Rider identity and trust
Driving-licence-verified profiles, one licence to one account, and peer ratings that can only be given after a GPS-verified ride you actually completed together — so a reputation has to be earned on the road.
In development
You should know who you are riding with.
RideQuest gives recreational riders a verified identity, a reputation earned on the road, and group rides matched on how people actually ride — instead of a WhatsApp link and hope.
The gap
Riding in a group means trusting strangers with your safety.
Millions of riders in India want to ride in groups and explore new routes. Their only real options are open WhatsApp groups where anyone can join and nobody is vetted, or social media posts with no structure, no verification and no filters.
There is also no accountability. A rider who cuts lanes, skips a helmet or rides recklessly carries no consequence into the next ride, because nothing connects road behaviour to identity. And finding genuinely good routes still means piecing together an Instagram post with no coordinates.
The plan
Three pillars, built in that order.
Group rides that match
Structured ride creation with real criteria — pace, experience, machine, distance — plus live GPS during the ride and a clear rule for how a ride ends, so groups are formed on compatibility rather than whoever saw the message first.
An exploration map worth using
Riders pin locations with the context that matters — road surface, terrain, fuel, facilities — and earn rewards when others verify the spot. The database gets better because the people using it built it.
Status
Specified, and being built.
RideQuest is not available yet. The product specification is complete and the application and backend are in active development. We will launch India-first, with the architecture built to expand later.
We would rather say this plainly than put up a countdown. If you ride and want to be told when it opens, send us a line and we will keep you on the list.
- Status
- In development — not publicly available
- Launch market
- India first
- Planned platforms
- iOS and Android
- Identity
- Driving-licence verification, one licence per account
- Rewards
- Points redeemable as vouchers — never as cash
- Operated by
- GoodShift Private Limited
Ride with us early
We are looking for riders and riding groups to shape this before it launches.