Meet the Character Builder
Design the rider you see on every ride: build, hair, kit, helmet, bike and wheels, previewed in 3D. Plus XP levels for everything you do on Ride Cave.
For the first time you can design the rider you see on every ride. Open the Character Builder, make the rider yours, and every eRoute, track and Group Ride shows your character, to you and to everyone riding with you. We also added XP levels, so everything you do on Ride Cave now moves you somewhere.
Designing is free for everyone, on every platform Ride Cave runs on, and Cave Crew members save their characters. It pairs with Infinite World 2.0, the new look for every rider and the world.
Design your own rider
Open Tools and choose Character Builder. A 3D rider stands in the workshop and wears every change as you make it. Six tabs cover everything: your build, hair, skin tone and eyes; your jersey pattern and colours; bibs, socks, shoes and gloves; your helmet and sunglasses; your bike; and your wheels.
Pick from a palette tuned for the world or choose any colour you like. Zones such as the back of the jersey match the front until you split them, Randomize rolls a fresh look in one tap, and undo steps back through every change. Turn the rider around, look from the chase view or up close, and check your kit by day and by night before you save.
Cave Crew members save their character, and it becomes the rider they see on every eRoute, on the track, and on the start line of a Group Ride. The riders around them see it too.
XP levels
Everything you do now earns XP: every 10 minutes you ride, run or row, a bonus for riding a Group Ride, races, skills, Cave Coins, and a bonus each week you hit your streak target. Outdoor rides and runs that sync from Garmin, Strava, Wahoo and Intervals.icu count too.
XP moves you down through eight cave levels, from Cave Rookie to Cavern Legend, marked by four gems from quartz to diamond. Levels open the builder as you go, everything by Level 3: your rider, every jersey pattern, the helmet and sunglasses from day one; the bike, wheels, a bottle and tan wall tyres at Level 2, usually in your first week; and the fast bike at Level 3, deep carbon rims, disc wheels, metallic, fade and two tone paint, usually within your first month. You can see your level, your progress, and what every level unlocks in Settings, under XP & Levels. We also credited your past rides at the new rate, so you start at the level your training has earned, and every Cave Crew member starts at Level 3 or above, with every part unlocked.
Free, and with Cave Crew
Anyone can open the builder and design a rider, and the six default riders are free for everyone to ride.
Cave Crew members save up to 10 characters, keep a gear locker, and get the Cave Crew kit: navy with orange accents and the Ride Cave logo on the back.
Your gear locker
Cave Crew members also get a gear locker. Build a kit, a helmet, a bike or a set of wheels you love, save it to your locker, and put it on any character in one tap. Seasonal drops from Ride Cave and our partners, and gear shared with your Clubs, are on the way.
Every part changes how your rider looks, never how fast you go, so races and leaderboards stay fair.
Get started
Open Ride Cave, go to Tools, and choose Character Builder. Read more on the Character Builder page, and send us a screenshot of your rider.
