How To Use Packt

Everything you need to know to ride together with your crew.

Rallies — Create, Start & End a Group Ride

A rally is a group ride with live GPS tracking, chat, and optional voice communication. Up to 100 riders can join a single rally.

Creating a Rally

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    Go to Basecamp and tap the + button to create a new rally.
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    Enter rally details — name, date, time, and an optional description. You can optionally add a route with waypoints using the Route Editor.
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    Share the invite code with your crew so they can join. You can also make it a pack-only rally if you want to limit it to your pack members.

Starting & Ending

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    When it's time to ride, the rally creator taps Start Rally. GPS tracking begins for all participants and everyone appears on the Radar map.
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    During the ride, use rally chat to coordinate stops and share updates. Your trail is recorded automatically.
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    When the ride is over, the creator taps End Rally. Stats (distance, duration, top speed) are saved to your history.
Voice chat is available during active rallies. General room for Rider+, custom voice rooms and listen-all mode for Pack Leader+.

Meetups — Organize a Gathering

A meetup is a location-based event for riders to gather at a specific place. Unlike rallies, meetups don't have live GPS tracking — they're for organizing a meeting point.

Creating a Meetup

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    From Basecamp, tap the + button and select Meetup.
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    Set the location by tapping on the map or searching for an address. Add a name, date/time, and description.
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    Share the meetup — other riders can find it on the map or through your pack.

Rally to Meetup

You can link a rally to a meetup so the rally automatically routes to the meetup location. On the meetup detail screen, tap "Create Rally to Meetup" — this creates a new rally with the meetup set as the end waypoint. Linked rallies show a "Heading to {meetup}" badge on rally cards.

Check the "Rallies Heading Here" section on a meetup detail to see which rallies are riding to the same meetup.

Radar Map — Live Tracking & Solo Mode

The Radar is your live map during rides. It shows where every rider in your rally is in real-time, updated every 2-3 seconds.

Rally Mode

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    When a rally is active, open the Radar tab. All participants appear as markers on the map with their custom icon or profile photo.
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    The leader's trail is drawn on the map so followers can retrace the exact route in real-time (follow-the-leader).
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    Drag the live stats card to see speed, distance, and duration during the ride.

Who Can See You?

Your location is only visible to participants of the active rally you are in. Nobody outside the rally can see your position. When you stop sharing, your marker fades to 40% opacity as "last seen" and disappears after 30 minutes.

Solo Mode Rider+

Solo mode lets you share your live location with your trusted contacts even when you're not in a rally. Add trusted contacts from your profile — they'll see your location when you enable solo sharing.

Open the Tools Drawer on the Radar to toggle the speed limit widget, biker stops layer, and get break suggestions for long rides.

Voice Chat

Talk with your crew hands-free during active rallies. No push-to-talk — just toggle mute on and off.

Getting Started

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    During an active rally, tap the voice button on the Radar screen to join the General voice room. Rider+
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    Use the draggable voice pill on the Radar to mute/unmute or leave the channel.
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    Switch between voice rooms using the room picker. Custom rooms (up to 4 per rally) are available for Pack Leader+.

Audio Modes

Choose your audio mode in Settings > Preferences:

Listen-all mode lets you hear all voice rooms simultaneously — great for rally leaders keeping tabs on the whole group. Pack Leader+

Route Editor — Plan Your Ride

Plan your route before the rally with the full-screen map-first editor. Add waypoints, customize routing, and preview speed limits.

Building a Route

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    Open the Route Editor from Create Rally or My Routes. Tap on the map to add waypoints, or search by address.
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    Drag waypoints to reorder or reposition them. Tap a waypoint marker for actions (delete, set direction type).
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    Set per-segment routing profiles — choose between fastest, shortest, or motorcycle-friendly routing for each segment. Tap the midpoint marker between waypoints to change a segment's profile.
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    Toggle avoid tolls, motorways, or ferries from the toolbar dropdown to customize your route preferences.

Extra Features

Hazard Alerts — Stay Safe on the Road

Crowd-sourced road hazard reporting with voice proximity alerts. Report hazards for others and get warned as you approach them.

Reporting a Hazard

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    Tap the orange warning button on the Radar map (always visible when hazards are enabled).
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    Select the hazard type — gravel, oil, pothole, animal, road works, flooding, ice, speed camera, police, or other.
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    The hazard appears on the map for all riders. Temporary hazards expire automatically (4 hours default). Permanent hazards (cameras, potholes) stay after community confirmation.

Proximity Alerts

When riding toward a hazard (within 1 km and heading in its direction), you'll hear a voice alert: "Hazard ahead: gravel" — once per hazard. Toggle hazards on/off from the Tools Drawer.

Speed cameras from OpenStreetMap are automatically merged into the hazard layer — no reporting needed for those. OSM cameras show the speed limit where available.

Biker Stops — Discover Rider-Friendly Spots

Find and share the best rider-friendly spots — cafes, mechanics, scenic viewpoints, hotels, and more.

Discovering Stops

Toggle "Biker Stops" in the Tools Drawer to see curated and community-submitted POIs on the Radar map. Tap a stop to see its name, tag, reviews, and photos.

Adding a Stop

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    From the Tools Drawer, tap "Add Biker Stop". Your current GPS location is used.
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    Choose a tag (restaurant, mechanic, photo spot, hotel, cafe, pub, parking, ATM, bike wash, or moto interesting) and add a name.
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    Your stop starts as pending and becomes public after 3 community upvotes. View your stops in Profile > My Stops.

Free Ride — Solo Recording

Record your ride without creating a rally. Perfect for spontaneous rides or when you just want to track your stats.

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    In solo mode, open the Tools Drawer and toggle Free Ride. The GPS pill shows "REC" in red.
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    Ride as you normally would. Your trail is recorded automatically.
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    When done, toggle Free Ride off. A summary shows your distance, duration, and stats. Routes over 5 km are saved to My Routes.
Free Ride works on all tiers — no subscription needed. Your trusted contacts can see your location during a free ride if you're Pack Leader+.

Finding Rallies & Meetups

Discover rides and gatherings near you or anywhere in the world.

Browsing the Map

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    Open the Rallies tab to see rallies and meetups as markers on the map. Markers cluster together when zoomed out — tap a cluster to see the list.
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    Tap a rally or meetup marker to view its details — date, route, participant count, and description.
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    Tap Join to join a rally, or enter an invite code if the rally is private.
Pack-only rallies are only visible to members of the pack that created them. Look for the "Heading to {meetup}" badge on rally cards to find rides going to the same destination.

Packs — Your Riding Group

A pack is your private riding group with its own chat, shared rallies, and leaderboard. Think of it as your crew's home base.

Creating & Joining

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    To create a pack, go to Profile and tap Create Pack. Give it a name and description. Rider+ can create 1 pack, Pack Leader+ unlimited. Free users can join packs but not create them.
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    Share the 6-character invite code with riders you want in your pack.
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    To join a pack, go to Profile, tap Join Pack, and enter the invite code.

Pack Features

The Club tier unlocks the full suite of pack management tools — verified badge, member approval, role assignments, broadcast announcements, attendance tracking, and member list export.