About itsabikeday.com

Why it exists

Strava, Ride with GPS, and Komoot are good at planning a route and tracking your ride. Generic weather apps tell you wind speed, but not whether that wind is a tailwind or headwind for the actual line you're riding. Itsabikeday answers a different question: should I ride today, on this specific route? using today's weather, wind direction relative to each segment of the route, pavement state, air quality, and active alerts.

What it is

• Static, free, ad-free.
• No reviews, no social feed, no GPS navigation.
• Live data from NWS, AirNow, OpenStreetMap, and NOAA solar calculations.
• Wind-relative-to-route scoring computed from each route's polyline.
• Four cycling activities — commuters, road cyclists, e-bikers, and bike-share tourists — each with its own comfort zones and sensitivities.
• Every named route=bicycle relation in OpenStreetMap that crosses our region. Route descriptions are sourced from Wikipedia article extracts where the OSM relation is wikipedia-tagged, from OSM description tags otherwise, and from a structured fact summary as a final fallback.

What it isn't

• Not a route planner. Ride with GPS, Komoot, and Strava do routing better.
• Not a fitness tracker. Use Strava for that.
• Not a gear store. No affiliate links in editorial content.
• Not a bike-share booking tool — for that, use the operator's own app.

Sister sites

Part of the ItsA[X]Day network:

• itsatrailday.com — regional trail conditions (hiking, trail running, MTB, dog walking)
• itsabeachday.com — regional beach conditions
• itsafishingday.com — regional fishing conditions
• itsakayakday.com — paddling conditions (planned)