One of the benefits of membership in the Williamsburg Area Bicyclists is free access (with Premium features) to the over 300 routes that are in the WAB Club Account on Ride With GPS (RWG). These routes are downloaded into the WAB website for convenient access to create cue sheets and display on the website Calendar. Many of our WAB members regularly load the RWG route onto their GPS bike computer so that they can get "turn-by-turn" navigation. Depending upon the make and model of the bike computer, the process to load the route is different, and the Ride With GPS help site has some good information - just search on your bike computer model (like "Garmin 810").
But even if you don't have a GPS bike computer, if you have an Apple or Android phone, you can get turn by turn guidance, with voice prompts for upcoming turns.
1. If you haven't already done so, create a free Ride With GPS user account.
2. After you create your account, click on this link to join the WAB Club Account.
3. Download and install the Ride With GPS App on your smartphone
4. Login on the smartphone app with your Ride With GPS username and password
5. On the Home Screen of the app, tap on the link Williamsburg Area Bicyclists
6. On the next screen click on "Organization Routes. "This will provide a list of all the routes in the WAB Route Library.
7. Find the route you want and click on that route. (Note: you can search by keyword in the "filter" field).
8. Click "Navigate" and you should be good to go! (You only need to Download if you will be riding in an area where you won't have data service).
If you capture your rides on Strava, it is easy to link your Strava account to Ride Logs so that you don't need to re-enter your rides on the WAB Ride Logs web page. Just follow these steps:
1. Set Your Preferences
- Click on the
icon to change your preferences. Set Enable Strava Download - Yes. - Set the Strava Start Date. Strava rides will be downloaded from this date forward. If a Strava ride falls upon the same date as a manually entered Ride Log, you will be given the option to keep only the Strava ride, only the Ride Log ride or both.
- Click "Save & Close"
2. Authorize to Strava
After you Save & Close, you will be redirected to the Strava website and prompted to authorize via your Strava account. This is a "one-way" process - only rides from Strava are downloaded to Ridelogs. Rides are never uploaded to Strava.
3. Click on the "List" Icon
Now that you have authorized, anytime you click on the 
icon, a "pull" request to Strava is automatically initiated. Any new Strava rides that had not been previously downloaded with be downloaded at that time. From here you can also edit 
or delete 
rides, or see the detail of your ride by clicking on the ride date of your ride.
That is all there is to it - just remember - click on the List icon to cause the Strava rides to be downloaded!
In addition, once a day (normally at 1 AM) a synchronization will occur. You will be notified via e-Mail if any rides have been download.
In this section we will provide bicycling skills and safety tips. A good source for bicycling safety and skills information can be found on the website of the League of American Bicyclists. Here you will find a wealth of information and resources. The LAB also offers "smart cycling" classes.
Click on one of the articles shown on the left for some other tips. If you have any suggestions for cycling safety or skills tips to include on this page, please email webmaster@wabonline.org.
If you are either new to cycling, new to the Williamsburg area or just looking for a way to get more actively engaged in cycling, this page is for you!
The Williamsburg Area Bicyclists sponsors club rides where members and visitors come together and ride a designated “route” in the Williamsburg area. These rides are classified by difficulty (both pace and distance). Ride leaders provide the routes in the form of “cue sheets” and strive to facilitate safe and enjoyable experiences for all participants.
Following is a list of upcoming events you may find of interest. If there is a ride you would like to see listed, email ridecoordinator@wabonline.org
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