The New Commute

Gas prices are outlandish, and global warming won't solve itself while we're chugging CO2 into the atmosphere. It's time to commute by human-powered devices -- your legs are the only machines that improve with use! Take responsibility for your environment, your health, your community and your spending without worrying about stamina, traffic, or experience.

start a bikepool

See how it works or just Sign Up for a free account to start a ride! Bikepooling's still in Beta, so expect new features almost daily.

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Shopping and Towing

Using the right bags, panniers and towing carts, you can carry a surprising amount of weight by bicycle. Team up with other rides, and your group can move entire homes.

Fun and Exploring

There's no better way to see a new city, or discover your own, than by bicycle. Walking is slow and tiring, and driving stuffs you into a cage and zips you past your environment at 50MPH. Bicycling gets you across town quickly while keeping you a part of your environment.

The Bikepooling beta is live!

...if only in version 0.9.0. As a labor of love, from a tiny team without enough love to give, it's an iterative process. The true gala (if Apple can "launch" its software, then we can hold a gala) will be on May 11th. Expect clouds of features and MUCH-improved interface to magically appear, en masse, in the next few days or weeks, including:

  • Ajaxy start/end-point attachment in Ride creation, for a more simple, one-click ride wizard (some finished.)
  • Ajax "TagSearch", which narrows routes and groups down to your door very quickly (mostly finished.)
  • Wiki bike manual editing! We'll create a compendium of bike knowledge (finished.)
  • More extensive and interesting user profiles (ongoing.)
  • Widgets for your groups' home pages. Local weather reporting, useful features for organizing Bikepools and getting more members, and better themability.
  • Userpoints-revenue structure. Turn your "points" received from making posts and inviting users into swag!
  • Better tools for managing who's coming on a particular ride and how to find each other. I'm going to make it as easy and one-click as possible to get a whole squad together (some finished, ongoing.)

    And more coming soon, of course. Keep an eye on http://www.bikepooling.com/blog for updates, or subscribe to the RSS Feed.

    Also, follow the Bikepooling service and status updates on Twitter! http://twitter.com/bikepooling

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Featured Bikepool of the week

Inner Richmond to SoMa earns BotW! Starting at Velo Rouge Cafe in the Inner Richmond, San Francisco, CA and riding through Golden Gate Park, across the Wiggle and down Market St, they eventually split off around 10:45AM at 8th and Market.

It meets daily at Velo Rouge around 10AM, and gets moving at 10:25 -- just long enough for a cup of BlueBottle to fuel the ride. It's slow-moderate paced and only takes 20 minutes. Join the group here!

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