Wend
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Features

Everything Wend does

The riding screen at a standstill, with End, sound and menu buttons that are not there while moving

A screen that changes with the ride

  • RidingThe turn, your speed, how far and when
  • At a turnThe cue turns amber and says Now
  • StoppedEnd, sound, the menu and friends appear
  • Rolling againThey go, and the map is yours
  • Off the routeThe old turn fades while a new way is found
  • Looking aroundBack to me, or ride on and the view returns
  • Put awayOne tap leaves the arrow, distance and speed
The turn cue in amber, reading Now, at a junction

Turn cues

  • Early cueAbout 20 seconds before the turn
  • Now cueAbout 4 seconds before, in amber
  • Timed by speedEarlier when you are going faster
  • The turn afterShown too, when it follows closely
  • SpokenWith the street name to look for
  • A buzzAs the turn arrives
  • Natural voiceOr the phone’s own, which needs no signal
A planned route to Tower Bridge showing 17 minutes, 3.1 miles, 210 feet of climb, a climb profile, and a battery at 86% with about 77% on arrival

Planning

  • SearchBy typing or by voice
  • Saved placesHome, Work and others, one tap away
  • Usual destinationsLearned from where you ride
  • At a glanceTime, arrival, distance and climb
  • Climb profileSee the hills before you set off
  • Other routesCycle through the alternatives
The ride summary asking: battery was 86% when you set off, and now? with a level to slide or step, opened on 85%

On an e-bike

  • Battery beforeGive the level on the route card, in one tap
  • On arrivalWhat this route should leave you with
  • Not enoughSaid before you set off, not half way
  • Battery afterAsked once, at the end, on the level it expects
  • What it usedPercent, over the distance and time ridden
  • Your rangeLearned from your own latest rides
  • Off by defaultSwitched on in Settings, for e-bikes only
The riding screen under an overcast sky with the note: 10 minutes, rain easing

Weather

  • Rain aheadTold about 15 minutes before it arrives
  • Strong windThe same warning for gusts
  • EasingTold when it is about to stop for good
  • In the sceneSky, rain and haze drawn as they are outside
  • Day and nightReal daylight, and lit streets after dark
  • Sunrise and sunsetColour in a clear sky, on the side the sun is on
  • Lit or unlitSee which streets have lamps before you ride in
  • Lit ahead of youAcross the UK, on before you get there
A friend shown ahead on the route, and a pointer to another friend behind

Riding together

  • Live positionsFriends on your map, about once a second
  • Off-screen pointersWhich way they are, and how far
  • Fly to a friendTap their marker or their arrow
  • Follow a friendHold them: close on them, or both in view
  • Where they are headedShared with the group, yours to ride to
  • Everyone in viewThe map opens on the whole group
  • On your routeFriends as dots along it, in miniature
  • Spoken updatesWhen someone drops back, stops or catches up
  • Link or codeSix letters, by any messenger
  • Group sizeUp to 12 riders
More about riding together
A ride summary with the ride drawn over the streets, its figures, the battery used, and share, export and replay buttons

After the ride

  • RecordedFrom start to finish, saved as you go
  • SummaryThe ride over the ground it crossed
  • TrimDrag the ends to cut the start or finish
  • GPX exportFor Strava, Komoot and bike computers
  • ShareA picture of the ride, ready to send
  • 3D replayFly back along it
  • Travel mapEvery road you have ridden, one line each
  • Fades with ageOlder travel drawn fainter than last week’s
More about ride history
A spot pinned beside the fountain in Trafalgar Square, standing in the 3D scene, with a button to add a photo

Your places on the map

  • Pin a spotHold the map where you have stopped
  • Leave a photoIt stays at the spot, on the map
  • There when you returnSeen from nearby, on its own street
  • Listed tooIn the menu, to find one again
  • Ride thereOne tap from the spot

Made for the handlebar

  • Put anything awayEvery part has a compact and a hidden state
  • RemembersWhat you minimised stays minimised
  • Big gesturesAnywhere on the map, in gloves or rain
  • Holds you can seeA ring fills clear of your finger, then a buzz
  • A forgiving EndHold to end; a drifting thumb still counts
  • UndoA removed ride or stop can be brought back
  • Readable in sunType on a halo, over any imagery
  • Stays awakeThe screen does not sleep while you ride
  • Survives a closed tabReopen within three hours and carry on
  • Opens without signalAnd keeps following the route it has
  • Honest GPSA gap is shown as a gap, never guessed
  • Miles or kilometresYour choice

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