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24 October 2026

The class profile on the studio screen

RideComposer 2.0.25: external screen 2 shows the class intensity profile, full screen on its own or as a band below your video. Your riders see what is coming.

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12 October 2026

The field that stopped taking text

After a confirmation box, RideComposer would sometimes stop accepting keyboard input. Finding the cause took several days; fixing it took a few lines. Fixed since version 2.0.16.

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12 October 2026

The whole interface in your language

RideComposer 2.0.23: about 90 texts that had stayed in English, or in French for everyone, are now translated into the app's 9 languages.

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12 October 2026

Your library balance

RideComposer 2.0.20: a Balance button in the library. Your tracks by intensity zone, and for each part of the class, enough music to vary your sessions.

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6 October 2026

Overlays: a sample laid under a track

RideComposer 2.0.14: lay a sample under a track, as in MixMeister. It carries on through the transition, with its own volume.

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30 September 2026

Click a track to see it on the intensity graph

In the Ride Builder, click a track: a dot marks it on the intensity graph, and follows it when you move it.

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30 September 2026

The website, Rozália and Lyra now speak nine languages

After the app and the user manual, ridecomposer.com, our assistant Rozália and the Lyra music explorer now speak nine languages too.

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29 September 2026

The Ride Builder now suggests techniques for your own rides

Picked your tracks yourself? One button now asks RideComposer to suggest the techniques, track by track, following your teaching method.

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21 September 2026

Fifteen short videos to get started with RideComposer

One hour of video in fifteen short guides, free and with no sign-up: from filling your library to Coach Mode, every feature shown on the actual screen.

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18 September 2026

The old software is on the laptop. The new one is on the screen.

One photo, two screens, and the whole distance between building a mix and composing a class. A guided tour of the Track Editor: teaching annotations, cadence in RPM, mix points and beatmix.

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15 September 2026

The phone: the screen for instructors who don't own the studio

Your ride now follows you onto the phone you already teach with. Downloaded to the device, it plays with no network at all — and that is where it matters.

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12 September 2026

Why RideComposer will never plug into Spotify

A streaming service never hands over the sound, only its playback. Without the signal, no software can beat-match or stretch tempo. Ours included.

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11 September 2026

Ten days of trial — yours, not the calendar's

A trial day is now spent only when you actually open RideComposer: ten real days of use, within a month. And trials that already ran out have just reopened.

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8 September 2026

"Can you send me your playlist?" — the track list as a PDF

The question every instructor hears after a good class. Since 1.4.1, a ride's track list saves as a PDF — to give away, not to keep.

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7 September 2026

"Seated Flat" doesn't translate: RideComposer now speaks nine languages

The interface now comes in nine languages, but the teaching vocabulary stays in English — and that is not a shortcut. The story of a translation, and of what it uncovered along the way.

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6 September 2026

Twenty-six rides, and a list that said nothing

My Rides now shows each class's teaching and type, and filters them. Getting there meant tidying up — and tidying brought down nine invisible defects.

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5 September 2026

Five teachings, five manuals, and one table nobody had opened

RideComposer was placing climbs in classes that forbid them — and its own checker approved, because it read the same table. We went back through the theory with the manuals open, one teaching at a time.

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5 September 2026

One tenth of a BPM, and your climb became a flat

A threshold placed on the wrong side of the noise doubled the cadence of many 120 BPM tracks. Fixed and measured across 1,242 songs — plus an honest account of the lead we promised in August and failed to deliver.

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4 September 2026

The user manual is online — and you don't owe us anything for it

RideComposer's user manual is now public, in seven languages, as a PDF. No account, no email address, no form. Here's why, and how it stays current.

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1 September 2026

The RideComposer YouTube Channel Is Live: Our First 4 Videos

Some moves are easier to show than to describe. Our YouTube channel is now live, with four short videos: BPM, volume, Coach Mode on a second screen, and the video screen.

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29 August 2026

RideComposer 1.1.2: during class, nothing on screen should move

Version 1.1.2 is out: a fully frozen Coach Mode display during class, more reliable transitions, and a sturdier analysis on long DJ mixes.

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18 August 2026

"97 or 142? What one instructor's email changed in RideComposer"

"A user reported a wrong BPM reading. Weeks of work later, RideComposer's tempo detection has been rebuilt and measured against nearly 2,000 tracks."

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2 August 2026

Meet Rozalia, the assistant who answers your questions instantly

Meet Rozalia, the assistant who instantly answers your questions about RideComposer — and why she carries such a special name.

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24 July 2026

Two External Screens, Two Jobs: Coach Mode for You, Video for the Room (Pro+)

RideComposer Pro+ drives two external screens at once — a big-screen Coach Mode at the foot of your bike, and a local video of your choice for the room. Here's how each works.

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24 July 2026

How to Build an Indoor Cycling Class That Keeps Riders Coming Back

A step-by-step guide to building an indoor cycling class: set your intention, structure the effort arc, match music to effort, and coach with intent.

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24 July 2026

The Best Music Software for Indoor Cycling Instructors (Why a Playlist Isn't Enough)

Spotify and DJ apps weren't built for indoor cycling classes. Here's what instructors really need from music software — and how RideComposer delivers it.

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24 July 2026

MixMeister Alternative for Indoor Cycling: The Complete Guide (Fusion and Studio)

MixMeister Fusion and Studio are discontinued — the publisher said so. What that means for an instructor, what happens to your files, and how RideComposer takes over.

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24 July 2026

RideComposer for Certified Indoor Cycling Instructors

Built for certified instructors — Spinning®, Schwinn Cycling®, Globe Cycling® and BICA. RideComposer respects your method and gives you the tools to prepare and coach better classes.

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