B2C · mountain bike trail app

How RidePal grows

1 tactic and 2 figures from 1 interview.

About RidePal

What it is: Ride-tracking app for mountain bikers: find and track trails, compete with riders worldwide; pitched as a better Trailforks
Who it's for: Mountain bikers
Team: Connor's friend plus Instagram mountain-bike creator Justin as an equity partner
Outcome: 10,000+ downloads on day one; tens of thousands of active users

As described in the interviews, not independently verified.

RidePal's tactic

RidePal · B2C · mountain bike trail app

Sign niche creators to equity deals before launch and launch on their accounts

10,000+ downloads on day one; tens of thousands of active users

A friend's mountain-bike app partnered with Instagram creators on equity deals before launch, including Justin (~100K followers, mountain-bike hacks). His launch video mixes a strong hook, a founder story and a competitor comparison: stranded on a trail at dusk, stuck on Trailforks' sign-up screen, so 'what if I made a better ride-tracking app', then the features (find and track trails, compete with riders worldwide).

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The Superwall Podcast · 2026-01-20

RidePal by the numbers

Metric	Value	Context	Said in
downloads	10K downloads/day estimate	Launch-day downloads ('over 10,000'), secondhand; many came from pre-launch influencer equity partners	The Superwall Podcast 2026-01-20 17:51
users	tens of thousands approximate	Active users, last he checked	The Superwall Podcast 2026-01-20 17:51

Topics

Launching an app: waitlists, press and launch day1 Partnerships and co-marketing1 Validating an app idea before building1 Influencer marketing for apps1 Instagram marketing for apps1

Interviews

Connor Burd - This 23 Yr Old Genius Makes $1M/Year with No-Code Apps. Here's How · The Superwall Podcast · 2026-01-20