Ride with GPS

We use the ‘Ride with GPS’ app for route planning and navigation. 

All member have free access to the MBTC club account – a great benefit of joining!

Step-by-step startup guide
What is Ride with GPS?

A great benefit of MBTC membership is free access to the club account. This gives you premium features (including offline navigation) not only for club rides but your own route planning.

Before each club ride, ride leaders create a routes in Ride with GPS for you to view. Riders can also choose to use live navigation during the ride if they wish.

Why use Ride with GPS? 

Before a club ride   

  • Familiarise yourself with the route
  • See details like elevation gain, road surfaces and hills
  • Get a sense of the difficulty level 

During the ride 

  • Turn by turn navigation with map and voice cues 
  • Greater self-sufficiency on rides
  • Stay on the route even if you lose sight of other riders  
  • See details like toilet or food stops (if ride leader adds these).

At any time  

  • Create your own routes  
  • Browse routes in the club library 
  • Find routes you rode with the club and want to ride again 

How to get started 

Here is a step by step guide for linking up to the MBTC club account and route library.

  1. Make sure you’re a current (paid up) club member!
  2. Visit ridewithgps.com
  3. Click ‘sign up’ and create an account. 
  4. Now visit our club home page on the Ride with GPS site
  5. Click ‘Apply to Join’  
  6. Wait a day or two for Walter M (club treasurer) to approve your application. 
  7. Log in to Ride With GPS and look for the MBTC logo. Click on this to go to our page.  
  8. Download the Ride with GPS app (optional but works best). 
  9. Try using live navigation on a ride!
  10. Learn more about the Ride with GPS through the links below

Ride with GPS gives you ‘at-a-glance’ info on the route, including elevation and surface
The MBTC route library on Ride with GPS

More help and how to

It’s really worth spending a little time to get familiar with this terrific app – for your time in the club and you’re own personal touring.

The RwGPS Help portal is a great starting point. It is easy to use and caters for both beginning and advanced users.

Here are some handy links  

From the MBTC library:

From the Ride with GPS website:

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