How to print an elevation profile (A4, A5, roadbook)

A profile on paper fits in a roadbook, a jersey pocket or a map holder. Here's how to get a clean PDF of your route, in A4 landscape or A5, and print it at the right scale.

By Thomas, road and gravel rider · published November 7, 2026

In four steps

Get the GPX of your route; if needed, the guide on exporting a GPX shows where to find it.
Set up the image in the tool to create an elevation profile from GPX: landscape format, title, feed stops, climbs, gel reminders. The Classic theme, on a white background, uses the least ink.
Choose the PDF page “A4 landscape” for a full sheet, “A5 landscape (roadbook)” for half a sheet. The PDF downloads with your e-mail; PNGs stay free.
Print at 100% in the print dialog, choose actual size (100%), not “fit to page”, to keep the intended margins.

The PDF is vector, so text and profile stay sharp even enlarged. For a version that goes on the bike rather than on paper, there are the custom top tube stickers.

Frequently asked questions

Is the PDF free?

Yes. It only asks for an e-mail address; getting news from the site is a separate, unticked box.

Can I print in black and white?

Yes. The Classic theme, on a white background, gives the most readable result in black and white.

Legal notice and personal data

Publisher: Stick'Profil, an Aerofit brand, published by [to be completed]. Contact: [to be completed]. Publication director: [to be completed].

Hosting: Cloudflare, Inc., 101 Townsend St, San Francisco, CA 94107, United States.

Pre-orders: no payment is requested or taken. A pre-order commits neither the customer nor Stick'Profil.

Data collected: name, e-mail, country and sticker settings (pre-orders; the delivery address will only be asked for when orders open); e-mail and event (launch sign-ups); the e-mail entered to download a PDF, with your choice to receive news or not (this choice is optional and doesn't affect the download); name, e-mail, event, number of riders and message (organisers). GPS route: read only in your browser, including by the profile generator, which sends nothing. Only an elevation profile (distance and altitude, no coordinates) is sent with an order; this profile and the sticker file are deleted 30 days after shipping. Statistics: we count route imports and downloads anonymously (type of action, day, language, format), with no IP address, no identifier and no route content.

Retention and rights: sign-ups deleted at the latest 12 months after the launch or the end of the project; download e-mails kept for 12 months at most (proof of access and abuse prevention), then deleted, unless you chose to receive news, in which case until you unsubscribe; order details kept for accounting obligations. To access, correct or delete your data, write to [to be completed]. You can also contact the French data protection authority, the CNIL (cnil.fr).

This is a translation; the French version of this notice is the reference version.