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Road, Gravel or MTB: Finding Your Exact Riding Tribe

CycleBuddy Team · Cycling & Community · 27 July 2026
Road, Gravel or MTB: Finding Your Exact Riding Tribe

"Cyclist" is one word for at least four different sports. Roadies chase watts, gravel riders chase horizons, mountain bikers chase trails, casual riders chase café stops. Riding with the wrong tribe is almost worse than riding alone.

Filter by discipline

Every ride on CycleBuddy is tagged: road, mountain, gravel, casual or race. Filter the map and feed to your discipline and you'll only see rides on the terrain you actually enjoy.

Mixed riders welcome

Ride road on weekdays and MTB on weekends? Keep filters open and join both crews. Many riders discover a second discipline because a nearby ride looked too good to skip.

The right group changes the sport

Descending with mountain bikers who know the trail, or rotating through a road group that holds a clean paceline — riding with people who share your discipline levels you up fast.

Your tribe is on the map

Open CycleBuddy, set your ride type, and see who shares your kind of riding within 50 km. They were always there — now you can see them.

Never ride alone again 🚴

CycleBuddy is free — find riders, join group rides and track every ride without paying a cent.

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