Getting and Using RIDEwithGPS
Get your free RWGPS account:
It’s a benefit of joining EBTC. You’ll get navigational features others pay for plus access on the EBTC website to ‘Collections’ of routes for current EBTC rides.
- Sign up for your RWGPS account on a computer or tablet – that’s the easiest.
- Click on the link in the email from Karelo which confirmed your EBTC Membership Registration. If you need this link, e-mail membership
- Sign up to create a ‘starter’ RWGPS account; you’ll get advanced features others pay for.
- Access your RWGPS account on your Apple or Android phone by first installing the RidewithGPS app (from the Apple Apps Store or Google Play).
- Then sign in with the RWGPS account you already created on your computer or tablet.
- Find information for new and experienced RWGPS users at ridewithgps.com
Access EBTC RWGPS routes:
Only members with a RWGPS account have access. You will need to be logged in to RWGPS.
- On your computer or tablet, click the button below. The EBTC RWGPS home screen will appear. You may or may not need to click Log In in the upper right before accessing EBTC routes. (That’s up to RWGPS and your device. If you get a Resource Load Error, you need to Log In.))
- Under the home page photo, you will see Route Library and Collections:
- Most routes will be added to one of the Collections. If you want to go on a Friday Quiet Roads ridde click that collection.
- Under Route Library you can also search for routes by title, location, length, … You can do this to find a route for a particular Club ride or to use for your own non-EBTC ride.
- Once you have opened a route, you can save it to your own route collection, edit before saving, export as a file and print the map / cue sheet as a pdf.
- On your phone, start the RWGPS app, touch Organizations in the upper right corner (if it appears, if not ->) and touch the EBTC Logo for the menu. Select ‘Collections’ (or ‘Organisation Routes’) to see EBTC routes and then the route you want to view and download (see Navigation below).
- A general tip: if you don’t see ‘Collections’, always try clicking the EBTC Logo to get back to it.
Ride with the ‘Navigate’ feature of RwGPS:
On your Apple or Android phone, hear turn-by-turn verbal instructions and see progress on your screen.
- On-line using your mobile data service – Select your route in ‘Collections’ and touch on the map image or name. You will see buttons to ‘Download’ and ‘Navigate’. At the ride start, choose ‘Navigate’. (Note: This way you will be running off the RWGPS website using your cell phone connection. This procedure can chew up a lot of battery time. To save your battery, see the off-line procedure nelow.)
- Off-line by downloading your route to your phone to avoid using mobile data, save battery life or ride where no mobile service exists – It is best to download at home with WiFi. Select your route in ‘Collections’ and touch on the ride map image or name. You will see buttons to ‘Download’ and ‘Navigate’. Choose ‘Download’ to put the map into your offline Library. At ride start, select ‘Library’ then ‘Offline’ to find your downloaded routes. Touch the selected route and choose ‘Navigate’.