Why do I see discrepancies in elevation between a planned route and a recorded ride? Rides and routes are fundamentally different from each other, and they differ slightly in how elevation is calculated: When you plan a route on the…
Sharing from the web
Sharing Did you just plan a really epic tour, finish a great ride, or you just want to share the PR you set on a training ride? Let’s explore the different ways available to share rides, routes, and events.…
Rides Page
The Rides page is a place to quickly find a ride or group of rides based on certain metrics, date range, location, and title. Filter You can use the dropdown options found at the top of the page to add…
Using the Dashboard
The Ride with GPS Dashboard is your homepage on Ride with GPS. From the dashboard, you can quickly access your routes and rides, upload your activities, see your friends and their recent activity, access your calendar, and more. Essentially, your…
Pinning on Mobile
Pinning a route is a great way to keep routes handy and make them easy to find later. When you pin a route to your profile, rather than copying, you’ll always have the latest version of the route should the…
Sharing on Mobile
You can share a route, ride, or Live Log via SMS or social platform from our app. The steps for sharing a route, ride, and photo within the app are all the same. If you’d like to share your profile,…
Garmin Edge 1030/1030+
Overview The Garmin Edge 1030/1030+ is similar in many ways to the Edge 1000. We recommend the 1030/1030+ only for those who wish to have the latest and greatest. Setting Up Your Edge 1030/1030+ There are a few settings we…
Notifications
While visiting the website you will get a visual notification for activity on your profile. This includes notifications for: Segment PRs Ride Report Likes Comments You’ll find the notifications in the upper right corner. New notifications cause an orange dot…
Supported Browsers
Ride with GPS supports the following browsers: Chrome – most recent or second most recent version Safari – most recent or second most recent version Firefox – most recent version only Internet Explorer (IE) 11 – supported but not recommended…
Lezyne Year 10 GPS
The Lezyne Year 10 GPS are a very compact device that can record your rides as well as navigate routes planned on ridewithgps.com. You can use TCX or GPX files with the Lezyne line, but if you want custom cues…
New User – Week 1
Welcome to part one of a four part help series. There are three more emails in this series, one per week, all designed to help you get the most out of our web and mobile apps. You can opt out…
Replace Elevation
Some GPS devices and smartphones just don’t collect accurate elevation data. We offer a tool for all members to replace the elevation from a known world-wide dataset. Premium subscribers have access to additional Ride Cleanup tools. Replace Elevation Data Did…
Battery Saving Tips
Part 5: Tour Account and Event Backups
As your Tour account Route Library grows and more route managers make changes to routes, you will want to periodically create backups of your Route Library and events. This way if a route or event inadvertently gets changed or deleted…
Part 4: Inviting Tour Participants and Staff
Your Tour Operator account will have two types of members: permanent Tour Operator account members (tour staff) who will administrate the account and run the tours, and event members (tour participants) who will be associated with specific events created by…
Part 2: The Tour Route Library
The Route Library is your central location to organize your Tour Operator account routes. Add tags for organization, and manage route visibility all from a single page. When you first set up your Tour Operator account, we will happily transfer…
Part 1: Tour Operator Account Setup
The Tour Operator account works much like a regular account, except it can be used by multiple people to administer routes, events, and tour participants for your tour company. It has its own list of routes, events, and can be…
Epic Ride Weather App
Goals
Garmin Forerunner 610
Garmin Edge 820
Wahoo Elemnt GPS
The Wahoo ELEMNT, ELEMNT Bolt, and ELEMNT Roam are standalone GPS units that are configured by a companion app on your iPhone or Android device. You can also configure your Wahoo device to connect to a wifi network to sync…
Copy to my routes
When you find a great route or ride but want to change parts of it to suit your planning needs, you can copy this as a route to your profile and edit it without affecting the original. Copying a route…
Backups
Garmin Edge 520
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Full Screen Metrics and Map
Learn how to change the metrics area to full screen or change the map to full screen while Recording or Navigating. You can dedicate more screen real estate to show more of the map or make the ride metric numbers…