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Someone sent you a ride. Here's what to do.

By Fred Kix · 29 October 2026 · rides

Someone sent you a GroupTrack ride. Here's what to do with it: one tap, and you're ready to ride.

This article is for the riders in the group, not the organiser. If a friend has sent you a ride by email, you don't need to plan anything or download anything by hand. GroupTrack does it for you.

Open the email on your tablet

The ride comes as an attachment. Its name ends in .convoy. Open the email on the Android tablet you ride with, the one with GroupTrack on it.

Don't have GroupTrack yet? Install it from Google Play first, open it once, and let it load your home state's trails. Then come back to the email.

Tap the attachment

Tap the ride attachment. Android asks which app to open it with. Choose Open with GroupTrack.

What happens next

GroupTrack opens and sets up the ride for you:

• The route and the trailhead appear on your map.
• The maps for the ride start downloading, so you'll have them with no signal. Do this at home on wifi if you can.
• The radio setup is saved, ready for check-in at the trailhead.

A message on the map tells you what came in. If something couldn't be brought in, it says why.

Already saved the file?

If you saved the attachment to your tablet instead, open Rides on the bottom of the map and choose Import a ride. GroupTrack takes you to Android's file list. In the search at the top, type convoy and only ride files are left. Tap yours. To get back to GroupTrack without picking a file, use the back arrow at the bottom of the screen.

On the day

At the trailhead, tap CHK IN, pick the ride, and you're on it. I'll cover check-in in the group riding article.

Next article: Turn a great day on the trail into a ride