We Cycle Demo

Demetrius Ribeiro de Paula

About this app

We Cycle is a bilingual cycling app built in Sarnia, for Sarnia.

It plans calm, low-traffic bike routes that favor multi-use paths, cycleways, and quieter residential streets — so every ride feels safer and more pleasant. Compare routes side-by-side with distance, time, and a calm score before you commit.

🗺 CALM ROUTING
Three picks for every trip — Safest, Balanced, Fastest. Powered by the LTS (Level of Traffic Stress) classification adopted by 50+ North American cities. See which streets the route uses, which it avoids, and why.

🎙 TURN-BY-TURN VOICE
Pre-recorded Canadian-English and Canadian-French voices guide every turn, distance, and re-route. Works with the screen off, with Bluetooth headphones, and through the silent switch. Designed to sound as polished as Apple Maps or Google Maps — but tuned for cyclists.

🏛 CURATED ROUTES & PLACES
Editorial picks for downtown, waterfront, and family rides — Waterfront Loop, Sarnia Heritage Bike Tour, Howard Watson Trail. Stories you can ride. Dynamic-order mode reorders stops from your current location for the shortest path through them.

📍 EXPLORE THE NETWORK
Browse 151+ bike lanes, 65+ trails, parks, beaches, schools, sports facilities, playgrounds, public art, food stops, washrooms, and shops — all hand-curated for Sarnia cyclists.

📖 CYCLIST GUIDE
Every rule, signal, and riding tip a Sarnia cyclist needs — including the ABC pre-ride checklist and 52 bilingual voiced lessons. Written for beginners, useful for everyone. Always offline, no account needed.

📅 COMMUNITY EVENTS
See upcoming local rides like the Kids Bike Rally and BIG Slow Roll. One-tap add-to-calendar.

📡 GARMIN VARIA RADAR SUPPORT (OPTIONAL)
Pair your Garmin Varia rear-view radar once. The next-turn banner tints yellow when one car approaches, red when several or fast, with a discreet chime. Out of the way when the road is clear.

📤 EXPORT TO GARMIN, STRAVA, OR ANY GPX APP
Tap export on a planned route. Send straight to Garmin Connect for one-tap import on your Edge or Forerunner — or grab a standard GPX 1.1 file ready for Strava, Komoot, or anything else.

🏫 SCHOOL CYCLING CONTEST (GRADE 7+)
Riders enrol from inside the app, pick a nickname, and watch their kilometres count for their school every month. No money prizes, no GPS sharing — just bragging rights. Anonymised at the school level when fewer than 5 riders are enrolled.

📈 DATA THAT BUILDS BETTER BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE
Anonymous, k-anonymised ride summaries help city planners see which corridors are used — without ever storing a single GPS trace.

🔒 PRIVACY FIRST
- Foreground location only (no background tracking)
- HTTPS-encrypted everywhere
- Optional sign-in
- Delete your account in two taps
- PIPEDA-compliant

🇨🇦 100% BILINGUAL
Full English (Canada) and French (Canada) translations, with native-voiced audio in both.

A Gnu Scientia project, built with and for the Sarnia cycling community. This is a demo build for our community testers. Production release coming soon.

What’s new

We Cycle is now multi-city! Set your city in Settings — Sarnia or London — and the whole app follows: routes, the map, Explore places, events, and the school contest all switch to your city.
Each city has its own offline map pack — download yours and ride without signal.