Singletracks Mobile for iPhone
In the past 30 days alone, nearly 3,000 visits to singletracks.com were on an iPhone or iPod Touch (plus hundreds more on other handheld devices). If you were one of those visitors, you probably had a hard time reading the site without zooming and panning so we decided to do something about it. Meet singletracks mobile v1.0.
The new mobile site has all our trail and gear reviews in a no-frills package that’s easy to read and navigate on just about any portable device. Just hit singletracks.com on your phone and you’ll automatically be redirected to the mobile site (m.singletracks.com). Simple.
Perhaps the coolest feature (iPhone only) is the ability to find the nearest mountain bike trails no matter where you are. The site taps into the iPhone’s integrated GPS to find bike trails within 25 miles of your coordinates and returns an ordered list in seconds. We know there is at least one iPhone app out there that claims to do the same thing but it’s clunky and it costs $$. Singletracks mobile is free, fast, and isn’t a silly app. It’s a webpage. (if you use Firefox 3.5 or higher you can give this feature a try on your desktop)
Our heads are full of ideas for future mobile enhancements so stay tuned for more!
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- Singletracks Gets More Social: Mobile Trail Check-ins
- Singletracks iPhone App Update
- Free Singletracks MTB iPhone App is Here!
- Singletracks iPhone and Android Apps Updated
- Down South Cyclery: Mobile Bike Repair in the ATL
Tags: GPS for MTB, iphone, mobile
January 18th, 2010 at 11:44 am
Thank you so much, I was definitely one of those who would visit the site through my iPod Touch for about a year now. And yeah this will be extremely helpful!
January 18th, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Awesome! This will come in super handy for the infrequent but quite frustrating “I thought you knew where the trailhead was” moments.
January 18th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Looks like I got an excuse(but not the money yet)to move up to an iphone……hahahaha
January 18th, 2010 at 9:49 pm
You said it ck, that happens to me a lot. For trails with GPS coordinates you can click the “Directions” link to open the Google Maps app and navigate from your current location to the trailhead.
Here’s another scenario: You’re at the bike shop and there’s a sweet deal on a helmet (or saddle or whatever). Fire up m.singletracks.com, read the reviews, and see if it’s gold or crap.
January 21st, 2010 at 11:40 am
That’s awesome! Would this app work on an iTouch, or only an iPod?
January 21st, 2010 at 11:43 am
@InlandEmpireMTB: It should work fine on an iPod Touch, though I’m not sure about the GPS features.
January 21st, 2010 at 5:31 pm
This is the list from my work location. You can all be jealous now:
Local Bike Trails Nearby
* Standley Lake
10.69 miles
* Green Mountain
11.04 miles
* Apex Park
11.64 miles
* Matthews Winters
11.7 miles
* Red Rocks/ Dakota Ridge
11.73 miles
* Colorado Hills Trail
12.55 miles
* Practice Loop
12.59 miles
* Mount Falcon Park
12.6 miles
* Chimney Gulch
12.88 miles
* Dirt Jumps
13.24 miles
* White Ranch
14.2 miles
* Lair O’ The Bear/Bear Creek Trail
14.95 miles
* Unknown
15.06 miles
* South Valley Park
15.21 miles
* Bluffs Regional Park Trail
15.66 miles
* High Plains Trail
15.98 miles
* Deer Creek Canyon
16.04 miles
* Monarch Backcountry
16.05 miles
* Backcountry
16.13 miles
* Coal Creek Trail
17.39 miles
* Colorado Trail / Waterton To South Platte
18 miles
* Waterton Canyon
18 miles
* Indian Creek Loop
18.02 miles
* Glendale Open Space Trail
18.4 miles
* Marshall Mesa Area
19.14 miles
* Dedisse Trail
19.6 miles
* Ridge Trail
20.01 miles
* Meyer Ranch Park
20.03 miles
* Bergen Peak
20.19 miles
* 3 Sisters / Alderfer
20.5 miles
* Rattlesnake Gulch
20.75 miles
* Elk Meadow
20.75 miles
* Centennial Cone Park
20.78 miles
* East Boulder Trail
21.36 miles
* Flying J Ranch
22.14 miles
* White Rocks Trail
22.29 miles
* Maxwell Falls
22.42 miles
* Ringtail-swallowtail
23.19 miles
* Walker Ranch
23.43 miles
* Hidden Mesa
23.91 miles
* Golden Gate Canyon State Park
24.09 miles
* Ridgeline Open Space Trail
24.97 miles
January 21st, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Nice list! Let’s see who has the longest list at home and/or work. I’m showing 13 trails near my place…