Privacy policy

Summary

RideBenchmark is a reading site with no user accounts, sign-up, comments or contact form. We use Google Analytics through Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity to understand how visitors use the site. These services may use cookies or similar technologies. The data involved also includes what our host processes to deliver pages, what happens when you follow a link to another site, and any email you choose to send us.

This policy describes the site’s current analytics setup. It was updated when these tools were added and has not been reviewed by a lawyer.

Hosting and server logs

The site is hosted on Replit. Like any web host, its infrastructure processes technical information needed to deliver pages and keep the service secure — typically your IP address, the page requested, the date and time, your browser’s user-agent string and the referring page. We use this information only for operating, securing and troubleshooting the site. Retention of infrastructure logs is governed by our hosting provider’s practices.

Analytics

RideBenchmark loads Google Tag Manager (container GTM-PZ9VH6S2) and Microsoft Clarity (project zbsc0llx1l) on site pages. Google Analytics data is sent only if a Google Analytics tag is configured and published in the Tag Manager container.

These services may collect pages visited, browser and device information, approximate location derived from network information, referring pages, and interactions such as clicks and scrolling. Clarity may create session recordings and heatmaps. The services may use cookies, local storage or similar technologies and may process data in countries other than the one you are in. We do not intentionally send names, email addresses or other direct identifiers in analytics events.

We do not display an analytics consent pop-up. Google Tag Manager and Microsoft Clarity load when a page loads; Google Analytics data is sent only if a Google Analytics tag has been configured and published in Tag Manager. Requirements for analytics and session recording vary by location. This policy is not legal advice.

For more information, see Google’s privacy policy and Microsoft’s privacy statement. You can also use browser settings or privacy controls to restrict cookies and similar storage; blocking them may affect analytics collection.

Fonts and images

RideBenchmark's fonts and most images are served from this site. The Kaabo review thumbnail loads from YouTube's image host, and the range and top-speed pages include lazy-loaded YouTube players. Those players may connect to YouTube when they enter the browser's loading area; the review's separate video controls wait for a click. Loading third-party media connects your browser to YouTube or its image host, where their privacy practices apply.

Affiliate links

Some links on the site are affiliate links — currently the Kaabo USA link for the King GT Pro, which goes through the Awin affiliate network. When you click an affiliate link, you leave RideBenchmark. The affiliate network and the merchant may then use cookies or similar technologies to record that you arrived through our link and whether a purchase follows, so that a commission can be attributed. That processing is governed by their own privacy policies, including Awin’s privacy policy and the merchant’s.

We do not add personal information to affiliate links. From the affiliate network we may see aggregate reports such as click counts and commissions, not your identity.

Other outbound links

We link to manufacturers, sources and the Road to Trail YouTube channel. Once you leave RideBenchmark, the other site’s privacy practices apply.

Email

If you email contact@ridebenchmark.com, we receive your email address, the content of your message and any attachments. We use them only to read and, where appropriate, respond to your message and act on it (for example, to make a correction). We don’t add you to a mailing list, sell your address or share it with merchants. Messages are kept as long as they are useful for that purpose; you can ask us to delete them.

Your choices and rights

You can ask what information we hold about you from emails you have sent, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it, by writing to contact@ridebenchmark.com. Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under local law, and we will respond to requests in line with those laws.

You can also block or clear cookies in your browser. This can affect analytics on RideBenchmark and affiliate tracking set by third parties after you leave our site.

Children

RideBenchmark covers high-powered vehicles intended for adults. The site is not directed to children, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.

Changes to this policy

We will update this page whenever the site’s data practices change, and update the “Last updated” date above. This policy was written to describe the site accurately; it has not been reviewed by a lawyer.