# Returning home on bike flow **URL:** \ **Category:** Flows\ **Created:** [January 14, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/returning-home-on-bike-flow/101110 "2024-01-14T12:29:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Torkil\_S](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/torkil_s/32/79667_2.png) [@Torkil\_S](https://community.homey.app/u/Torkil_S)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/returning-home-on-bike-flow/101110/1 "2024-01-14T12:29:13Z")
Does anyone have a suggestion how I could make a flow that triggers only when I arrive home my bike…? Or: is it possible to activate a flow that will trigger when I arrive home by bike. Eg: when I bike from work, I push a button, and then the flow triggers when I arrive home? I do not want the flow to trigger when I arrive on foot or by car, hence the question. ---
**Author:** ![Alexander\_Adam1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alexander_adam1/32/79881_2.png) [@Alexander\_Adam1](https://community.homey.app/u/Alexander_Adam1)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 1:47pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/returning-home-on-bike-flow/101110/2 "2024-01-14T13:47:55Z")
In case you use Strava to record your activities, you can create a flow with the Strava App which start when you finish an activity. ---
**Author:** ![Hugo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/hugo/32/11530_2.png) [@Hugo](https://community.homey.app/u/Hugo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 2:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/returning-home-on-bike-flow/101110/3 "2024-01-14T14:06:49Z")
Beacon in your bike? ---
**Author:** ![Torkil\_S](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/torkil_s/32/79667_2.png) [@Torkil\_S](https://community.homey.app/u/Torkil_S)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/returning-home-on-bike-flow/101110/4 "2024-01-14T16:20:26Z")
I don’t use Strava for commutes🤔 I want the flow to open my garage door when biking, as we only park the bikes in the garage. And then I would have to finish the activity before I arrived, and it would fill up Strava with everyday-commute-spam… ---
**Author:** ![Torkil\_S](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/torkil_s/32/79667_2.png) [@Torkil\_S](https://community.homey.app/u/Torkil_S)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 4:21pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/returning-home-on-bike-flow/101110/5 "2024-01-14T16:21:02Z")
I’m new to this: what is a beacon, and how would that work? ---
**Author:** ![Alexander\_Adam1](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/alexander_adam1/32/79881_2.png) [@Alexander\_Adam1](https://community.homey.app/u/Alexander_Adam1)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/returning-home-on-bike-flow/101110/6 "2024-01-14T16:55:01Z")
I use my Apple Watch to open the Garage… ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/returning-home-on-bike-flow/101110/7 "2024-01-14T17:15:59Z")
> [@Torkil\_S](#): > > what is a beacon, and how would that work? A beacon is a small, battery powered Bluetooth device. > [@\[APP\]\[Pro\] Beacon - Detect your presence with BLE beacons](https://community.homey.app/t/app-pro-beacon-detect-your-presence-with-ble-beacons/3550): > > [image] Beacon Links: Introduction This app integrate the basic flows for BLE beacons into Homey. Once the app is installed it will do a discovery of BLE devices, after a short adjustable timeout it wil keep discovering. After each discovery the app compares the found devices with the one paired. If the beacon is not found within the new “discovered list” the beacon is changed in state. For filtering out false positives there is a verification amount inside or outside the range available in… When a beacon is in range of Homey’s Bluetooth signal, it gets detected. And the other way round of course. But, the range is short, like 5 meters max, which can be an issue when putting the bike in the shed 10m away. ---
**Author:** ![Wim\_Post](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/wim_post/32/56793_2.png) [@Wim\_Post](https://community.homey.app/u/Wim_Post)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 7:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/returning-home-on-bike-flow/101110/8 "2024-01-14T19:24:47Z")
I would create a yes/no-variable ‘biking home today?’ Before leaving work by bike set this variable to ‘yes’ (by flow, button, manually) WHEN: Torkil comes home AND: ‘biking home today? = YES THEN: open garagedoor Set ‘biking home today?’ to ‘no’ ---
**Author:** ![FKey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fkey/32/14793_2.png) [@FKey](https://community.homey.app/u/FKey)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2024, 8:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/returning-home-on-bike-flow/101110/9 "2024-01-14T20:20:35Z")
You can also make a button in your garage. When you leave by bike, you press the button. You can create a flow: when button pressed set a status “away by bike” When you arrive back home and the status is “away by bike” it will open the door Question is: will you ever leave by bike and arrive back home but not want the door to open? (If you have a fixed spot for your bike in the garage you might even detect automatically that the bike is gone…) ---
**Author:** ![Torkil\_S](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/torkil_s/32/79667_2.png) [@Torkil\_S](https://community.homey.app/u/Torkil_S)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 7:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/returning-home-on-bike-flow/101110/10 "2024-01-15T07:45:07Z")
This is a great idea! I could probably use an old Philips Hue Dimmer switch or something I have lying around, and a sign my wife and me each our button to say we’re out biking, and open garage when we get home. I just need to see I can figure out how to set it up! We don’t have fixed spots, and there are several bikes, depending on use, so the button is a great and functional way of going about it! ---
**Author:** ![Menne\_Talsma](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/menne_talsma/32/8752_2.png) [@Menne\_Talsma](https://community.homey.app/u/Menne_Talsma)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 1:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/returning-home-on-bike-flow/101110/11 "2024-01-15T13:02:29Z")
I don’t know how and I want to figure out how someday. But in theory (I think) through Siri shortcuts it must be possible to start a flow based on the location of an airtag. (that is IF you are using Iphone)… I have an airtag mounted under my bike-seat, so I want to tell homey to turn on the lights on in the backyard when I arrive home on bike. When I arrive home on foot or in the car then just turn on the heating (something like that). I know (I think/hope) it must be possible, but as I said… haven’t figured it out yet ---
**Author:** ![FKey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/fkey/32/14793_2.png) [@FKey](https://community.homey.app/u/FKey)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/returning-home-on-bike-flow/101110/12 "2024-01-15T18:46:15Z")
And you can use the same ktrigger to ooen the garage door right away (since you are leaving anyway) ---
**Author:** ![Torkil\_S](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/torkil_s/32/79667_2.png) [@Torkil\_S](https://community.homey.app/u/Torkil_S)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/returning-home-on-bike-flow/101110/13 "2024-01-17T20:02:19Z")
Thanks @FKey , it’s worked well the last two days! 🙂