OK. Today, how to find a virtual bunch
ride
so you're all set up in your bike cave
you got all your sensors hooked up
you've got your smart tryna you gotta
sessions going everything's going fine
but sometimes you passed by a big group
of riders and you're wondering how do i
join that group and which group do i
join how do i find the information he is
where it's all that the two ways to find
yourself events and what times i'll be
happening in your local timezone first
of all using this with my ball link app
you can scroll through the list of
events and find out when they'll be
starting in your local timezone you can
also set notifications as well once you
join a running through that music and
the second method is using Swift
calendars.com there's altar right to
choose from there that will also convert
your local timezone so you know we're
clipping and get writing the difference
between an official event scheduled by
swift and one on this with calendar com
is with rides will start from the pier
and roll out or from a starting area and
usually this with calendar community
base rides a role at a meeting point
further details on each ride so which
group should you join there's a few
categorizations on these with
environment from I a CD and a what do
those actually mean
well we can talk about what the kilo in
certain pace will scrap that and go even
easier my summary is eight is for
everyone there's usually bunch ride
training rides everyone stays together
and there's no real racing is just a
group ride so a for everyone
d is your beginner level right so if you
haven't been the number one before you
really want to keep your time to the
racing scenes and see what it's all
about for the casual races somebody who
only ride the bike once awake
this is probably their category so day
is your beginner or entry-level racing
c2b now I call these intermediate Swift
rides so quite quick and there can be
quite competitive at the pointy end but
the majority of riders will be to see
the b-grade a grade advanced from your
club level pro through your actual pro
and yes there are actual price racing on
swift so there's your right your summary
from there so they for everyone
d for beginner level racer c2b is your
intermediate I straight to the top
they are quick if you've never raced
before days probably where the stars if
you do really well just jump up through
the categories to find out where your
best suited for joining in
I
had these lift official ride this is
easy we can run you through that
straightaway will take you through
joining an event with the Swift
application for a start you can see here
I've logged in so starting up to an
event what's in the app is quite easy
you can see here I've just started the
effort logged in
we've got four events coming up we'll go
the chooser night worlds and from here
you can be seen as a hundred and fifty
people find up and we'll click on B
grade
there we go there's an indication that
i'm going steady decided to an event
that starts and 43 minutes a good time
to get a warm-up done so from here now
that I'm already going I can click on
ride and then get a good warm-up in
before the event starts before the
events that will prompt me to then
teleport me automatically to the start
line and away we go
Racing's on alternatively if you're
closer to the event that will come up
here with joint event on the bottom you
can click there and go to the starting
area lot quicker so starting up for
events using this with to my bottle-cap
clicking on events you get a much longer
list of events from here and also your
local starting time so it knows what
time zone you're in very handy and we
can see here the event that i just
joined over on this screen here 2nite
world's ABCD and a 45 laps if you want
more information about the event as well
you can click on the event and read
through the description once you're in
the event there you've read all about it
keep scrolling to find out exactly where
you want to fit so let's join the b race
on this woman haha kind of handy given
this is under my ball i can actually
send you push alerts to remind you to
clip it and get ready so if you sign up
to renovate tomorrow you can be reminded
within 60 minutes 30 minutes or 15
minutes so let's set a reminder for 15
minutes to go to remind me to get killed
up into the start line and it's as
simple as that
once you sign up with my ball app you
simply jump on your back
login as normal so today we've covered
how to find an event which group you
should be in what to expect and how to
actually click through and get yourself
to the start line from there the rest is
up to you have to start pedaling the
bike and it's a learning process from
here how to ride in a bunch is a bit of
a skill to learn where to attack
how you go as a racer that you learn a
lot about yourself a few things to
remember with these group rides if it is
everyone ride make sure you listen to
the ride later and don't go shooting off
the front if you find yourself shooting
off the front and you want a hard
workout simply pull over to the side it
quit event and go about your normal ride
and then choose another event next time
so once your members with these races
afraid to join so you can do as many as
you want their a great workout my
favorite of the 5k races then you take a
few minutes and they're super hard and
you can try different tactics so if
you're blocking the first kilometer you
just learn to the next one and go again
and then probably blow up riding the
line anyway it's fun
I'll see you out there in event very
soon