Map My Ride is a cool app and it's free.
 

I've never really used it before. Is it free forever? The free version provides all the info I need. Why pay for the upgrade?

My 1.5 hour ride today kicked my ass. Only 16 miles with 1200 ft elevation change. I've got to quit smoking.

I have been on mapmyride for a while. Its a good app for tracking your rides and sharing routes. I tried riding a century and mapping the entire route but my phone battery died at mile 62. Check out user name speedracing944. That's me.

Speedy:)

Will do, Speedy. Any way around the battery usage issue? On the short ride today, my fully charged iPhone battery drained down to 78%.

I use this app for my training rides, really great... I also bought a Bluetooth heart monitor which pairs with the app and I find that quite useful.

I have not tried sharing my routes etc, just track them within my phone. I have not had an issue with battery life... Are you leaving the screen on?

That's what it is. I do leave it on because I thought it would stop data collection if I press the top button and turn off the screen.

Nope, I press "start" and then close the app and it keeps on recording until I re-open and press stop.

The one thing you can't do, unless you pay, is print out the maps. I lead a lot of rides, so it helps to print out maps.

I use Garmin connect. It is not free, as you need a Garmin device to load up to it. But otherwise I am happy with the software. It is getting upgraded constantly. The statistics really keep me going and I put goals that I work towards every week.

G

It's all about STRAVA! :)