Anyone here use ChasingWatts?

[m_moses]

A cycling buddy developed the https://chasingwatts.com/web site a few years ago and has also built corresponding iOS and Android mobile apps. It’s pretty slick. The idea was to put everything in one place to plan a group ride: ride, route, weather and discussion.

Anyone heard of it or use it?

Personally, group rides have fallen out of favor for me in the last year but I’ll likely start to ease back into them soon.


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[XXtwindad]

Seems like a cool site, although I wasn’t too successful in finding rides in my area.

One bit of honest feedback: I think the name is misleading. I’m not interested in racing, and I assumed that’s what the site was about.

[chicagorider]

Looks great! (Though I got an error trying to set up a group ride...)

I'd imagine this is similar to the RCC app but free? (I've never joined RCC due to the fee...)

[m_moses]

Originally Posted by XXtwindad

One bit of honest feedback: I think the name is misleading. I’m not interested in racing, and I assumed that’s what the site was about.

I agree with you and the developer has been told this as well. Not sure if a change is imminent though.

Use of the software seems to be finally getting some traction here locally (Houston area) after a couple of years. The owner keeps refining the apps, adding features and he’s marketing it a lot more as well.

But for it to be useful, people have to use it. If you don’t see any rides in your area, there must not be any users. So that’s the conundrum. You’d almost need a club or shop to dedicate some time to getting it off the ground by populating it with regular rides.

He’s done this in some areas by getting race teams onboard who use it to post their training rides.


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[m_moses]

Originally Posted by chicagorider

Looks great! (Though I got an error trying to set up a group ride...)

I'd imagine this is similar to the RCC app but free? (I've never joined RCC due to the fee...)

I’m not familiar with the RCC app.

One cool feature of ChasingWatts is that you can transfer route maps directly from the app to your Garmin or Wahoo.

If interested in seeing its capabilities set your location to Houston and you’ll be able to see how it’s being used.

I changed the search radius to 3000 miles in my profile and then used the map to view rides posted in the US. Almost all are in the Houston area but saw some posted in Redding CA, Stowe VT and Chicago.


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