What Is Komoot & How Do We Use It?

You'll have heard us talking about Komoot on our recent epic ride videos, but what is it exactly? Here's your lowdown on the route planning and navigation app and how to use it.

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There are three layers of functionality to Komoot. Pre ride planning, during ride navigation and recording, either using the phone app or synched to your head unit, and then post ride, uploading photos, etc.

Given that I’m not on a bike and I haven’t been for a ride yet, let’s start with planning. While you can plot and adjust routes on the fly using your smartphone app, for in depth route planning the desktop version gives you a bit more space and a few additional functions.

First, you’ve got to create an account. As I said, it’s free, although you can choose to purchase maps for offline use - more on that later.

The first screen you see is your feed, with a log of your rides, or other people’s who you’ve chosen to follow. More on that later too. For now, let’s go to the route planner screen.

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