About Us

What

We like to call Ride with GPS a recreational route sharing community. We want cyclists, motorcyclists, runners, hikers, mountain bikers, and anyone else who is involved in a route-oriented sport to love our tool. Our goal is to provide the best route planning application on the internet, the easiest and most powerful GPS data importation and analysis, and the most compelling and useful social networking integration for a tool of its kind. We are young and growing, and will work for your membership. If there is anything we could do to make our tools better suited to your needs, let us know! Join us and share your routes!

Who

This site is under active development by Zack Ham , Cullen King and Cameron Gaut , three friends from high school days. When Zack and Cullen needed an easy way to plan out motorcycle rides, Ride With GPS was informally started. After Zack purchased a road bicycle and showed how much fun cycling could be, the site was expanded to include many features specific to cycling. Realizing there was an actual market for an online route sharing community not overwhelmed by a ridiculous quantity of ads, a more formalized feature set and timeline was produced. Cam was brought on board to handle the aesthetic side, while Cullen and Zack focus on development.

Why

Our goals for this site are simple: we would like to generate enough income to make this project a full time job, allowing us to implement the features and usability our users desire. We strive to do this in a community friendly way, utilizing subscriptions and local partnerships, rather than relying on advertisements that benefit only the most established businesses. All development up to this point has been a part time endeavor, however, Zack and Cullen have decided to take time off school, quit jobs and live off savings in order to turn our ideas into reality.