Bring others along for the ride. Send routes to your ride buddies and plan your next adventure, or tell the story of a memorable trip or tour, complete with photos that you took along the way.
Basic or Premium subscribers can Live Log their rides to share realtime ride progress.
Share on the Web
Directly from the website, you can share Rides, Routes, or Events.
To share a ride or a route:
- Log into your account at www.ridewithgps.com.
- Open the ride or route you want to share. This can usually be accessed from your Dashboard, or the Ride or Routes menu bar at the left.
- Click Share in the upper left corner.
- Sharing options:
- Facebook: share directly in your newsfeed or, or select groups or individuals
- Twitter: Include the handles of anyone else on the ride or add hashtags.
- Email: We'll send an e-mail with this route/ride to the address you provide. Send to multiple addresses by separating them with a comma.
- Copy Link: Send the URL to anyone by pasting it into your preferred e-mail editor, another social network, website, or blog, etc.
- Get Custom Embed: Allows you to publish a custom view to your website or blog.
Organizing a big group ride, race, or fundraiser? Create and share Events with your riders to coordinate routes, dates, and participation.
Share routes and rides, your profile, and in-progress rides directly from the app.
Share a Route or Ride
Share a map image, or a direct link to the route or ride page.
- Log into your account on the app.
- To share a ride, look in Library > Rides. Routes can be found under Library > Routes. Tap on the ride or route that you want to share.
- Tap Share in the lower left corner.
- Select to share a link to the ride or an image of the ride map. Note: the image option is only available when sharing ride recordings.
- This will open your phone's sharing tools. Choose a person to share with via your phone's messaging app, or select a social media app. You can also share using email by tapping the email icon. Tap Copy to copy the URL to your clipboard, to paste wherever you choose.
Share your Profile
You can easily share your profile via a social app, text, email or using a shortcut code.
- Tap More > My Profile.
- Tap the share icon in the upper right corner.
- Select a person in your contacts or a social app to share your profile with.
Add friends and followers for in-app updates on their published Ride with GPS activities.
Use a QR Code
Create a unique code that others can scan in their RWGPS app, using their phone camera. Note: this option works best in person, or you can screenshot your code and share it with the recipient over email or social media.
Access Your Profile QR Shortcut
- Log into your account on the app.
- Tap More in the lower right corner.
- Tap Follows > tap the magnifying glass icon in the upper right corner.
- Tap View Your Nametag to reveal a scannable QR code.
Scan a QR Shortcut
- Log into your account on the app.
- Tap More in the lower right corner.
- Tap Open Shortcut.
- Tap Scan Shortcut.
- Hold your phone over an open QR code within our app to automatically open the shared item. Note: you will need to allow the Ride with GPS app to access your phone’s camera in your phone settings.
Share a Route or Ride via QR Shortcut
- Open the ride recording or route from your Library.
- Tap the three dot menu icon in the upper right corner.
- Tap Show Shortcut.
Share a Ride in Progress
Want to share your ride while you're recording it? With an upgraded Basic or Premium subscription, you can Live Log your ride to broadcast it to your friends, family, or other supporters.
Tips on Sharing
- If you are not signed into Facebook or Twitter, you will be prompted for your e-mail and password for those sites.
- If you are using Wordpress.com as your host, you may not be able to share on your blog using the Embed option. See Wordpress Support for more details.
- Have a private route that you would like to share? Check out the help page on sharing private routes here.