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Starting a GroupRide Session

Before you can start a GroupRide session, you must have a phone with the Garmin Connect™ app paired to your device (Pairing Your Phone). When prompted, you must also agree to share your live location with other riders.

  1. Select the GroupRide glance.
  2. Select Plus symbol.
  3. Select Name, Date, or Start Time to edit the information.
  4. Select Add Course to share a course with other riders.

    You can select from your saved courses, or you can select Plus symbol to create a new course (Courses).

  5. Select Competitions to compete with other riders for rankings and awards.
  6. Select Generate Code.

    Your Edge® bike computer generates a code that you can send to other riders.


    GroupRide main screen
  7. Select Menu symbol > Share Code > Checkmark symbol.
  8. Open the Garmin Connect app, and select View Code > Share.
  9. Select the method for sharing the code with other riders.

    The Garmin Connect app shares the GroupRide code with your contacts.

  10. On the Edge bike computer, select Start Location Sharing.
  11. Press Start stop symbol, and go for a ride.

    The GroupRide data screen is added to the data screens for the active profile.

  12. Select a rider from the GroupRide data screen to view their position on the map, or scroll to the map to view all riders (GroupRide Map Status).

    GroupRide map data

    You can tap an icon on the map to view location, heading, and status information for other riders during the GroupRide session.

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September 2024
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