Unridden is just getting started. Learn more about our plans.

More Info and Frequently Asked Questions

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What's the state of Unridden?

Unridden is just getting started! We have two general phases we're working on:

Phase 1

This initial phase will open the app for use by all, allowing folks to connect via Strava or Wahoo (other systems offered in the future) and track the trails they've ridden in the areas we have available. Then we'd like to hear your feedback and ideas! Feel free to send feedback any time.

We aim to add areas as fast as we can, expanding all across North America to start, and then to Europe. However, we need your help! We want to curate each area, to ensure we're showing only legal sanctioned trails (and also not reveal local secrets). Thus, Unridden needs local "ambassadors" who curate and represent trails for an area. See our Ambassadors page to learn more.

Phase 2

Once we have riders using Unridden, and a growing set of areas, we'll move on to getting prizes for completions, challenges, and other fun activities within the system. As described on our About page, we aim to be very inclusive, and not have this be just about who's the fastest (we'll leave that to Strava).

We'll be looking for both bike industry companies, as well as local merchants and more to provide prizes (physical goods, coupons, etc.). We aim to have a mutually beneficial system that provides a lot of great rewards to riders, as well as helps cover the cost of running Unridden. If you/your company are interested, please get in touch.

Is there a mobile app?

In short: not yet. It's in our plan to provide both iOS and Android apps. Until then, we aim to make this web app work great on mobile — and you can add it to your device's Home Screen so it launches like a regular app.

You should also see an "Install Unridden" prompt at the top of the page when using a mobile device; otherwise, here's how to do it manually:

  • iPhone / iPad (Safari): Tap the Share button (the square with an up arrow), scroll down, and tap Add to Home Screen, then Add.
  • Android (Chrome): Tap the menu (top-right), then tap Add to Home screen (or Install app) and confirm.
  • Windows (Microsoft Edge): Click the menu, choose Apps → Install this site as an app (or click the install icon in the address bar).

Missing Trails

We'll soon have a more explicit way to notify us of missing trails. For the moment we're primarily focused on just adding areas as fast as we can.

For the curious — when we do add a new trail to an existing area, we will automatically reprocess any of your rides that may have included that trail, so you'll get credit even if we added it after you rode it.

How we track your rides

Currently, Unridden connects to your Strava or Wahoo and receives any non-private rides you do. The app then matches your route to any trails we have in the system, and credits you that trail (and keeps track of how many times you've ridden it as well). When you first connect, Unridden will go fetch all the previous rides you've done this year (Unridden won't process prior years), so that you'll be credited for everything in the current year, and then moving forward.

How does a trail count? (The Rules)

To get credit for a trail, you need to ride its full length in a single ride, and your route needs to overlap the trail by about 90% (we allow for GPS variance). Two-way trails count in either direction, and the type of bike doesn't matter.

For the complete details — including closed trails and how achievements are evaluated — see The Rules.

What about Garmin or other ride sources/connections?

We plan to support more than Strava and Wahoo in the future, such as Garmin and other devices. Garmin is currently revamping their developer/third party support system, but as soon as that is resolved, we'll aim to add Garmin. Feel free to let us know others you'd like us to support.

What about e-bikes?

In general, Unridden supports any kind of "bicycle" ride received. And further, Unridden does not differentiate or behave differently between regular and e-bike, because this is simply about what trails have you ridden, regardless of what kind of bike you did it on. Therefore, this includes e-bikes, adaptive bikes, gravel, mtb, etc. Unridden is focused on mountain bike trails (for now), so we do ignore a ride classified specifically as a road ride.