Share a cycling route without an account
Updated 2026-05-17
Planning a Saturday group ride, a club run, or a one-off trip with a friend usually ends with the same question in the chat: “can someone send me the route?” Or its more technical cousin, “can someone send me a GPX for it?” Both are fair asks, and both have annoying answers in most cycling apps. Sharing by link in Komoot, Strava, or Ride with GPS often runs into account walls, app installs, or subscription paywalls somewhere in the flow. A GPX file is a fine answer too, but it’s a file attachment, not something you can open and preview at a glance.
SpokePlan handles both. Paste the link in a group chat or an email, your friend clicks it, and the route opens in their browser. No account on their end. If they want the GPX for their bike computer, it’s a one-click download from the same page.
How it works
After you’ve planned a route, the toolbar has a Share button. Hit it and a small dialog shows a link like https://spokeplan.com/s/aB3kP7m9Lq2X. Tap Copy link and paste it wherever you want.
The link is the route. Open it on any device with a browser and the route appears on the same map you built it on, with the same waypoints, distance, and elevation. Drop the link in WhatsApp or iMessage and the chat preview shows the route name and the headline stats before anyone clicks.
What your friend sees
When they open the link:
- The full route on the map, with the waypoints you set
- Distance and elevation gain at the top
- A surface-colouring toggle (the Road feel button), in case they want to see how rough each segment is
- A Preferences panel for their own bike type, typical flat speed, and weight. The route line stays as you sent it, but the surface scoring, calories, and ride time update for their bike
- A Download button to grab the GPX for their head unit or another app
No signup wall. No banner asking for an email. No “create a free account to continue” pop-up.
About the share link
- Read-only. The recipient can view the route, toggle the surface view, and download a GPX. They can’t edit it in place, but they can open the planner from there and start their own version.
- 30-day expiry. Every share link lasts 30 days, then the route is removed from the server. For a planned ride that’s enough lead time.
- Private. Nothing personal travels with the shared route. No email, no profile, no identifier for who sent it or who opened it. The URL itself is randomly generated, so it can’t be guessed.
Try it
Plan a route, hit Share, paste the link in the chat. On the routing side, here’s how SpokePlan picks cycling routes.