The best roads are found by riders
Every rider knows a road that a computer would never pick. On Byker, riders share them: planned, tagged, photographed and rated by the people who ride them. Every ride makes the next one better.
Ride what other bikers rate
The best roads aren't found by an algorithm. They're found by riders. When a rider publishes a ride, it comes with their photos, their description, tags that say what it's like, and honest star ratings from everyone who's ridden it.
Nearby
Rides whose route passes within 25 miles of you, not just ones that happen to start nearby
Other rides
The most popular rides across Britain and Ireland
Search and filter
By name, description or tag, and filter by tags, distance, rating and radius
Save it for later
Tap Plan this ride to keep it in your Planned rides for a sunny day
Rate and comment
Give it one to five stars, and leave a comment for the rider
- Winding
- Sweeping
- Fast A-roads
- Scenic
- Coastal
- Mountain pass
- Moorland
- Forest
- Single-track
- Villages
- Café stop
- Day trip
- Touring
- Beginner-friendly
- …plus your own
Honest ratings
Riders rate rides from one to five stars and leave comments, so you know what you're in for before you set off.
Planned rides
Found one you fancy? Plan this ride keeps it ready for a sunny day, and lets the rider know someone's planning their road.
Jess Moorland
@peak_jess
12
Rides
48
Friends
3
Events
- 4.6
Cat and Fiddle loop
21 mi · 35 min
- 4.8
Snake Pass at sunrise
32 mi · 48 min
Your page, your rides, your bikes
Every rider has a page that shows what they ride and the roads they've shared. You choose what goes on it.
Rider pages
Every rider has a page with their photo, a cover photo and a short bio if they like, their town, main bike, the year they started riding, published rides, the events they're organising and, if they choose, the events they've attended.
Your garage
Keep up to five bikes with a photo each, and choose your main one. It shows on your rider page as what you ride.
Never shown
Other riders never see your email address, birthday or gender, or your private rides.
Your riding mates, all in one place
Add the riders you ride with as friends, and start or join a club for your group, your marque or your town.
Friends
Send a friend request from any rider's page, and share rides with your friends only. You choose who can send you requests, who sees your friends list, and whether riders can find you by searching.
Find your people, then ride with them
Meetups, group rides, charity runs, shows, track days and training: riders organise them on Byker, and anyone can join. Every event can carry a route, so everybody knows the plan before they set off.
Say I'm going or Interested, and see how many places are left
Make an event public, link-only, or for invited riders
Set who it's for: women or men only, a range of engine sizes, or 125cc friendly for learners and small bikes. Byker checks this privately, so nobody else sees your details
Comments, a cover photo, directions to the meeting point, reminders before it starts, and Add to calendar so it's in your diary
Check in when you arrive, with a tap or automatically if you turn it on, so the organiser knows who's made it. Show the events you've attended on your page if you like
Events near you
Choose the kinds you like and how far you'll travel, and Byker tells you when a new one is posted
Events are organised by riders, not by Byker. Organisers choose a safe, public meeting point (a café or car park, never their home), and everyone rides at their own risk. See our Terms.
Sort the ride out without leaving the app
Message a mate, start a group for Saturday's ride out, or chat with your whole club. Drop in the ride or the event, and everyone has the plan in one tap.
- PeteSnake Pass on Sunday? Weather looks dry 🤞
- Snake Pass Sunday · 64 miI'm in. Here's the route:
- AliMeet at the café at 9?
- 9 it is. Bring a flask ☕
- One-to-one, groups of up to 50, and a chat for every club, ready the moment you open it
- Send photos, and share rides, events, places and a pin on the map as cards riders can open
- React, reply to a message, and edit or delete your own
- Messages arrive the moment they're sent while you're in the app, and as notifications when you're not. Mute any chat when it gets busy
- Block or report from any chat or message
Your friends can message you straight away. Anyone else sends a message request you can accept or ignore, and you choose who can send one. Riders aged 16 and 17 can only be messaged by friends.
See who's nearly at the café
On your way to a meet, or out with the club? Share where you are for as long as you choose, and the riders you pick see you on the map.
- Riders at your event
- ExactlyFree
- Your friends
- ExactlyPremium
- A club you're in
- ExactlyPremium
- Nearby riders, 18+
- To about 1 kmPremium
- Share with the riders at an event you're going to, free, until the event ends
- With Byker Premium, share with your friends, a club you're in, or nearby riders, who see only roughly where you are, to about 1 km
- Byker keeps only your latest position, never a history, and deletes it as soon as you stop
- Set your home in the app and sharing pauses near it. Your home never leaves your phone
- Riders under 18 can share only with events and friends
It's off until you turn it on, and riders you've blocked never see where you are.
Share the road, not your front door
Routes and photos can reveal where you live. On Byker, your rides are yours until you share them, and you decide exactly who sees what.
What other riders can see
- Your rider pageYour @username, display name, profile photo, town (if you've added one), your cover photo, bio and the year you started riding (if you've added them), your main bike, when you joined, how many friends you have, your published rides and the public events you organise
- Published ridesEverything on the ride, its ratings and comments, minus a hidden start and finish
- Friends-only ridesOnly your friends
- Rides you shareOnly the riders you share with, or anyone with the link, until you stop sharing
- EventsWho's going is shown to the organiser and the riders going
What stays private
- Private by defaultA ride only you can see until you publish or share it
- Hide exact start and finishOther riders see the route without its first and last stretch
- Photo locations removedEvery photo is stripped of its hidden data, including GPS
- When an event is for women or men only, or for certain engine sizes, Byker checks your details privately and only tells you whether you can join
- Never on showYour email address, birthday and gender, and your private rides
Be decent to other riders
Byker is for riders to share good roads and ride together. When you use it, don't:
- post anything illegal, threatening, hateful, harassing, sexually explicit, or that bullies or demeans anyone
- post anyone else's personal details, like their home address, or anything that could help someone find or follow them without their agreement
- encourage dangerous or illegal riding, such as street racing or riding well beyond speed limits, or share routes designed for it
- post spam, advertising, scams, or misleading or impersonating content
- post content that infringes someone else's copyright or other rights
Reports and moderation
You can report any ride, photo, comment, tag or rider that breaks these rules, from inside the app. Our moderators review reports and may hide or remove content, turn off a ride's sharing, or remove tags. If you think we've got a decision wrong, contact us and we'll look at it again.
Ride safely
Ratings, tags and descriptions are riders' own opinions, and conditions change with the weather and seasons. Check every route before you ride it, follow the Highway Code, and never use Byker while you're riding.
Miles better together!
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