The goal of this email is to provide you a recipe for sharing ride files with your coach or another machine. The method uses Dropbox. The general idea is contained in the following diagram:
http://imgur.com/QhK6MhX
( Edit: wow, did that image file turn out crappy. I will fix it as soon as possible.)

Now let's assume you have a username "XXX" on your computer, and you've also made a cyclist named "XXX" in Golden Cheetah.

Windows 7 Recipe:
Athlete:
1. Install GC.
2. Create your athlete profile on it. Athlete->New
3. Close GC
4. Go to C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\GoldenCheetah . Drag the XXX folder into your Dropbox.
6. Create a symbolic link from the athlete folder in Dropbox into the old location where you moved it from. In a command prompt window, do the following (for example):
$ mklink /J C:\Users\XXX\appdata\local\GoldenCheetah\XXX C:\Users\XXX\Dropbox\XXX
7. Try going back into GC to see if it still works.
8. Share your Dropbox/XXX folder with your coach.
9. Use GC normally to import ride files. Go ahead, import one.

Coach:
- when the XXX folder appears in your Dropbox, repeat step 6 on your own machine
- check that the athlete now exists in GC


Mac OS X Recipe:
Athlete:
1. Install GC.
2. Create your athlete profile on it. Athlete->New
3. Close GC
4. Go to Library/GoldenCheetah . Drag the XXX folder into your Dropbox.
6. Create a symbolic link from the athlete folder in Dropbox into the old location where you moved it from. In a command prompt window, do the following (for example):
$ ln -s ~/Dropbox/XXX ~/Library/GoldenCheetah/XXX
7. Try going back into GC to see if it still works.
8. Share your Dropbox/XXX folder with your coach.
9. Use GC normally to import ride files. Go ahead, import one.

Coach:
- when the XXX folder appears in your Dropbox, when the XXX folder appears in your Dropbox, repeat step 6 on your own machine
- check that the athlete now exists in GC

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AndyF
bike geek