Recording your rides

Record your ride with Bikemap and get data about your route. Find out all about the tracking function in this article.

Start tracking by tapping the "START" button on the Bikemap home screen. 

You can also start the tracking with your Apple Watch. Find out more about using Bikemap with your Apple Watch here. It is also possible to record your route with other smartwatches.

Find out how to pause your recording here.

Tracking with the iOS app

1. Open bike computer: The bike computer provides you with additional data about your ride (e.g. current speed, altitude etc.). It has 3 different possible sizes and can be customized to show any stat you want. A more detailed explanation can be found here.
2. Set map view to north: Tap this compass icon to return the map view to north facing. This can help keep you oriented at all times.
3. Download Map: Tap this button to download the map area you are currently in if you want to track offline. Find out more about downloading maps here.
4. Fall detection: With this button you can switch fall detection on or off. You can read more about fall detection here. Note: The fall detection feature is still in a beta stage of development, i.e. it is not fully stable yet. Therefore it is possible that there are still some problems with it. Please ride carefully!
5. Map style: Here you can choose between different map styles, change the route style or decide whether you want your downloaded offline map areas to be visible or not. As well as setting the dark mode and showing heatmap layers.
6. Fix location: Tap this arrow once to fix the map view to your location whilst you ride, and tap it again to have it fix the map view to your orientation.
7. Add POI: You see obstacles on the road? Want to share the location of public e-bike charging stations or pumps? With this button you can add community reports to the map and thus share points of interest with the entire Bikemap community. You can learn more about community reports here.
8. Search: Here you can search for a location. It will give you the option to start a navigation whilst continuing to record what you have ridden so far. Swipe up to access your saved Home/Work addresses.

Please note: The search bar and bottom tab will disappear when you are moving in order to give you more screen space. 

Tracking with the Android app

1. Open bike computer: The bike computer provides you with additional data about your ride (e.g. current speed, altitude etc.). It has 3 different possible sizes and can be customized to show any stat you want. A more detailed explanation can be found here.
2. Reset map view to north: Tap this compass icon to return the map view to north facing. This can help keep you oriented at all times.
3. Download Map: Tap this button to download the map area you are currently in if you want to track offline. Find out more about downloading maps here.
4. Map style: Here you can choose between different map styles, change the route style or decide whether you want your downloaded offline map areas to be visible or not. As well as setting the dark mode and showing heatmap layers.
5. Fix location: Tap this arrow once to fix the map view to your location whilst you ride, and tap it again to have it fix the map view to your orientation.
6. Add POI: You see obstacles on the road? Want to share the location of public e-bike charging stations or pumps? With this button you can add community reports to the map and thus share points of interest with the entire Bikemap community. You can learn more about community reports here.
7. Search: Here you can search for a location. It will give you the option to start a navigation whilst continuing to record what you have ridden so far. Swipe up to access your saved Home/Work addresses.

Please note: The search bar and bottom tab will disappear when you are moving in order to give you more screen space.