Our story · the film
Paved by Riders,Powered by Locals.
VeloPaths exists because the best part of any ride is the stop you didn't plan — and generic maps were never going to find it for you. Press play for the full story.
Filmed inside a working bike shop, this seven-minute film tells the whole VeloPaths story: trail stories and community destinations, attractions worth a detour, how local businesses reach riders, and the 50/50 shared-value model that rewards the local partners who curate every route.
The mission
Connect every cyclist with trusted local knowledge, great destinations, and the businesses that help cycling communities thrive.
How VeloPaths works
Serious maps underneath. Human curation on top.
Google Maps SDK at the core
VeloPaths is built on the Google Maps SDK — the same routing, tiles, and reliability you already trust — so navigation simply works, everywhere.
Custom curated pins on top
Instead of the default firehose of points of interest, we render our own pins: only VeloPaths-approved businesses, grouped by six rider-first categories.
Humans do the vetting
Every stop is reviewed by people who actually ride the route — often our local cycling partners — before it ever appears on the map.
Why we're different
A map app finds places. VeloPaths finds your ride.
Generic map apps
- Every POI ever scraped, all at once
- Businesses buried under ad noise
- No concept of a bike-friendly detour
- Stale hours, dead listings, mystery pins
VeloPaths
- Approved local stops only — six categories
- Businesses featured intentionally, by subscription
- Detours designed for bikes, measured in minutes
- Curated and maintained by local cycling partners on the ground
The long-term vision
From one trail town to hundreds.
Every partner that joins VeloPaths brings their town with them — its paths, its businesses, its character. The platform scales the way cycling communities actually form: one local network at a time, stitched into a map that spans regions.
01 → ∞
One platform. Unlimited towns, routes, and local cycling partners.
The VeloPaths manifesto
What we ride by.
01
Curated, never cluttered
We don't mirror every pin on the internet. VeloPaths shows only approved local stops — the ones actually worth a detour.
02
Local first, always
Every brewery, café, and scoop shop on the map is a real neighborhood business, vetted by people who ride the route.
03
Built for the saddle
Glanceable cards, one-thumb controls, and routes that respect your momentum. The app works at fifteen miles per hour.
04
A platform that grows
Each partner that joins brings their town, their trails, and their flavor — a network that scales community by community.
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