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  <title>RideComposer — The Blog</title>
  <subtitle>Method, coaching and behind-the-scenes for indoor cycling instructors.</subtitle>
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  <updated>2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
  <author><name>R&amp;D Technology SRL — Pascal Rombaux</name></author>
  
  <entry>
    <title>Click a track to see it on the intensity graph</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/click-a-track-to-see-it-on-the-intensity-graph/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/click-a-track-to-see-it-on-the-intensity-graph/</id>
    <updated>2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>In the Ride Builder, click a track: a dot marks it on the intensity graph, and follows it when you move it.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>The website, Rozália and Lyra now speak nine languages</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/the-website-rozalia-and-lyra-now-speak-nine-languages/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/the-website-rozalia-and-lyra-now-speak-nine-languages/</id>
    <updated>2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>After the app and the user manual, ridecomposer.com, our assistant Rozália and the Lyra music explorer now speak nine languages too.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>The Ride Builder now suggests techniques for your own rides</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/the-ride-builder-now-suggests-techniques-for-your-rides/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/the-ride-builder-now-suggests-techniques-for-your-rides/</id>
    <updated>2026-09-29T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Picked your tracks yourself? One button now asks RideComposer to suggest the techniques, track by track, following your teaching method.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>Fifteen short videos to get started with RideComposer</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/fifteen-short-videos-to-get-started-with-ridecomposer/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/fifteen-short-videos-to-get-started-with-ridecomposer/</id>
    <updated>2026-09-21T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>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.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>The old software is on the laptop. The new one is on the screen.</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/the-old-software-is-on-the-laptop-the-new-one-is-on-the-screen/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/the-old-software-is-on-the-laptop-the-new-one-is-on-the-screen/</id>
    <updated>2026-09-18T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>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.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>The phone: the screen for instructors who don&#39;t own the studio</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/the-phone-the-screen-for-instructors-who-dont-own-the-studio/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/the-phone-the-screen-for-instructors-who-dont-own-the-studio/</id>
    <updated>2026-09-15T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>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.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>Why RideComposer will never plug into Spotify</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/why-ridecomposer-will-never-plug-into-spotify/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/why-ridecomposer-will-never-plug-into-spotify/</id>
    <updated>2026-09-12T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>A streaming service never hands over the sound, only its playback. Without the signal, no software can beat-match or stretch tempo. Ours included.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>Ten days of trial — yours, not the calendar&#39;s</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/ten-days-of-trial-yours-not-the-calendars/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/ten-days-of-trial-yours-not-the-calendars/</id>
    <updated>2026-09-11T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>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.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>&quot;Can you send me your playlist?&quot; — the track list as a PDF</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/can-you-send-me-your-playlist-the-track-list-as-a-pdf/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/can-you-send-me-your-playlist-the-track-list-as-a-pdf/</id>
    <updated>2026-09-08T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>The question every instructor hears after a good class. Since 1.4.1, a ride&#39;s track list saves as a PDF — to give away, not to keep.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>&quot;Seated Flat&quot; doesn&#39;t translate: RideComposer now speaks nine languages</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/seated-flat-doesnt-translate-ridecomposer-now-speaks-nine-languages/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/seated-flat-doesnt-translate-ridecomposer-now-speaks-nine-languages/</id>
    <updated>2026-09-07T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>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.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>Twenty-six rides, and a list that said nothing</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/twenty-six-rides-and-a-list-that-said-nothing/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/twenty-six-rides-and-a-list-that-said-nothing/</id>
    <updated>2026-09-06T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>My Rides now shows each class&#39;s teaching and type, and filters them. Getting there meant tidying up — and tidying brought down nine invisible defects.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>Five teachings, five manuals, and one table nobody had opened</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/five-teachings-five-manuals-one-table-nobody-opened/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/five-teachings-five-manuals-one-table-nobody-opened/</id>
    <updated>2026-09-05T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>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.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>One tenth of a BPM, and your climb became a flat</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/one-tenth-of-a-bpm-and-your-climb-became-a-flat/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/one-tenth-of-a-bpm-and-your-climb-became-a-flat/</id>
    <updated>2026-09-05T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>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.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>The user manual is online — and you don&#39;t owe us anything for it</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/user-manual-online-4-languages/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/user-manual-online-4-languages/</id>
    <updated>2026-09-04T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>RideComposer&#39;s user manual is now public, in seven languages, as a PDF. No account, no email address, no form. Here&#39;s why, and how it stays current.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>The RideComposer YouTube Channel Is Live: Our First 4 Videos</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/ridecomposer-youtube-channel-first-4-videos/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/ridecomposer-youtube-channel-first-4-videos/</id>
    <updated>2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>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.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>RideComposer 1.1.2: during class, nothing on screen should move</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/ridecomposer-1-1-2-nothing-moves-in-coach-mode/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/ridecomposer-1-1-2-nothing-moves-in-coach-mode/</id>
    <updated>2026-08-29T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>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.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title> &quot;97 or 142? What one instructor&#39;s email changed in RideComposer&quot;</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/97-or-142-what-one-instructors-email-changed-in-ridecomposer/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/97-or-142-what-one-instructors-email-changed-in-ridecomposer/</id>
    <updated>2026-08-18T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>&quot;A user reported a wrong BPM reading. Weeks of work later, RideComposer&#39;s tempo detection has been rebuilt and measured against nearly 2,000 tracks.&quot;</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>Meet Rozalia, the assistant who answers your questions instantly</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/meet-rozalia-ridecomposer-assistant/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/meet-rozalia-ridecomposer-assistant/</id>
    <updated>2026-08-02T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Meet Rozalia, the assistant who instantly answers your questions about RideComposer — and why she carries such a special name.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>Two External Screens, Two Jobs: Coach Mode for You, Video for the Room (Pro+)</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/external-screens-coach-mode-video-mode/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/external-screens-coach-mode-video-mode/</id>
    <updated>2026-07-24T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>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&#39;s how each works.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>How to Build an Indoor Cycling Class That Keeps Riders Coming Back</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/how-to-build-indoor-cycling-class/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/how-to-build-indoor-cycling-class/</id>
    <updated>2026-07-24T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>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.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>The Best Music Software for Indoor Cycling Instructors (Why a Playlist Isn&#39;t Enough)</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/indoor-cycling-music-software/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/indoor-cycling-music-software/</id>
    <updated>2026-07-24T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>Spotify and DJ apps weren&#39;t built for indoor cycling classes. Here&#39;s what instructors really need from music software — and how RideComposer delivers it.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>MixMeister Alternative for Indoor Cycling: The Complete Guide (Fusion and Studio)</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/mixmeister-alternative-indoor-cycling/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/mixmeister-alternative-indoor-cycling/</id>
    <updated>2026-07-24T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>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.</summary>
  </entry>
  
  <entry>
    <title>RideComposer for Certified Indoor Cycling Instructors</title>
    <link href="https://blog.ridecomposer.com/software-for-certified-indoor-cycling-instructors/"/>
    <id>https://blog.ridecomposer.com/software-for-certified-indoor-cycling-instructors/</id>
    <updated>2026-07-24T00:00:00.000Z</updated>
    <summary>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.</summary>
  </entry>
  
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