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Imatra Coin earn virtual digital currency when you ride your bike, get paid to ride
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Imatra is the cycling latest app that turns kilometers into euros. Log your rides in their app, and you earn 1 Imatra Coin for every 25km. Then you can spend those coins for real products from almost 100 top cycling brands. Brands you actually want to buy stuff from. Most of the deals available give you significant 10-20% discounts, where you’ll pay the balance in real money. But there’s also gear that is entirely paid with the virtual currency you earn by riding, like a pair of Alba Optics special edition Delta Ultra sunglasses that are free after riding almost 4500km…

Imatra Coin: Earn virtual currency with every kilometer ridden

Imatra Coin earn virtual digital currency when you ride your bike, app view
(Photos/Imatra)

Imatra is a pretty simple concept. Ride your bike. Earn virtual coins. Spend those coins to buy real gear for free. Or use them to get significant discounts off big-ticket cycling purchases from top brands.

I’ve seen several ride-tracking platforms over the years that said they’d pay you based on how much distance you uploaded or synced to their network. But they never really seemed that worthwhile. At best giving you a discount or limited gift card at some online retailer. At worst earning some dodgy cryptocurrency or NFT.

But Imatra seems a bit different.

Imatra Coin earn virtual digital currency when you ride your bike, community

They say, “The aim of using the app is to develop a good habit, geared towards a healthy lifestyle, by promoting exercise and the outdoors.” But, it’s still not entirely clear how they are monetizing your activity to justify giving you gear or deals. Obviously, you are giving them data. But what are they using it for? I guess we’ll need to read the T&Cs.

How does it work?

Imatra Coin earn virtual digital currency when you ride your bike, mobile app for iphone or android

Imatra is a free mobile ride tracking app – for Android or iOS. Download it on your smartphone. Record your ride directly in the app. And it will convert your pedal power into Imatra’s “100% green native digital currency”. Use these Imatra Coins to buy select premium cycling gear, or pair the coins with real-world euros to buy more expensive bikes, cycling clothing, and everyday bike gear at a discount.

Of note: Imatra is based in Italy, and when I look at the site I see EUR€ prices and delivery estimates for Italy & the EU. But Imatra says they are already set up in 31 countries , and their digital Imatra Coins are “without territorial borders”.

Imatra Coin earn virtual digital currency when you ride your bike, limited edition Abla sunglasses

It’s all quite new, just a few years running, so far. But Imatra’s marketplace has a pretty impressive list of desirable cycling brands. That includes the likes of: 3T, Assos, BMC, Campagnolo, CeramicSpeed, Classified, Colnago, Garmin, Lightweight, Look, Oakley, Pinarello, SCOR, Shimano, Wahoo, and many more.

Eventually, Imatra says their platform will also allow users to trade or sell digital coins amongst themselves, too.

How much can you earn?

Imatra Coin earn virtual digital currency when you ride your bike, get paid to pedal

Imatra says you will earn 1 Imatra Coin for every “25 normalized kilometers traveled”. The idea there, is that their algorithm calculates ‘normalized’ distance, based not only on how far you ride, but also how much you climb. So 25 flat Dutch kms won’t be worth the same as those 28 switchbacks of the Passo Stelvio.

Imatra Coin earn virtual digital currency when you ride your bike, virtual currency

Officially, each Imatra Coin is valued at between €0.50 and €4.00, but it depends on which product you are putting it towards.

Sure, you aren’t gonna ride yourself to a free bike with Imatra. At that rate, I might earn as little as 250€ a year riding. But you may also land some pretty solid discounts.

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Those savings shouldn’t be counted out entirely. Especially if you already were planning to make one of these purchases – big or small. I mean you could save 3€ off the list price of a bottle of Muc-Off Sealant to refresh your tubeless setup by just riding 28km. Or if you want to build up a killer road bike you can lop 860€ off the price of a Campagnolo Super Record Wireless groupset after you ride 5375km. Or get some proper training in and cut 2000€ off a made-in Italy carbon 3T RaceMax Italia gravel bike after you ride 12,500km on the Imatra app.

Imatra Coin earn virtual digital currency when you ride your bike. Go ride, get paid.

So, do you think it’s worth a try? Go ride, get paid.

Let us know in the comments below.

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LesMcLuffAlot
LesMcLuffAlot
6 months ago

Does that include virtual kilometers?

FreebirdUSA
FreebirdUSA
6 months ago
Reply to  LesMcLuffAlot

They don’t count freedom units, so no.

JR Jr
JR Jr
6 months ago

It doesn’t even have a marketplace on their app (at least the iOS version), so you can accrue all the credits/coins you want, but there’s literally nothing to spend them on. Unless I’m missing something, this app is essentially useless for its intended purpose.

zaxaphone
zaxaphone
6 months ago
Reply to  JR Jr

for some reason, right now you can’t shop on their app, but (i assume you use safari) if you look up “imatra shop” it should pop up, and there you can use the coins, just log into your account and it should connect your coins balance to the shop

Alan
Alan
6 months ago

Considering in Europe we have shops like Bike24, r2-Bike,etc this app seems like a shop with extra steps.
Compared a few wheelsets, Rival axs group, some road pedals everything is cheaper on those online stores even if you include shipping lol.
Also that app does not sync with Strava, so never forget to run an app to rack up those “amazing” discounts.

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