Ridebot was born to be a voice guided gps for mountain bikers

NAVIGATE TO LIVE MORE. RIDEBOT HISTORY We developed Ridebot with one idea in mind: > Simplify ride navigation for mountain bikers because direction tags > are absents or not maintained

 and maps are outdated. OUR EXPERIENCE USING COMMON TOOLS In the 2000's we used common tools; a traditional map and a compass to prepare our session. It was ok. But when you do a 5

minutes stop every 3 kilometers because you are afraid to be lost. It becames very painfull. Here our common process to find our way: > We stop on safe path. We get our map and our 

compass out of our bag > or our pocket. We look for geographical references— lake, > mountain, places etc… or a direction tag. We share all this > information. If we were lucky, we 

found our way. But before going > back to our ride, we discuss a bit. And then we take a decision. A very long process for a small decision. So at the end, for every session we spent a

lots of time looking for our direction and deciding rather than riding. That was becomming painful!!! Really painful!!! Here some numbers that explain the pain. > In figures, for a 

session of 40 kilometers, we have to stop at least > 13 times if we were lucky. So we spend at least ONE HOUR to check > our direction on a 4 hours ride. THAT’S 25% OF THE RIDE. In the

2010's, It was more easy to find informations on traces and download new GPX trace. And finally GPS was getting cheaper. We were much more prepared for each session. We started

studying every trace using a GPX trace reader. We tried to remember it during the ride because we put it in the bag during the ride. But again we had to check every 5 kilometers on the GPS

our direction for at least 3 minutes. Same as old process: > We stop on safe path. We get our GPS out of our bag or our pocket. > We look for our position with geographical references.

 We found our > way. And GO. It is bit shorter than previously but still. We were spending too much time looking for our direction. Here some numbers that explain the improvement. > 

For the same session, we have to stop at least 8 times if we were > lucky. So we spend 24 minutes to check our direction on a 4 hours > ride. THAT’S STILL 10% OF THE RIDE. We succeed 

to reduce by 63% > the time we spend on looking for direction. NOT GOOD ENOUGH These experience doesn’t take into account the time to go back on the right track when you are lost. To

concluded, all these stops were killing our performance and our rythme at first. And sometimes it was very frustrating and eventhough irrating. Rarely it killed our session and felt unhappy

and disappointed. TO STOP ALL THIS FRUSTRATION AND EXASPERATION, WE DECIDED TO BUILD A VOICE GUIDED GPS BASED ON GPX TRACE THAT WE FOUND ON VISUGPX. RIDEBOT APP WAS BORN Based on these

experience, we have been building an iPhone app for six month that will solve all this pain. Last year, we have released our first version on iPhone available on the App Store. You can test

it here. > Now, you are wondering why it is solving our problem ? Listenning vs > looking. Think about it. Ridebot allows us to first import any GPX trace on your iPhone, then build a

route from it (Voice Guided GPS) and then navigate our route just by listenning. > We fundamentally change the way we navigate during our rides. We > listen to live more. Now we are

spending less time preparation our session and we are never looking for our direction. The only stops we do are to take photos and panoramas or rest. > We reduced by 100% the time spent 

looking for direction. WHAT’S NEXT FOR RIDEBOT APP We want to go further. Our short term main goals for our Ridebot are: * RELEASE THE NEXT VERSION OF RIDEBOT that will allow real time

routes editing, add new media tags to a route (text, photos, videos and links) and explore curated GPX files ready to download for route creation. We want to help mountain bikers get better

overtime and also get through difficult path thanks to media tags. * A BIG TOUR OF FRANCE’S TRIAL to ride, hike and build voice guided GPS. We want to build the largest database of voice

guided GPS for safe and off road experiences thanks to the community of experts. START BUILDING YOUR VOICE GUIDED GPS. START NAVIGATING AND LISTEN FOR YOUR NEXT DIRECTION. If you are

interested in helping us or joining our big tour, please contact me. Please let us know what you think and reach out if we can work toghether. ​LEARN MORE HERE Download our app + Follow us

on Facebook + Follow us on Instagram + Read our blog + Follow us on Twitter COMING NEXT * RIDEBOT IS GROWING AS A VOICE GUIDED GPS FOR OUTDOORS ACTIVITIES * DISCOVER THE FRENCH BASQUE

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