Ask HN: Review my MVP - Scenic Motorcycle Routes from Three Rides

http://www.threerides.com

Hey HN,

I just launched an MVP for my startup, and I'm "getting out of the building" next week to talk to customers. I'd love to get HN's feedback as well.

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Three Rides will be website and mobile app for motorcycle riders. You'll be notified of cool upcoming events, great days to ride (75 degrees and sunny on Saturday!), and even when a buddy is riding near you. It then uses a GIS that's rated every inch of road in America to generate an awesome route based on the notification.

Income will be generated through marketing tools businesses can use to reach riders in their area, allowing them to push their own events to Three Rides users.

I'd be very grateful if I got feedback on:

1) The website

2) The concept for the website/mobile app (particularly if you ride)

3) The idea for charging businesses to send featured events to users

Thanks!

Cool beans. What's an MVP?

I had a similar but more generic idea. People could share routes and rate them for what they are good for (ie motorcycles, seeing autumn foliage, straightaways good for speeding, etc). Glad to see someone doing this and would love to see you expand it further.

My advice: Don't give people a search box and return an error if you are going limit them to certain areas. You should either:

Remove the search box and showcase the limited content that you do have with a message which areas are coming next

or

Leave the search box open to any input and then prompt users to add their own routes in regions you do not currently have content for.

I'd also recommend a subscribe feature, so I can be alerted when new routes are added for cities that I am interested in.

EDIT: I'd also think about adding a feature that showcases key interest points along routes (The view at this point is amazing or try the peach cobbler at so and so diner).

Good luck