The Zwift Alternative Gaining Popularity

what if I told you that there was an app

that allowed you to ride Incredible

routes from around the world year round

from the comfort of your smart trainer I

know cool right well today's sponsor

Ruby offers just that along with

structured workouts loads of group rides

challenges and events all on something

like

1,500 real routes so I want to dive into

what ruby is and stick around to the end

because I've got a special code for you

that just gives you a thre months trial

not bad hey but let's rewind and start

with Ruby's range of races on real world

[Music]

courses racing toward of France climbs

is for me the best way to maintain

cycling Fitness through the winter now

while I do turn to running or the gym

when it's really grossy outside there's

nothing like smashing a quick race to

put you in a good place when spring

rolls around ruy is also a sponsor of

Love welta at espia so if I really want

to get dropped hard I could race up the

Savage angalo well maybe tomorrow the

races being on real roads can also be

way more immersive for some people it

might be something about preferring

riding outside but this might feel a bit

more real than the created worlds that

we're used to seeing on other

apps now indoor cycling is is way better

than it used to be I remember the days

of just simply staring at a wall it was

very dull but Ruby are bringing

augmented reality to indoor riding and

that's brilliant some people don't want

their indoor riding experience to be

turned into ever more of a kind of

sweaty video game and that's where Ruby

has a real uniqueness it uses augmented

reality to put you into real life

situations so I can Roll Along here

beside the beautiful Lake coma which is

just over that fence and just like in

real life there's some kind of

questionable drivers around makes you

feel like you're really there the way

this all works is that the Ruby Tech

Team takes a video of the roads and adds

in Virtual features to make it even more

immersive the background is even built

in layers so that the perspective

changes with the movement of the rider

then the features that rug adds in like

all the banners and things that you see

they all get realistic Shadows even my

rider has one it's super subtle and you

could easily miss all of this but then

it just helps to make the app that much

more immersive which is great if you

find indoor riding rather

[Music]

dull while racing is an incredibly

effective way to put yourself in the H

Locker for a while a well structured and

easy to follow training plan is the

clever cyclist way to build Fitness be

that towards a specific goal or just

generally through the season well these

sessions might not seem as hard as a

race but their repeatability and

regularity with which you can do them

means that you'll soon be so much fitter

than when you started sometimes it

really does pay to be clever there are

loads of sessions to choose from with

plenty of different training Focus

points like there's FTP over there

Cadence warm up and cool down and even

some little Trek specific workouts you

can dip into any of these anytime you

like but the most effective thing that I

found is to follow a training plan these

consist of a set number of workouts each

week and they're all designed to get you

better in a particular area that would

be a great way to get your Fitness

fine-tuned towards the end of winter and

all of the sessions use real Roots as a

backdrop I've actually synced my

training Peaks account from here to do

exactly what my coach has set for me it

is well worth checking

[Music]

out Ruby looks to keep things fresh by

releasing new places to ride via Route

spotlights these are updated every few

weeks with a new theme or Global

location but the new routes are added to

the app's catalog for riding whenever

you want these take some of the most

famous roads in a region and allow you

to explore to your heart's content so if

you're just looking for a nice route to

ride I I reckon this section is well

worth checking out there's a good mix of

distances and profiles here I have

actually always wanted to check out

Pikes Peak highway so I might actually

give this one a

go there's another bonus to those routs

coming from real roads now imagine it's

the depths of winter you miss riding in

the Sun so you've booked yourself a

cheeky little trip to somewhere like I

don't know New Yorker just think sacal

robra Pella Seafood oh beautiful on Ruby

you could do some specific training like

virtually riding and climbs that you're

going to be doing there is nothing like

specificity when it comes to training

any coach will tell you that and what

could be more specific than riding those

same roads so if you've got a trip

coming up a few rides on ruy could be

well worth it just to you know get your

eye in

[Music]

if you like a challenge then why not

jump into one these are a collection of

roots that you'll need to complete

within a specified time frame and the

reward is coins lots of coins once

you've earned enough coins you can then

spend them in the virtual garage of the

Avatar customization section to unlock

new gear and better bikes and all that

cycling stuff really though it's a great

way way to kind of sneakily make you

ride more and get fitter

[Music]

sneaky now the last feature that I want

to touch on before I get to the main

reason that you kind of need to try Ruby

is the group Prides cycling is best in

my opinion when done with friends and

new faces because you can chat to them

as the time passes You by Ruby has a

boatload of organized group rides for

you to join and it's quite easy to find

them look they're just here and finding

one that suits you is also simple with

all the information that you need just

along the bottom so I've got route

profile the distance meters you're going

to be climbing and crucially for me at

least a kind of rough ETA you can also

set up private group rides for you and

just your friends and I know you might

be thinking having all your mates on

this platform is a bit unrealistic but

what if I told you that Ruby could save

you

[Music]

money now the problem that I've always

had with indoor cycling is the cost you

spent a lot of money on your bike then

after you've bought a rather expensive

smart trainer you'll probably have got a

fan for cooling and potentially very

snazzy sweatband adding on a monthly

subscription makes things rather pricey

and it can be even worse if there are

two or more of you in the same house

house thankfully the Ruby does have

multiac account discounts so if there

are two of you in the same house you can

save some money and then if you and a

few friends all want to get on Ruby you

can get up to five separate accounts in

a group plan for just £30 per month

that's just £6 each which is great value

so there's reasons to give Ruby a try

this winter and here's the best one you

can try it for yourself for free Ruby

have been absolute Legends and given us

a code to share with you lovely lot it

is right up there but it's also in the

description and it will get you a month

of Ruby for absolutely nothing all that

we ask you to do is to subscribe and

like this video so that you can keep up

to date with all of our road and gravel

content it's worth it I promise anyway I

bet you want to run off and download

Ruby now remember to use that code which

you can also find in the description and

if you love indoor training why not

check out this video y