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73 guides on planning routes, reading the forecast and managing your account.
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Getting started
Create your account, set it up and learn your way around the map.
All 6 articlesCreate and manage routes
Draw, generate, import, save and organise the rides you score.
All 14 articlesScores and forecasts
What the Tailwind Score means, and how to read every chart on a ride.
All 12 articlesNavigation
Follow a route turn by turn on your phone, or send it to a bike computer.
All 6 articlesSharing and Huddles
Send a ride to a friend, or let a group vote on where to ride.
All 6 articlesAccount and settings
Units, location, scoring hours, connections, email and your account.
All 10 articlesPlans and billing
Compare plans, start a trial, change your plan, update your card or cancel.
All 11 articlesFree tools
Calculators you can use without an account.
All 2 articlesTroubleshooting
Fixes for sign-in, scoring, import and GPS problems.
All 6 articles
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- Create a routeDraw a cycling route on the map in Tailwind GPS, step by step. Click along the roads you want to ride and it follows the cycling network.
- Save a routeName your new route and select Save and score. Tailwind scores it against the forecast and adds it to your rides.
- Upload a GPX fileBring in rides from Garmin, Wahoo, Komoot and more. Upload one or several GPX files and Tailwind scores each one hour by hour.
- What is the Tailwind Score?The Tailwind Score rates a ride from 0 to 100 for a departure time, based on the wind, rain and temperature along the route.
- Change units between metric and imperialSwitch Tailwind GPS between kilometres and miles, km/h and mph, Celsius and Fahrenheit. Open Settings, then Riding, then Units.
- Start your free Pro trialTry Pro free for 30 days. Add a card or wallet to start. Cancel before the trial ends and you will not be charged.
- Cancel your subscriptionCancel Pro at any time from the billing portal. You keep Pro until the end of the paid period or trial, then return to the free plan.
- Start navigationFollow any ride turn by turn in your phone browser. Open the ride, select Navigate and start. Navigation is currently in beta.
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