Trailforks Tutorial: Find that "Must Ride" Trail

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brncr6 (Aug 30, 2016 at 7:18)

Thanks for the app! I have rode several places now using trailforks that I never would have been able to find with out it, jackson demo, tahoe and whistler valley trials. Keep up the good work!

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grandmastere (Aug 30, 2016 at 7:17)

Trailforks is such a revelation. Thanks pinkbike crew!

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gramboh FL (Aug 30, 2016 at 11:33)

The ability to quickly scroll through ridelogs that include a particular trail on the map is awesome, didn't know about that. Trailforks rules.

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spencerbrawn (Aug 30, 2016 at 21:39)

Same here. Awesome stuff.

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brettkapcsos (Aug 30, 2016 at 7:37)

Is it possible to map a new trail or check create your own ride log within the app rather than piggy backing off of an outside app like strava?

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swartzie (Aug 30, 2016 at 8:25)

Yep. Head over to the website and hook-em-up! Trailforks is all I use now! Be sure to donate for some trail karma

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brettkapcsos (Aug 30, 2016 at 8:29)

@swartzie: Thanks. To be a bit more clear. I would like to use the app only to record my ride, or record a new trail so that I can upload it to trailforks.

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brenthillier (Aug 30, 2016 at 9:38)

@brettkapcsos: Not possible to record rides with Trailforks. Could change in the future though!

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Satn69 (Sep 4, 2016 at 15:52)

@brenthillier: is there a way to transfer someone else ride from Strava that you follow onto Trail Forks? I follow a bunch a riders and would love to do their rides but find it difficult to have strava on the page of the riders ride and then going into trail forks to figure where I am relative to the other persons ride. Cheers

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TwistedBench (Aug 30, 2016 at 14:29)

Brent - I think you have to have a data plan or wifi connection to use the background map. There are several apps based on Openstreetmap data that can be used offline such as maps.me Is there some way to use Trailforks as an overlay on Maps.me or similar for a totally off line solution for finding trails in no cell service areas? (and also to save data $). Thanks.

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brenthillier (Aug 30, 2016 at 16:08)

Hey @TwistedBench: Trails can be navigated offline, the background map can't. When I know I'm going to be in an area without cell service or I'm travelling out of country and want avoid data roaming I do have a work around. I switch my background map to Google Street Map, and scroll around the region I'm going to be biking in while I still have a connection or I'm on wifi. Google does a great job of cache background tiles and as long as I view a region before you lose a signal you'll have the tiles cached. We hope to have a more permanent solution, having our own background tile was a first step to that solution.

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nilswalk (Aug 30, 2016 at 9:47)

I love that the Trailforks team have essentially built as 1st-class features all the things I've been fighting with Strava to make it do. Just keeps getting better and better!

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Quebracho (Aug 30, 2016 at 22:47)

@brenthillier I'd like to thank for Trailforks app. I dont think I use it to full advantage yet but Its been a huge help on my trips around USA already. Offline locating, and info about trails is awsome, I always found the trail I was looking for and never got lost, even when not on the marked trails.

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djryanrhymes (Aug 31, 2016 at 13:15)

Can you make my phone vibrate at trail intersection when I'm riding new created trail rout? It's a pain to keep pulling my phone out of my pocket at every other intersection to check if its my turn.

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fiftyfour-46 (Aug 30, 2016 at 9:59)

If duplicate trails are flagged, who determines which is the definitive version?

Moonrakers and CBT area has three instances of the trail CBT Mainline.

Interested to know how that happens.

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brenthillier (Aug 30, 2016 at 10:37)

If CBT Mainline wasn't broken up into 3 sections it would overlap other trails. In order to keep routing functionality we need to maintain a consistency with how certain trails are represented on the map.

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MTB-Colada (Aug 30, 2016 at 7:24)

I think Happn and Trailforks should be integrated. Meet future ex-wife on trail etc.

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TimRidesBikes (Aug 30, 2016 at 9:02)

Thanks, I used this the other day at a place I'd been riding for years and found a new trail!

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Husurdadi (Aug 30, 2016 at 10:37)

Lot of riders keeping the trails a secret. I know to keep from scumbags from destroying it. But what about those who just wanna ride and have fun?

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Toryt7 (Aug 30, 2016 at 8:54)

I am currently on a Nor Cal/Oregon mtb trip and Trailforks has been my best friend!!

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schofell84 (Aug 30, 2016 at 10:56)

It saved my tail in Maine.

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keatonistheguy (Aug 30, 2016 at 12:38)

@schofell84: Where did you go?

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schofell84 (Aug 30, 2016 at 18:20)

@keatonistheguy: gorbel? NH. It was a three day trip and I was out of steam and ambition to drive to Attitash after Killington and Sunday River.

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xTwoSnakesx FL (Aug 30, 2016 at 12:57)

Wow, I've used the popularity function quite a bit, but I always thought Red meant not ridden and bright green meant Often Ridden. Whoops.

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tvan5 FL (Aug 30, 2016 at 18:48)

Video starts... hey, thats where I live! Thanks for the App, saved my butt around here a few times!

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thestigmk1 (Aug 30, 2016 at 7:03)

Can you please donate tutorial on removing trails from trail forks? The number one way to have your trails destroyed in Scotland is to Strava them.

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brenthillier (Aug 30, 2016 at 7:07)

Just flag the trail and it will be dealt with.

www.trailforks.com/help/view/55

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leelau (Aug 30, 2016 at 7:50)

@brenthillier: @canadaka thank you for this feature. So much friendlier to trails than Strava