The Bikers Bible

The challenge

Bikers' knowledge of the good stops — the proper transport cafes, the pubs with covered parking, the layby butty wagons — lived in forum threads and word of mouth. Generic directories don't answer the questions riders actually ask: is there secure parking, somewhere to dry kit, and is it actually open on a winter Sunday?

Worse, directories assume signal — and the best riding roads are exactly where the bars run out. And the venues themselves had no fair way to reach riders without commission-hungry platforms.

What we built

We built The Bikers Bible as an offline-first mobile app: the entire UK directory is stored on the phone, so the map, the list, and every listing keep working in the Dales, on the moors, and everywhere else the signal dies. Riders filter on facts — secure parking, helmet storage, drying space, hot food — and "open now" is computed from real seasonal opening hours, not stale listings.

A ride planner lets riders string stops together (including bare-coordinates laybys for meeting points), reorder them by drag, share the whole ride as a single link, and hand off to Apple Maps, Google Maps, or Waze for the actual navigation. A friends layer connects riders by handle and shares rides between them. All of it without requiring an account — and with privacy-first analytics that never track individual riders.

For the other side of the counter, a Next.js web platform gives cafes and pubs a self-serve dashboard — claim your listing, keep hours and photos current, and pay a flat £25 a year through Stripe with no commission. An admin moderation queue keeps the directory trustworthy, seeded from OpenStreetMap data and verified from there.

• UK-wide directory with rider-specific facility filters
• Fully offline — map, list, and listings with zero signal
• "Open now" from real seasonal opening hours
• Ride planner with drag-to-reorder stops and shareable links
• One-tap handoff to Apple Maps, Google Maps, or Waze
• Friends and shared rides — no social feed noise
• No account needed; privacy-first, no tracking
• Self-serve venue dashboard with flat-fee Stripe billing
• Admin moderation queue keeping listings trustworthy

The outcome

One platform serving both sides fairly: riders get a free, private, always-working answer to "where do we stop?", and venues get a flat-fee channel to the most loyal customers in hospitality — no commission, no per-click charges. The directory is rolling out region by region, starting with Lincolnshire and Yorkshire.