One app for the trip, built on the trip.
Secret Rides was built by a New Zealand bikepacker who wanted one app for planning, riding with family watching, and keeping track of kit. Then rode it.
The name
"Out on a Secret Ride again." That's what my mate Jason posts in our group chat whenever Strava shows one of us went riding without the others. It stuck.
Who made it
I'm Doug, a rider from New Zealand. I came from mountain biking, rode the Tour Aotearoa on a fat bike, and slowly turned into a gravel bikepacker. On the TA I learned you carry plenty you never use, and nobody remembers which bag anything went in.
No app did the planning, packing and riding in one place, so I built one. My day job is enterprise software. I built Secret Rides for myself first, and I still use it on every ride.
How it's run
- Free to use, and no ads, ever. There’s an optional $2 tip jar in Wishlists, if you’d like to help with hosting and upkeep to keep it running.
- It's in beta. If something's off, send me feedback from the app. I read every note.
Testing the beta
Secret Rides is an iPhone and Android app, in beta on both. iPhone testers get it through Apple TestFlight, Android testers through Google Play.
- Put your name on the list and say why you want to test.
- Doug picks testers from it.
- If you’re picked, you get an invite by email: from Apple TestFlight on iPhone, or a Google Play testing invite on Android.
You start with Doug's example rides, trips and kit, each labelled, until your own fill in.
Send Doug feedback from inside the app.
Make it yours
Each with day and night.
Download everything, or delete your account. Heart-rate consent can be switched off.
Not in the EU or the UK for now.