You can become friends with other indoor cyclists from all around the world, directly in the ROUVY App.
Add other cyclists as friends on the Riders Portal, and in the ROUVY App you can see whether they are online and join them on their current route with one click.
During the ride you can also interact with other riders by giving them Kudos, more info is in this section below.
How to Add Friends on the Riders Portal
Manage all your friends on the Riders Portal at riders.rouvy.com.
- Log in on ROUVY.com and view your friends list on the right side of your dashboard.
- Click Manage Friends to open your full list of friends, as well as any new friend requests.
You can search for people, add them as friends, and remove them if needed. Your pending friend requests are here too.
To find friends, click the search symbol above your friend requests section and start typing their name or nickname. A list of matching people appears instantly and updates as you keep typing.
To accept or decline a friend request, click the appropriate button next to the person’s name.
Friends in the ROUVY App
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Your friends appear in the top-right corner of your app dashboard.
Click the friends symbol in the top right of your dashboard to see who is online and offline.
Clicking Manage Friends takes you to the Riders Portal, where you can manage your friends list, as described above.
How to Join a Friend’s Ride
Click the friends list symbol in the top right of your ROUVY App dashboard to see which of your friends are online, together with the route they are on.
Click your friend’s profile to see all the information about their current status.
Pay attention to that status: you can join a friend who is cycling, watch a friend in a race, and see who is just online or in workout mode.
If your friend is taking part in an event, click Watch to follow their efforts.
If they are training at the moment (cycling, but not in a workout), you can join them by clicking Ride now.
- If your friend is not cycling at the moment, you won’t see them as online.
- If a friend is in a workout, you cannot join them.
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Joining a friend can mean teleporting Jumping to a friend further along the route counts as teleporting, because it skips the part of the route between you. If their route is part of a challenge, a dialog asks whether you’d like to start the challenge from the beginning or teleport directly to your friend. More about what teleporting does to your results in Unified Riding Mode. |
Kudos
Encourage the other cyclists on the route with Kudos.
Click the reaction on the right of your cycling screen, or in the Companion App.
You can also write to other riders during a ride. See In-ride chat.
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Kudos are visible to all riders within a 15-metre radius. You will not see Kudos if you disable them in the settings, as shown below. |
How to Disable Kudos
You can turn off Kudos notifications during a ride.
- Open the menu with the button in the top-right corner of the screen.
- Select Customize Interface.
On the customization screen:
- locate the widget containing Kudos in the bottom-right corner;
- click Edit on the widget to open its settings;
- toggle the switch to disable Kudos.
Read more on riding screen customization here.
If something is unclear, do not hesitate to contact us.