Measuring distance--bike odometers?

[Elphaba]

If you want to check out a distance before you ride (or during) (or after) check out mapmyride.com I use to plot my rides and also I use the recording feature. A few close friends are "friends" on the site and can track me when I'm out. It logs in to FB when I start and if they don't hear from me in 2 hours, my phone is buzzing off the chain. Worst case scenario, they could log into MMR and see where I last was.

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[OakLeaf]

Elphaba, I guess that means mapmyride has got that working now? Last I looked at it, you had to set your profile to public before it would let you do live tracking. If you can limit it to friends now, I may start using it, especially now that I've got a new phone with a little better battery life.

Also, can your friends track you from their phones, or do they have to be at their "big" computers?

[Elphaba]

I know I checked a box that says to allow my friends to track me. As for how they can, i am actually not sure since we have never had to rely on it to find me...and that is a good thing!