If you are interested in setting up your own ride and a little unsure of how to do it, here you go! We are going to walk you through the process of creating a ride, that when completed, will take about 60 seconds (or less)!
This might look like a lot, but actually, most of the available selections are optional. Once you create a ride, you will see how incredibly easy the process is. TL;DR version at the bottom.
Let’s go…
Note – While this post will focus on the mobile app – the process is the same on the website.
Open the Chasing Watts app and get logged in.
Click the Add button in the bottom menu bar.
There are four screens in creating a ride, with most having optional selections.
Are you a user of Ride with GPS, Strava, or Garmin Connect? Quickly and easily connect your account to Chasing Watts to link your routes. This is helpful when creating rides with your own routes. With Garmin, quickly send the ride routes directly to your Connect account and sync to your device with one click!
Connecting your accounts is available in both the website and mobile app.
Authentication works the same for each provider, so we will only look at Strava in this example.
In your profile, select “Strava Connect”.
Press the “Authenticate” button. This will redirect you to Strava’s login screen. Login and you will be prompted to allow Chasing Watts to read your account.
You will be automatically redirected back to Chasing Watts.
Now that you are connected, when creating a ride, you have the option to directly import one of your routes!
All – it appears that a large number of emails went out yesterday (Sunday). First, this was not intentional and apologies if we filled your inbox with email you did not want. We are looking into the issue and working with our email provider to understand what happened. Emails have been disabled at this time and will look at a better solution going forward (or if we even need emails).
Thanks to all of you who have reached out with helpful information. Stay tuned…
With CW4.0, you can now share images with a little style that is ready for your social media!
Just head over to your favorite ride to get started.
In the app, click on the image icon near the bottom of the screen. Select your image style & style. Once you have the image you like, download and share. You can share directly from the app to your favorite social platforms.
On the website, click on the “Share Image” link in the left. Select your image style and size.
