iBikeRide has added a suite of new community features designed to make the platform more useful for riders and reward those who contribute to it.

Trail check-ins with recent ride conditions are now live. From any trail page, riders can log their ride that day and report on the trail conditions, choosing from five condition states: ☀️ Dry, 🟢 Tacky, 🟤 Muddy, 💧 Waterlogged, or 🚫 Closed. There is also an optional short character note field for anything worth flagging.

Recent check-ins from the last seven days appear in a feed on each trail page, giving other riders a quick read on current conditions before heading out.

Contributions also earn points. The biggest earners are writing a trail review with a rating and publishing a news article, both worth 10 points. Reviews are the core of what makes iBikeRide useful to the riding community, and the points system now directly reflects that. Creating an event listing earns 8 points, uploading a photo earns 5 points, and receiving a helpful vote on a review adds a further 5 points. A check-in with a note earns 3 points, a standard check-in earns 1 point, leaving a comment earns 2 points, and replies earn 1 point. Points accumulate into five named tiers: 👤 Rookie, 🏔 Trail Scout, 🌊 Shredder, 🛠 Trail Dog, and ⚡ Legend. A contributor leaderboard on the homepage ranks users by their total points, with the top five visible at a glance and a full leaderboard available to browse.

Riders can also now favourite trails, events, and news articles, saving them for quick access from their profile page. It is a straightforward way to build a personal reference of go-to trails and things on the radar.

All features are live now. Log in to your iBikeRide account, write a review, log a check-in, and see where you rank.

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