RideFollow turns a cyclist's live GPS into a spectator-friendly ride page. Start a ride, share one private link, and friends or family can follow speed, distance, route progress, elevation and ETA from any browser—no account or app required. They can send cheers that buzz the rider's phone. Free during the beta on iOS and Android.
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Hey Product Hunt — Francesco here, the solo maker behind RideFollow.
My girlfriend loves cycling. When she is out on a long ride, I catch myself checking her location, watching the distance climb, guessing when she will be home, and cheering from the sofa. Most cycling products are built around the rider and the post-ride upload. I wanted to build the screen for the people watching.
RideFollow turns a ride into a small live event:
The rider starts a ride and shares one private link.
Friends and family follow live from any browser, with no account or app.
The page shows speed, distance, route progress, elevation, and ETA in plain language.
Spectators can send cheers that buzz the rider's phone.
Sharing is off by default and ends with the ride.
It is an early, free beta on iOS and Android. There is also a simulated live dashboard on the website, so you can try the spectator experience immediately.
The question I most want help with: when you are watching someone you care about ride, what do you need to understand at a glance that RideFollow does not show yet?
If you test it, please tell me what confused you or broke. That is much more useful to me than a generic compliment.
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A small thing that would make this feel even more social: let spectators drop a pin on the route map with a short note, so the rider sees "your friend left a cheer at the top of the climb." It would give the cheers some context and make long rides feel like less of a solo effort.
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@n_lok72335 That's very cool i will note it and propose it to the beta tester in the following weeks! Thank you!
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Shared a link with my partner on a long ride and she could actually buzz my phone mid-route with a cheer. That little buzz at mile 40 made the whole hill feel shorter.
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@gler63kh interesting, did you already tried the RideFollow app?
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Shared a link with my partner while out on a long ride and watching the cheers pop up on my wrist was a fun little motivator, and the elevation graph actually matched what I was suffering through.
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New version also with support to tracking using the CLI ridefollow-cli
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The no-account spectator link is such a thoughtful call. Telling grandma to download an app just to watch your Sunday loop would have killed the whole vibe.
A small thing that would make this feel even more social: let spectators drop a pin on the route map with a short note, so the rider sees "your friend left a cheer at the top of the climb." It would give the cheers some context and make long rides feel like less of a solo effort.
@n_lok72335 That's very cool i will note it and propose it to the beta tester in the following weeks! Thank you!
Shared a link with my partner on a long ride and she could actually buzz my phone mid-route with a cheer. That little buzz at mile 40 made the whole hill feel shorter.
@gler63kh interesting, did you already tried the RideFollow app?
Shared a link with my partner while out on a long ride and watching the cheers pop up on my wrist was a fun little motivator, and the elevation graph actually matched what I was suffering through.
New version also with support to tracking using the CLI ridefollow-cli
The no-account spectator link is such a thoughtful call. Telling grandma to download an app just to watch your Sunday loop would have killed the whole vibe.