make the same edit to multiple workouts? If this was possible, waiting once for 40 seconds wouldn't matter. But doing it for a whole series of workouts, making the same edit to each and having to wait each time begins to get on one's nerves. Just a little.

Thanks for  any advice you can give.

Regards, Mark

The suggestions above all imply that root cause of the sluggish performance is at the client end.  I use Firefox, with 4 GB of RAM and I write Java (SE & EE) code on my machine and as such am very sensitive to memory stats.  None of these are an issue for me.

 It's also consistently slow on other corporate PCs with huge pipes and rediculous amounts of memory.  (I was formerly in PC HW and SW development for Lenovo).  It's slow from my dad's house, like cold molasses (sp?) on my machine at work.

Are you getting the message?

Thanks.

Phil

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We're trying to find a work around to put more of this loading on our end so keep tuned for more...

-Kevin
Co-Founder

For me google maps took forever to display after I switched my ISP.  After lots of research found that windows was pointing to a slow DNS server.  I had to disable windows automatic DNS selection and specify a pair of good DNS IP's. That made a huge differnce.

Adam

thanks ..

Try:

http://www.bikeroutetoaster.com/  - not very user friendly and tricky to use but powerful once you get the hang of it

http://rideWithGPS.com/  -  new - looks very promissing

http://www.mapmyride.com - powerful and very widely used, but ads are intolerable unles you have a good ad blocker - has lots of bugs and many features just don't work - changes are almost impossible [fee for premium options]

http://www.bikemap.net/ - very nice and simple - everything works - limited as it has no notes capabilities 

http://www.favoriterun.com - obsolete, very limited capabilities, but very simple [fee for premium options]