1. Start Here

Basic Flow

1. Sign in or create an account if you want your planner, uploads, and edits available across devices.
2. Open a route from the Route Collection or choose Create Your Own Ride.
3. Set projected days, rest days, and total distance, then build your plan.
4. Review the daily roadbook, route map, and resupply points, then export your plan if needed.

2. Planning Basics

How to Use the Main Planner

• The Plan tab is where you set dates, daily mileage, rest days, target towns, and notes.
• The Map tab helps you inspect route shape, resupply spacing, and elevation context.
• The Community tab lets riders leave route-specific comments and updates.
• Use Save Plan often, especially before switching devices or making bigger edits.

3. Buying Routes

How to Buy a Route

1. Open Route Collection and browse published or community routes.
2. Check the route summary, price badge, and route details before opening it.
3. Use the purchase flow for paid routes. Access is tied to the account you used at checkout.
4. After purchase, reopen the route while signed in with the same account to use it in your planner.

4. Uploading Routes

How to Upload Your Own GPX

1. Choose Create Your Own Ride from the top navigation.
2. Add a ride name and select how many resupply points you want the site to generate.
3. Upload a GPX file and use Create Route to build a new route planner.
4. Review the generated map, route distance, and stop layout before relying on it.

5. Editing or Deleting Routes

How to Change or Remove a Route

• Change route details by editing daily mileage, notes, resupply stop names, and custom stop positions.
• Add extra towns or resupply stops from the planner when the default layout is not enough.
• Use Unpublish Route if you want to stop offering a published route.
• Use Delete Route only when you want to remove a custom route from your working setup.

6. Good Features

Useful Strengths of the Site

7. Limitations

Things to Keep in Mind

• Planner values, elevation numbers, and resupply suggestions are planning aids, not guarantees.
• Route conditions, store hours, closures, weather, and water access can change quickly in real life.
• Custom GPX quality matters: weak or messy GPX files can lead to rough map or stop outputs.
• Unsigned use is more fragile because local-only data can be lost on refresh, device switch, or cleared storage.

8. More Advanced Use

When You Want More Control

1. Switch between built-in routes and custom routes to compare planning styles and daily structures.
2. Use exports for crew notes, spreadsheet review, or a second planning pass.
3. Publish finished custom routes when you want to share them publicly.
4. Use community comments and map review together instead of trusting a single source of route information.