About Cycle Up
Cycle Up is a app for cyclists, motorcyclists and off-roaders that want to go on rides and meet others alike. You can create your own rides, publish them and have other requesting to join, or you can explore on the map the other users rides and join them being granted access. It works for the local day to day social rides, but also for planning organized cycling holidays by connecting people that aim to ride in the same areas in similar dates.
In order to get started with cycle Up, one can create an username by filling in the basic information about themselves. Once they are registered, they can create a ride, by setting the date and time for the ride strat, the vehicle (can be a road bike ride, mountain bike, or an offroading drive or a motorcycle ride). In addition to this, they will set the start and end point of the ride, and define the route by adding as many passing by points as needed.
In the information of the ride other links can other be included, that direct the user to routes created in other applications. Several other details about the planned ride are required, including the maximum number of attendees (in order to keep the group at a safe size).
One all the required information about the ride is filled in, the user will be able to publish the ride.
All other user will be able to explore the published rides based on a search criteria. The published rides will appear on the live map and the seach can be customized to display certain date or date interval. Other search filters such as ride length, average speed, maximum number of attendees, or area is also possible. The user can view the rides either on the map or by swiping. The rides will display the username of the creator, who therefore becomes the organizer of the ride, the start point, the length of the route and a estimative time for start. It will aslo show all the users that have already been granted permission to join the group ride.
If while exploring the rides, any of them is appealing to the user, that they can send a request to join to the ride creator’s inbox. The ride creator will see the pending request and decide if they accept or reject the user for that ride. If access is granted, the user will then become part of a chat created automatically for that ride.
It is also possible for a user to see a chronological list of all the upcoming rides created by them, created by others, rides in which they are still awaiting for permission to join or all.
The app is a platform for athletes, cycling enthusiats, motorcyclist and everybody that loves the outdoors and wants to meet others alike.
It can be used in order to diversify the weekly rides, for cycling enthusiasts or athletes to meet other riders, to go on social rides, or to connect with others for group training purposes, according to their training schedule, preferences and level of fitness.
It can also be used for planning cycling holidays, giving the opportunity for cyclists from all over the world to get in contact, and plan cycling trips and tours according to their preferred dates and locations.
In order to get started with cycle Up, one can create an username by filling in the basic information about themselves. Once they are registered, they can create a ride, by setting the date and time for the ride strat, the vehicle (can be a road bike ride, mountain bike, or an offroading drive or a motorcycle ride). In addition to this, they will set the start and end point of the ride, and define the route by adding as many passing by points as needed.
In the information of the ride other links can other be included, that direct the user to routes created in other applications. Several other details about the planned ride are required, including the maximum number of attendees (in order to keep the group at a safe size).
One all the required information about the ride is filled in, the user will be able to publish the ride.
All other user will be able to explore the published rides based on a search criteria. The published rides will appear on the live map and the seach can be customized to display certain date or date interval. Other search filters such as ride length, average speed, maximum number of attendees, or area is also possible. The user can view the rides either on the map or by swiping. The rides will display the username of the creator, who therefore becomes the organizer of the ride, the start point, the length of the route and a estimative time for start. It will aslo show all the users that have already been granted permission to join the group ride.
If while exploring the rides, any of them is appealing to the user, that they can send a request to join to the ride creator’s inbox. The ride creator will see the pending request and decide if they accept or reject the user for that ride. If access is granted, the user will then become part of a chat created automatically for that ride.
It is also possible for a user to see a chronological list of all the upcoming rides created by them, created by others, rides in which they are still awaiting for permission to join or all.
The app is a platform for athletes, cycling enthusiats, motorcyclist and everybody that loves the outdoors and wants to meet others alike.
It can be used in order to diversify the weekly rides, for cycling enthusiasts or athletes to meet other riders, to go on social rides, or to connect with others for group training purposes, according to their training schedule, preferences and level of fitness.
It can also be used for planning cycling holidays, giving the opportunity for cyclists from all over the world to get in contact, and plan cycling trips and tours according to their preferred dates and locations.
