BigRingVR 8.0.1.267: a new look, a new ride summary and clearer workouts

BigRingVR 8.0.1.267 is out, with a redesign of the whole app to make it easier to use. A lot of it came straight from your feedback, so thank you to everyone who tested it with us!

A new, easier-to-use look

Every screen, from Home and Rides to Training, Challenges and Settings, now follows the same clean design:

• Easier to read: clear numbers, quieter labels and a new typeface made for screens.
• Less clutter: the things you need most are up front, the rest is one step away.
• Simpler settings: on/off switches and clear choices instead of long menus.
• Clearer messages: they now say plainly what's happening and what to do next.
• Fits your screen: on a small laptop or a narrow window the layout rearranges itself.
• Themes that match our website's colours: pick yours with the palette button on the left.

A new ride summary

When you finish a ride, the summary now leads with what matters: your Rings for the ride, a personal-best headline when you set one, five big numbers at a glance, your climbing and best efforts, and the profile shows the part of the route you actually rode.

Clearer workouts while you ride

Riding a workout? The workout strip shows every interval in its zone colour with your own power drawn on top, an arrow tells you when you're above or below the target, and the bar shows your target, the next interval and how much time is left.

Home at a glance

Home opens with our newest ride, then your Rider level and Explorer progress, today's training session, what's new, what's up next and your challenges.

Easier to find your next ride

• Ride cards show the difficulty as a coloured badge ("Hard 748") and how many times a ride has been ridden ("688 rides"), so it's easy to spot the popular ones.
• Click the heart to make a ride a favourite, the bell to schedule it.
• In a challenge, you can now sort its rides.

Ride queues

At the end of a queue you can rate and favourite every ride you rode, all in one place.

Smoother riding

• Streaming recovers by itself from short server hiccups.
• Bluetooth sensors connect more reliably, and a sensor that's switched off no longer slows the others down.

Easy to update

• Already on BigRingVR 8? The update arrives automatically, just accept the in-app prompt.
• Still on BigRingVR 7? Simply install the new version: it removes 7 for you and keeps your settings and downloaded rides. Download BigRingVR

BigRingVR speaks English, French, German, Dutch, Spanish and Italian: Settings → General → Language.

System requirements: Windows 10/11 (64-bit), including Snapdragon/ARM laptops, and macOS 13 (Ventura) or higher, native on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

Questions or something not right? Use Settings → General → Upload Logs to Support right after the ride, and we'll take it from there.

Enjoy the ride!