Viewing modified google maps routes on iPhone

Question

I just discovered today that you can't see a map route you modified on the web via google maps using the Maps app on the iphone! What a bummer!
I was hoping to use this to make bike routes for myself using google maps (you know how you can get directions on google maps on a computer, then you can drag parts of the route to different streets to modify the route), and then e-mail the route link to my iphone so I'd have the route via maps app.
Instead, when I modify the route using google maps on a computer and send it via e-mail, the e-mail shows up in my iphone, I click the link, am taken to the Maps app, which re-calculates the route for driving. But the whole point is to view my custom route for biking! And there's no way to modify the route in Maps app (is there?).
What's more, when I click the link to the google map in mail, it automatically takes me to the maps app. Is there any way I can make it take me to safari so I can see the map I modified? Since there's no copy/paste, seems I'd just have to memorize the lengthy url, which is ridiculous.
Does anyone know of a good way to do this?

Answer 1

I'm having the exact same issue. When I create a custom route on Google Maps (www.google.com/maps), point-to-point, and then force it to take me on back roads via the drag option it won't work, it won't even plot the course.
Example:
Home to point 1, point 1 to point 2, point 2 to point 3 and point 3 to home.
It gives me an error saying, "End location not found"
Really annoying! Fix it Apple.