Terms of use
The rules for using The Riding Co. while it’s in beta — including the honest limits of what a phone can do for you on a motorcycle.
LAST UPDATED · 31 AUGUST 2026 · BETA
Agreeing to these
Using The Riding Co. means you accept what’s on this page. If you don’t, don’t use the app — and if something here seems unreasonable, tell us, because we’d rather fix it than argue about it.
This is beta software
The app is early. Things will break, features will change or disappear, and data can be lost between versions. It’s given to you as is, free, with no promise that it will keep working or keep existing.
Don’t make a ride depend on it. Carry whatever you’d normally carry — a charged phone, a way to call for help, and enough sense of the route to get home if the app stops.
Riding is your responsibility
The app helps you plan and navigate. It does not ride the motorcycle. You are responsible for obeying traffic law, riding within your ability, holding a valid licence and insurance, wearing proper gear, and making your own judgement about road, weather and light.
Don’t operate the app while riding. Set the route before you set off. If you need to change something, stop somewhere safe.
Everything the app tells you is an estimate
Routes, distances, riding times, traffic and fuel range are calculated from map data and the details you entered. Roads close, diversions appear, fuel pumps run dry, and map data goes stale. Treat every number as a guide, not a guarantee — especially fuel range on a remote stretch. Carry reserve, and check the pump is there before you rely on it.
Offline maps
Maps have to be saved before you leave. The app tells you where saved coverage ends — but coverage is only as good as the underlying map data, and it can be wrong or out of date.
SOS is not an emergency service
The SOS feature sends a text message to the emergency contacts you chose, containing a link to your location. That’s all it does.
- It does not contact police, ambulance, or any emergency service.
- It needs mobile signal to send a message. Where there’s no signal, it cannot send.
- It cannot detect a crash. You have to trigger it.
- We can’t guarantee a message is delivered, or that anyone reads it.
In a real emergency, call the emergency services directly. Treat SOS as a way of telling your people where you are — nothing more.
Your account
You need a phone number to have an account. Keep access to that number secure — anyone who can receive your verification code can get into your account. Don’t share an account, and don’t pretend to be someone else.
You can delete your account from inside the app at any time.
Rides you create and share
You’re responsible for the rides you publish and what’s in them.
- Don’t publish a ride containing someone else’s private details — a home address as a meeting point, for example — without their agreement.
- Don’t organise anything illegal: street racing, riding without a licence, trespass, or anything you wouldn’t want to explain to a traffic officer.
- Remember a published ride is visible to the riders you share it with, including its route and stops. If a location is sensitive, don’t publish it.
Riding with people you met through the app is your own decision, made at your own risk. We don’t vet riders, verify licences, or check anyone’s skill.
Being decent
Don’t use the app to harass or endanger other riders, to spam, to impersonate anyone, or to break the app on purpose. We can remove access if you do — usually after asking you to stop first.
What belongs to whom
The app, its design and its name are ours. Your rides, routes and content are yours — publishing a ride gives us only what we need to show it to the riders you shared it with, and to run and improve the app.
If something goes wrong
The app is provided free and as is, without warranties. To the extent the law allows, we’re not liable for loss or damage arising from using it — including a missed turn, a route that was wrong, a fuel estimate that fell short, or an SOS that didn’t arrive.
Nothing here limits liability that can’t legally be limited — including for death or personal injury caused by our negligence.
[Legal review needed on this section, and on the governing-law clause below.]
Ending it
You can stop using the app and delete your account whenever you like. We can suspend or end access if you break these terms, or if we stop running the service. If we’re shutting the service down, we’ll give you notice and time to get your rides out.
Changes to these terms
We’ll update this page as the app changes, and change the date at the top. If a change materially affects you, we’ll tell you in the app rather than quietly editing this page.
Governing law
[To add: the registered entity name, its address, and the governing law and jurisdiction — India, and the city for dispute resolution.]