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Truly the best way to fly.

Reynolds 

Sometimes I tell her where I am going, sometimes I don't because I'm not sure yet. I don't specify a back home time, but usually I'm back before night. I carry a laminated ID card round my neck and a cell phone. If it gets dark I usually phone her so she doesn't worry.

bransom

I'm curious to hear how this works as I use Cyclemeter as my master database, too.

Worknomore

"Where are you going?!!!!" Out riding
"When will you be back?!!" Later.
"Enjoy your ride" I will, thanks.

loky1179

Lawn care?

3rdcoast

Find my Friends app on iphone. My wife can find me anytime.

Juan Foote

I don't really know why I would need to "leave word" on where I am. This area is too congested for me to have any issue getting lost or something.

RPK79

I don't tell her. We work slightly different shifts so I ride when she's working.

SpeshulEd 

CopyMySports - Automatically copy Garmin Connect activities to RunKeeper, Strava and MapMyFitness

I know Garmin dumps directly to Strava now, but not sure about cyclemeter...actually, looking at this again, I'm not sure if cyclemeter is one of the runkeeper apps or not. If it is, copymysports should allow you to dump data into it.

rhammons

This is whats worked for us in the past. Usually I'll make mention of where I'm headed, and then there's the find my phone/find my friends usage if she's concerned.

jerbax18

roadid app

SevenTwentyNine

I usually have a turnaround point depending on what route I'm taking. Putting two and two together you'll have a rough idea of the vicinity I'll be riding in.
I'll call or send a text when I'm at the turn around point - anything in between that is up for grabs. No need for live tracking.

roadwarrior

Wow. I only did the divorce thing once.

rumrunn6

re "[h=2]How do you keep your spouse informed about "where you are at" when riding?"[/h]I send a txt when I leave, when I reach my 1/2 point and when I return home. I do this even if wifey is out of town, and or not home. If one of my kids is in town then I include them. I also provide basic info on route/loop incl the towns along the way. It's habit now. I started this when I was SCUBA diving at night with a buddy before cell phones I used a pay phone, "almost at location", "out of the water heading home", etc

12strings

I use the RoadIE app on my phone. Works most of the time....occasionally it can't find my GPS signal.

bgrider

I have been using the Road Id app for a few weeks. I like it. My family has used it to see where I was at and which way I was going. Its not terribly hard on battery life and has the power save feature. I have only used it on rides around 2 hours so far and would like to try it on a 4-5 hour ride soon.

I have experienced two issues and am wondering if any of you have had the same problem. First - on an out and back ride following the exact same route, it recorded exactly half the distance. Second - unbeknownst to me it shut off one day shortly after my ride started. I had stopped at a friends who was going to ride with me. He had a mechanical issue to fix before we got under way and I suppose it shut off due to inactivity. Perhaps both issues are related - I think I changed a flat at the turning point on the out and back and perhaps it stopped during that time too.

Thanks for the good tips here - I will try some of the other options too.

Bgrider

Gladius

Doesn't matter, she won't look at the phone when I call her to SAG me anyway.

WhyFi

I'll give her a rough idea of when I'll be back; if it's around two hours or less, I don't bother checking in during the ride. If I'm going to be about a little longer, I'll text her my coordinates (via 'I'm Here!' app) every 90-120 min or when I change directions, so as to aid corpse-location efforts.

Shuffleman

When I run, I write my emergency contact info on the bottom of my shoes. I tried this for riding as well but the sharpie did not last on the bottom of my bike shoes for some reason.
I never gave this much thought other than to give her generic routes before a few weeks ago when we had a few thing occur.
First. I was the line leader and dropped back to the back of the pack during a change. Long story shore, I had to unclip for a light that turned green before we got there. I had trouble getting my foot back in and looked down to figure it out. I hit the curb at about 20mph and flipped over my handle bars and landed in the median. It was a fun flight and I did not get seriously injured other than my pride. Nobody else in the pack saw it happen and kept going. It is amazing how fast they were out of my sight. That got me thinking a little more about this issue. They did stop after about 4 miles when they realized I was no longer there but a lot can happen in that span. A few weeks later we were riding and a really hard storm hit. We parked under a gas station and waited it out. It passed so we hit the street again. We always have a sprint before a park entrance and did so this day. When we hit the entrance two of us stopped for a picture. One guy who was way behind in the sprint came into the turn too fast and wiped out. He smacked his face on the pavement and was out cold. It had started to rain again. Luckily for him, myself and another rider who were taking the picture saw it happen. The rest of the riders were way ahead. When I tried to call 911 I was able to make the call after about 20 tries. (Smart phones and rain do not work well together. I had it in a baggier but it was just to wet). The ambulance arrived about the same time the rest of the group realized we were not with them. After about 15 people trying to call the guys wife the EMS driver told us to go use his phone in his vehicle because the rain will not allow it.
When I had arrived home my wife and son were waiting. They knew nothing about the accident but apparently a couple of the wives started texting each other about how stupid we were to be out in the rain and wanted to know if anybody had heard anything.
I never said that I was very smart, as I have not done anything different still but this reminds me that I have to get that road ID and also get that app for my wife. If nothing else, it will make her feel better. I only tell this story because for those of us that ride in groups and feel like somebody will make the call, don't assume that. Things happen fast and people don't always notice things right away. If you switch line leaders every 60 seconds or so, a guy can fall and not be noticed for awhile. The pack moves on and quickly.

RVARider

I have been using mapmyride for a couple years. I wanted to use the tracking feature but they want $30/yr for it. I started using glympse, which works well, but having both running drains my battery in a little over an hour

GreenAnvil

I bring her along. On the few instances I go out alone a text works and she can always track me through Find My Friends.

Alasdair

+1. We are an iPhone family so we all have it. Even with a ride buddy so he will know when I am near to "pick him up" along our route.

floridamtb

I'd need a spouse first... but I had two, it didn't work out too well so I ride alone