WheelsUp covers the entire arc of a group ride β from the first idea to the last memory. Here's what's under the hood.
Let's Get This Party Started - Fast!
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60-Second Setup
Five questions and you're in the planner. Trip style, rough dates, start and end point. Done. Share a link β your crew joins instantly, no account required.
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Availability Heatmap
One link. Your crew marks when they can't ride β or proposes dates that work for them. The calendar fills in automatically β green days mean everyone's free. No group texts, no spreadsheet, no chaos.
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Trip Lifecycle
Every trip flows through four phases β Brainstorming, Building, Riding, and Remembering. Toss around ideas and vote on dates. Lock in your route and itinerary. Hit the road with live briefings and hazard alerts. Then relive it β recap video, trip stats, and a shareable summary.
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Daily Itinerary Slots
Set the vibe for each time slot β quick breakfast, long lunch, afternoon break, dinner, nightlife. AI fills each slot with real options that match your route, budget, and crew size. Your crew votes, the captain locks it in.
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One-Link Crew Invites
Share one link or QR code β your crew joins the trip instantly. No account required. Promote a riding buddy to co-captain and they can edit the route, invite more people, and help lock things in.
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AI Does The Heavy Lifting
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Navigator AI
Have a conversation, get a full trip. Tell Navigator your crew size, how many days you've got, and where you want to go β it builds a complete day-by-day itinerary in about 30 seconds.
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Ride Profile
Set your miles per day, saddle time, preferred start and stop times, and road surface β asphalt, dirt, or a mix. Navigator builds the route around how your crew actually rides.
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Dining, Nightlife & Local Events
Fast breakfast and back on the road? Long lunch at a local spot? Afternoon primer and out for the night? Navigator finds restaurants, dive bars, breakfast joints, and nightlife that match your crew's vibe and budget β plus festivals, rallies, and bike nights happening near your route on your travel dates.
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Road Gems
WheelsUp surfaces hidden stops near your route β scenic overlooks, local diners, historic markers, and legendary twisties β from Overpass data.
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Waypoint Optimizer
Drop in every stop you want to hit and WheelsUp reorders them into the shortest, smartest sequence β so you don't backtrack 200 miles because someone added Yellowstone after Glacier.
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Multi-Sketch Compare
Generate multiple route options from the same origin and destination. Compare total miles, elevation gain, surface mix, and overnight towns side by side β then promote the winner to a full trip.
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Information When It Matters
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Bike Profiles
Add your bike β make, model, tank size, and estimated MPG. WheelsUp calculates your real range and uses the shortest tank in the crew to flag fuel gaps for every leg.
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Fuel Range Check
Every leg flags whether you'll make it to the next gas stop β calibrated to the shortest range in your crew. No more guessing in the desert.
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Surface Breakdown
See the paved vs. gravel vs. dirt split for every leg before you ride it. No surprises for the cruiser on a gravel road.
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Elevation Profile
Gain, loss, and max altitude for every leg. Know what your body and your bike are in for.
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Sanity Check
One button. WheelsUp scans your entire route and flags brutal days (300+ miles), missing hotels, and fuel gaps β with suggestions to fix each one.
Simplify the Chaos
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Blind Voting
Propose a stop, campsite, or hotel. Votes stay sealed until everyone's in β then they all reveal at once. Honest picks, no anchoring bias.
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Room Assignments
Add the hotel, add the rooms, drag your crew in. Per-person cost calculates automatically. Everyone knows the plan.
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Banter & Chat
Full group chat with threaded messages. Pin important info to a leg. AI detects location mentions and offers to add them to the plan.
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Packing & Shared Gear
Build a crew packing list β personal items and shared gear like first-aid kits, tire plugs, and tow straps. Riders claim what they'll carry, check items off as they pack, and the readiness bar shows who's set and what's still uncovered.
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Crew Roles
Road Captain gets full edit access. Co-pilots contribute. Along-for-the-ride members see the essentials without the noise.
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To-Do Lists
Assign tasks to specific riders β book the campsite, confirm the ferry, grab the camp stove. Track completion across the crew so nothing falls through the cracks before wheels up.
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Activity Feed
Every action shows up in a live timeline β legs added, votes cast, photos uploaded, expenses logged. React to updates with emoji. Nothing happens on the trip without the crew knowing about it.
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Your Virtual Chase Vehicle
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Hazard Reporting
Riders ahead flag gravel on corners, potholes, closed gas stations, and wet roads along the route. Other crew members confirm or clear reports β the intel gets better with every mile.
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Pre-Flight Briefing
The night before each ride day, every rider gets an email: tomorrow's legs, weather at your arrival city and time, gear recommendations, and suggested departure time. It's the crew's daily briefing β no one shows up unprepared.
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Ride Updates
When the route changes, a stop gets added, or the plan shifts β every rider gets an email with what changed and what's next. No one misses the memo.
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Weather at ETA
Every leg shows the forecast at your arrival city and time β not just today's weather, but what you'll ride into. Gear recommendations included.
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Email from the Road
Send an email to your trip and it lands in the group chat. Post updates, share photos, or fire off a message from the road β no app needed.
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Expense Splitting
Anyone adds an expense β gas, food, lodging, gear β picks who splits it, and the running balance updates live. Settle over Venmo, Zelle, or PayPal β everyone stays square.
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QR Code Joining
Every trip gets a unique QR code. Flash it at the meetup β riders scan and join instantly. Same code works for uploading photos on the ride.
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GPX Export
Export your full route as a GPX file for Garmin, Scenic, or any GPS device.
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The Ride Lives On
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Media Gallery
Every rider drops their photos and videos into the trip β tagged by day and leg. The whole ride lives in one place, ready to relive and share.
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Recap Video
One tap generates a cinematic highlight reel β trip stats, your crew's photos with Ken Burns pans, the best banter quotes, and a branded intro. Download it, text it to the crew, post it anywhere.
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Trip Summary
Every completed trip gets a shareable summary page β the route, the stops, the photos, and the stats. Send the link to friends who missed out or post it to your socials. The story tells itself.
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Publish to Discover
Flip a switch and your ride goes public. Other crews can browse it, clone the route, and ride it themselves. Your best ride becomes someone else's next adventure.
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Find Your Next Ride
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Trip Gallery
Browse published trips from other WheelsUp crews. Filter by style, region, or length.
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Route Cloning
Found a route you love? Clone it, customize it, make it yours. The whole community gets smarter with every published ride.
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Rider Profiles
Every rider gets a public profile β total miles, completed trips, favorite regions, and their bike. See someone's ride history before you crew up with them.
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The Platform
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No App Required
WheelsUp runs entirely in your browser β phone, tablet, or laptop. No download, no app store, no updates. Your crew clicks a link and they're in. Works everywhere, instantly.
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Smart Email System
Organizer confirmations, crew invites, weekly countdowns, co-captain promotions, all-responded alerts, evening briefings, and ride update digests. Your crew stays informed without checking the app β everything important lands in their inbox.
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Privacy First
No tracking pixels, no ad networks, no selling your data. Your routes, your crew, your trip β private by default. Only you decide what gets published.
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All of it. Free.
No credit card. No catch. Your crew joins with a link.