About Sunday Morning Rides

It's a pretty common scenario.

You've just plunked down some serious coin on the bike of your dreams and you're just dying to get out on the road. It doesn't matter if you're a newbie or a veteran looking to reconnect with the open road. If you're like me, you've probably already started racking up the miles carving every great road you've ever taken in the car, the obvious local favorites, and maybe a couple of nice stretches you've heard your buddies raving about. But along the way you can't help but notice your fellow bikers disappearing down random detours that seem to venture off into the unknown. "Is there something I'm missing out on? The breathtaking vista? The hidden twisty gem known only to a few privileged locals? The one route that connects the best roads together without backtracking?"

Yeah, we know. We've had that nagging feeling too.

So you go on the web to do some research. But just like bikes, you quickly find that your mileage may vary. Some resources claim to have the best motorcycle roads, but they're really only repackaging the same 10 rides everyone already knows mixed in with hiking trails, jogs, and random trips to the grocery store. Some give you thousands of individual segments, but good luck finding a logical starting point or a reasonable route that connects enough of these segments to be worth your while. Other sites hit the opposite extreme, providing incredibly detailed write-ups with slick professional photos, tips and anecdotes about every single corner, and waxing stories you would only expect from a professional tour operator. Unfortunately, after 4 hours of reading you've only managed to get through three rides. And then there's the savvy business site that hides what should be free information behind a login, monthly fee, or some gimmick about a pro-level membership. We've read em all, and after three years we still think there's room for a different model.

So we built and continue to refine the site that WE want.

That site is Sunday Morning Rides - our perpetual work in progress. As the name hints, we want to find and share those perfect rides that will get you up and out of bed on a Sunday morning. We aren't a motorcycle mega-site, we have the simple and focused goal to provide the web's best tool for riders to find and explore motorcycle roads. We don't use logins, we never charge a fee, and when we think we can do something to improve the motorcycle ride mapping experience we go for it. Our interactive maps are innovative but simple. Our content is community driven and to the point. And since we are evolving the site we actually want to use, we take every liberty to faun over new bikes, show pictures of beautiful women, and track racing news just because we think it's cool.

And, yes, sometimes we shake things up.

Life is too short to let things grow stale. We hope you like what we're doing. We hope it actually helps you find new places to ride. We hope you pay us all back by sharing your own roads and experiences.

Ride safe.

- The Sunday Morning Rides Team