From Your Friends at BOQ.BIKE: How to Use This Guide

Welcome to bayofquinte.bike! We noticed you're new around here, so we're just popping into your inbox to introduce ourselves.

We're Adam and Laura: we've put our utmost care into developing a collection of gravel routes that we can share with our community. That's us in the photo, scoping out new routes! We're glad to see you're along for the ride, so here we're sharing our best advice for getting the most out of our bayofquinte.bike route library.

Why We Use RWGPS for Route Planning + Community Building

First things first: having the Ride With GPS app on your phone is the key to keeping your bayofquinte.bike rides on track. We know: there are loads of ride tracking apps out there. Some apps are made for general activity tracking for multiple sports, while others are specifically made for cycling. The good news is, the top apps you might already be using will play nicely with RWGPS (we're looking at you, Strava fam) and we promise you'll see the full value of this tool right away. (Pro Tip: connect your Strava or other trackers with RWGPS!)

PS: RWGPS is free to join, and you'll get pro-level features for free when you become a member of bayofquinte.bike's club.

RWGPS is not only a tracking app, it's also a route creation and ride organization tool. Plus, it includes explore functionality, which lets users view a map of all the suggested routes in an area and choose the one that suits them.

We use it to put our local knowledge to work, sharing the best cycling routes with our bayofquinte.bike members and adding club events ranging from casual group meetup rides to charity fundraising tours. Beyond that, it can be used as a messaging tool to find friends to ride with in the area.

Why You'll Want To Become A Club Member

Having a free account on RWGPS is a great step toward improving your ride experience, and its functionality becomes exponential when you become a member of bayofquinte.bike's club. We've invested in this infrastructure so that folks in our community and beyond can use our routes in offline mode, as well as get turn-by-turn navigation (without having to pay for a monthly membership yourself.)

As a club member, you'll be able to access bayofquinte.bike's entire club route library, events, and collections at any time, participate in upcoming club challenges, and sync routes wirelessly with Garmin, Wahoo, Hammerhead, or other devices. You'll also get email notifications when group rides and events are added to the calendar (🔔 as long as you enable them! 🔔)

✅ Voice Navigation

Use the Ride with GPS app to get spoken turn-by-turn directions for your routes. Keep your head up and enjoy the ride. Download your routes to your phone, put it in airplane mode, and navigate for hours without having to worry about your battery life.

✅ Live Logging

Share your rides in real time with RWGPS' live logging feature. Directly link friends and family to your ride so they can follow along, or post a link to your ride directly to social media. The app will read comments aloud in real time, so your followers can cheer you on from anywhere in the world.

✅ Print Map PDFs

Basic subscribers can generate and print PDF files of any route and cuesheet with just a few clicks. Customize the map zoom level and cuesheet options, and get a printable PDF file in seconds.

How To Use RWGPS as a Club Member

1. If you haven’t already, download the Ride with GPS mobile app from iTunes or the Google Play Store.

2. Tap this link to instantly become a member of the bayofquinte.bike club. This works best once you've already created a profile.

3. Explore the club page to find new routes and upcoming events.