Start navigating and the recording starts with it. Phone in your pocket, screen locked, it keeps going and saves where you actually rode, not where the route said you would.
Automatic while you navigate. Nothing to switch on, nothing to watch for. Arrive, and it is saved.
Or on its own. Tap Record a ride with no route set, to log where you went.
More than the line. Speed, elevation and an estimated lean angle come along for the ride.
A route is what you meant to ride. A recording is what you rode: the detour, the gas stop, the pass you took on a whim.
The real path, in the background; the numbers behind it; and a ride you can go back to.
Lock the phone or switch apps and the recording keeps running; location while using the app is all it asks for.
Leave the route for a detour, a gas stop or a field, and the saved ride follows your real path; a navigated ride keeps the route and the recording as two things.
Recorded rides land in Rides, under History. Open one to ride it again, reverse it or replan it.
Ride first, look later. ArcRoute keeps the line, the speed and the lean, and puts the ride where you will find it.
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Straight answers on background recording, location access and what gets saved. The support page has the rest.
Yes. Lock the phone or switch apps and the recording keeps running; iOS shows its blue location indicator while it does. Location while using the app is enough for the whole ride, so ArcRoute never asks for always-on access.
Not when you navigate: it starts with the ride and saves when you arrive or end it. Without a route, tap Record a ride.
The ride captured so far is recovered and saved the next time you open ArcRoute.
The GPS track of the roads you rode, plus speed, elevation and an estimated lean angle along it. The rides list shows each ride’s shape, distance and date today; the full breakdown is a screen still to come, and the data is captured now so older rides will have it.
Rides under about 500 m are treated as false starts and discarded, so you do not collect specks from walking to the bike.
To the Rides tab, under History. From there you can ride one again, reverse it or replan it, and each one adds to your heatmap.
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