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Answers to the most common questions about Rulla. If you can’t find what you’re looking for, email us.

Getting started

What is Rulla?

An app for group rides. You find rides, clubs and races near you, say whether you’re coming and have everything about the ride in one place.

Does Rulla cost anything?

No, Rulla is free to use today.

How do I create an account?

Join at app.rulla.cc with Google or email. If you choose Strava, your details are filled in for you, but you sign in with Google or email.

Do I need Strava?

No. You join with Google or email, and Strava is optional.

Is Rulla in the App Store?

Not yet. Put Rulla on your home screen and it opens like an app. iPhone and Android apps are on the way.

Get the app
Can I use kilometres or miles?

Yes, you choose in the settings.

Which languages is Rulla in?

Swedish and English.

Finding rides

How do I find a ride?

Open the map and filter, or type what you’re looking for. The rides near you show straight away.

Rides near me
Which filters are there?

Pace, surface (road, gravel, MTB or virtual), distance, day and time of day: morning, daytime or evening.

Can I search by typing?

Yes. Type “easy gravel in Göteborg this weekend”, for example, and Rulla sets the filters and moves the map.

Are there rides on Zwift?

Yes. Virtual rides are a discipline of their own, so pick Virtual in the filters.

Can I see the hills before I go?

Yes. Tilt the map with the button or two fingers and the terrain shows in 3D. On a ride you see how steep the route gets and can fly along it.

Who can see a ride?

Public rides are open to all. Club rides are for the club’s members, friends rides for your friends and private rides only for those invited.

On the ride

How do I sign up for a ride?

Tap Going, Maybe or Can’t on the ride. If it has pace groups, you pick one at the same time. Some rides have no sign-up, and then you just turn up at the meeting point.

What is a pace group?

A group within the ride with its own pace and leader. You can switch group any time before the ride, as long as the group isn’t full.

Can I talk to the others before the ride?

Yes, every ride has a chat. The organiser can pin what matters most to the top.

How do I share a ride?

Every ride has a lasting link and a share card in story format, 9:16, to post wherever you like.

Which signals do riders use in a bunch?

Holes and hazards, stop, slowing, turning, move over, and single file or two abreast, by hand and by voice. We’ve drawn them all.

Signals in the bunch

Creating rides

How do I create a ride?

Tap Create in the app and follow the steps. Drafts save themselves and can be picked up on another device.

Can I make a ride from a message?

Yes. Paste in the text you’ve already written about the ride, and Rulla fills in the time, place, distance and pace. You check and publish.

Can the ride have pace groups?

Yes. Each group gets its pace, its leader and a cap on how many fit.

Can a ride have more than one route?

Yes, up to three, a short and a long one for example. Each pace group can have its own route.

Can I add a coffee stop?

Yes, add stops along the route and everyone sees where you’ll stop.

Can a ride repeat every week?

Yes. Set it up once as a weekly ride.

Does everyone have to sign up?

No. You can switch replies off, and the ride shows the information only.

Who sees the ride I create?

You choose: everyone, the club’s members, a team in the club, your friends or only those you invite.

Routes, GPX and bike computers

What is a GPX file?

A common file for routes: a line of points that describes the way. Almost every bike computer and map app can read it.

GPX, TCX or FIT: which should I pick?

GPX is just the line and works almost everywhere, so pick it if you’re unsure. TCX and FIT come from Garmin; FIT is a compact format newer Garmin units prefer. If a FIT file gives you trouble, try GPX.

How do I open a GPX file?

In your bike computer’s app: Garmin Connect, Wahoo or Hammerhead. On your phone, open the file and choose the app, and the route comes in. The steps for each make are below.

Can Rulla send the route straight to my bike computer?

No. You download the file from the ride and load it yourself, as the steps below show.

Where do routes in Rulla come from?

The organiser brings them in from Strava, Komoot or RideWithGPS, uploads a GPX file or takes one from a route library.

How to get the GPX file onto Garmin, Wahoo or Hammerhead

Download the route from the ride in Rulla. Then do this, depending on your bike computer.

GPXTCXFIT

Garmin Edge

GARMIN CONNECT ON YOUR PHONE

  1. 1Download the route from the ride to your phone.
  2. 2Open the file and choose Garmin Connect. On iPhone: tap Share in Files and choose Connect.
  3. 3Choose cycling as the type, name the course and save it.
  4. 4Send the course to your Edge and sync. It’s under Navigation, Courses.

On a computer: connect.garmin.com, Training & Planning, Courses, Import. By cable: put the file in the Garmin/NewFiles folder.

The maker’s help

Wahoo ELEMNT

THE WAHOO APP (OLDER UNITS: ELEMNT)

  1. 1Download the route from the ride to your phone.
  2. 2Open the file and choose Wahoo, or ELEMNT on older units. Say yes to the import.
  3. 3In the Wahoo app: go to Explore, My Routes and pick the route.
  4. 4Tap Send to ELEMNT. In the ELEMNT app the route syncs by itself.

GPX, TCX and FIT all work.

The maker’s help

Hammerhead Karoo

HAMMERHEAD’S DASHBOARD OR THE COMPANION APP

  1. 1Download the route from the ride as GPX.
  2. 2Sign in at dashboard.hammerhead.io and choose Routes.
  3. 3Choose New Route, Import and drop the file in.
  4. 4Open Routes on the Karoo and the route syncs.

On the latest Karoo you can also share the file from your phone to the Companion app.

The maker’s help

Clubs

What does a club get in Rulla?

A space of its own in the app: the club’s rides, teams, info pages, a board and a route library, with roles for owners, admins and members.

Claim your club
Does it cost the club anything?

No, Rulla is free for clubs today.

Why is our club already on Rulla?

Clubs, rides and races come in from SCF, happyride.se and Strava, among others, and link back to where they came from. Claim your club and you’re in charge.

How do I claim my club?

Find your club and tap Claim. We check the details and approve it by hand.

Claim your club
How do I start a club?

You do it in the app. Here’s how it goes.

Start a club
What are teams?

Spaces inside the club, with their own leaders, members, rides, pages, routes and board. A women’s team, a junior team or one per town, for example. A club can have up to 20 teams.

What are info pages?

The club’s own pages for what always applies: how you ride, kit, where you meet. With a photo at the top. A page can be open to all or for members only, and a club can have up to 20.

What is the board?

The club’s announcements, not a feed. What matters goes there and members can comment. Each team has its own.

What is the route library?

The club’s saved routes. Use one on a new ride, or download it as a GPX.

Can we list groups for a race?

Yes. List the club’s groups for a race, by pace or target time for example, up to 30. They show on the website and organisers can put them on rides.

Which roles are there?

Owner, admin and member. Owners and admins run the club, and each team has its own leaders.

Can we sort our members?

Yes, with tags: town, pace group, role or whatever helps you. New tags are for admins only until you show them to members.

Can we have members-only rides?

Yes. A club ride is seen by the club’s members only, and a team ride by the team only.

Can several of us run the rides?

Yes. Add co-organisers who can post and edit rides.

Can we show our rides on our own website?

Yes, your club’s public rides can be embedded on your website.

Can we connect our Strava club?

Yes, the club page can link to your Strava club.

Account and privacy

How do I delete my account?

You can delete your account in Settings. You confirm by typing DELETE.

Can I block someone?

Yes. You can report content and block other riders, and someone you block sees nothing of you.

Can I choose which emails I get?

Yes, in the settings. In-app notifications always arrive, and sign-in and security emails are always sent.

Where can I read how you handle my data?

On the privacy page.

Privacy

Didn’t find the answer?

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