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.

NOTE: If you have enabled the Suggest Creating Rides setting, your bike computer may receive a prompt to create a GroupRide session when other compatible Edge^® bike computers are nearby (GroupRide Settings).

Select an option:
- Scroll to the GroupRide glance, and select .
  
  TIP: You can add the GroupRide glance to the glance list (Customizing the Glances).
- Select > GroupRide >
- Select when prompted to create a GroupRide session when other compatible Edge bike computers are nearby.
  
  NOTE: To receive a prompt, make sure the Suggest Creating Rides setting is enabled (GroupRide Settings).
Select Name, Date, or Start Time to edit the information.
Select Add Course to share a course with other riders.

You can select from your saved courses, or you can select to create a new course (Courses).
Select Competitions to compete with other riders for rankings and awards.
Select Auto-Share Code to automatically share your code to other Edge bike computers in close range.
Select Generate Code.

Your Edge bike computer generates a code that you can send to other riders.
To share the code with riders who are not nearby, select Share Code to Phone > .

NOTE: If you enabled the Auto-Share Code setting, you can skip steps 7-9.
Open the Garmin Connect app, and select View Code..
On the app, select the method for sharing the code with other riders:
- Select Send to Device to send the code to a compatible Garmin^® device connected to the Garmin Connect app.
- Select Share to text or email the code to one or more contacts.
On the Edge bike computer, select Start Location Sharing.
Press , and go for a ride.

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

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