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 and Cullen King , two 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. The site went through an aesthetic makeover in 2009 by another old friend, Cam Gaut.

Why

Our goals for this site are simple: we would like to generate enough income to allow us to continue working on this project full-time, and expand organically from there. We strive to do this in a community friendly way, utilizing subscriptions and partnerships, rather than relying on advertisements that benefit only the most established businesses. We love working on this site, talking to people that use it, and riding our bikes to test it. Get in touch with either of us if you want to chat, or both of us at info@ridewithgps.com