Most riding platforms save their biggest rewards for the people who organise the rides β the admins, the community leads, the ones already doing the heavy lifting. Rydora doesn't work that way. Every rider who shows up, rides safe, and finishes the route is building toward something, whether they ever plan a ride themselves or not.
That's the idea behind Ride & Win. It isn't one program β it's two, running side by side, both open to every rider on the app. One rewards you for the long haul: every ride you complete, every Kudos you earn, every act that shows you belong on the road. The other rewards a single season's worth of momentum, with a real destination waiting at the end of it.
Together, they're built on the same belief: a ride well ridden should mean something beyond the ride itself. Not because you organised it. Not because you beat anyone else to it. Just because you showed up, rode with the group, and made it to the end.
Safety comes before every reward. Nothing on this page is worth riding faster, cutting a stop short, or pushing a group past what's comfortable. Ranks climb, tokens earn letters, and seasons end β but a ride only counts if everyone in the group gets home safe. Rydora will never design a reward around speed, risk, or rushing a route.
A season-long climb through 12 ranks β from Rydora Cadet to Rydora Legend β built entirely on the rides you complete and the Kudos your community gives you. There's no leaderboard to race and no rider you're competing against. Just your own steady climb, one ride at a time.
Seasonal ContestA running seasonal contest layered on top of your paid group rides. Complete a qualifying ride, reveal a letter, and place it toward spelling one of this season's destination words. Be the first to complete a word and you win a fully sponsored trip to that destination, plus a loyalty bonus.
Every ride you log β free or paid β moves your RNRC rank forward; only paid group rides that meet Ride & Spell's criteria reveal a letter.
Enter the email address on your Rydora account and we'll send you a one-time code to check your Ride & Spell dashboard.
When you create a ride on Rydora β as an individual or on behalf of your community β you'll choose an Entry Type: Free or Paid.
A Free ride costs 29 tokens from your Rydora Token Balance to create. Those tokens are what activate your Ride Pass for the ride.
A Paid ride costs no tokens to create. Instead, Rydora takes a 6% platform fee on every payment made within that ride β both when the creator sets the ride's price and when each member pays to join. The remaining 94% is transferred to the ride creator's account within 24 hours of the transaction. Your Ride Pass activates automatically the moment your ride is marked paid β no separate token charge required.
Every ride that activates a Ride Pass β free or paid β comes with real, built-in coverage: Emergency Notification confirmed for that ride, a Weather & Traffic Brief once your ride starts, RNRC points toward your rank, and a vendor discount coupon when one's available. Paid rides unlock one thing more: eligibility for Ride & Spell, on top of everything else.
Every kilometre you genuinely ride β verified, not estimated β becomes an RNRC point. As you move through your ride, check in at your Start Point, every Stop Point, your Destination, and your End Point as you reach each one. This is what lets Rydora calculate exactly how far you rode, and convert that into your climb through the 12 RNRC stages.
If you happen to miss checking in somewhere along the way, don't worry β Rydora will prompt you to catch up the next time you check in further along your route. One important rule: you can only check in at a location once you're genuinely within 6 km of it. Trying to check in from further away won't work, and you'll see a message asking you to get closer first.
A quick note on missed check-ins: catching up is built to be forgiving, but if you skip checking in at more than 3 locations across your ride, Rydora switches from calculating your full route distance to a simpler straight-line distance between your Start Point and Destination β which usually means significantly fewer points than the route you actually rode. Checking in as you go is what gets you full credit for every kilometre.
Every ride you complete β free or paid β makes you part of RNRC. Your kilometres always count.
Paid rides go further: they also make you part of Ride & Spell, Rydora's seasonal letter-collecting contest, giving your group a shot at a fully sponsored trip.
To qualify for Ride & Spell specifically, a paid ride needs a minimum of βΉ600 per rider and at least 5 qualifying members β community accounts don't count toward that minimum. And in the interest of keeping this fair for everyone actually riding, Community Admins from communities partnered with Rydora don't participate in Ride & Spell themselves β the contest is for the riders on the road, not the organizers behind the scenes.
Every new rider starts with a Ride Pass worth 29 tokens β you get 100 welcome tokens from Rydora when you join, which makes your first 3 rides free. There are plenty of other ways to earn more tokens too, like adding locations to Rydora. Use it to create your first ride, free or paid, and the moment that ride is complete, your RNRC climb has already begun. There's no separate sign-up step and no waiting for a special event β the Ride Pass is sitting in your account from day one, ready whenever you are.
At Rydora, we want every rider to have a fair and equal opportunity to be recognised and rewarded.
To maintain this balance, Admins of Communities officially partnered or collaborated with Rydora will not be considered for winner positions on the Rydora Leaderboard, RNRC, or Ride & Spell rewards. They can continue to participate, ride, earn points, track their progress, and appear on the Leaderboard; however, if they reach a winning position, the corresponding reward will be passed on to the next eligible rider.
This policy applies only to Admins of Communities officially partnered with Rydora. Riders from partnered communities remain fully eligible to win, and Admins of communities that are not partnered with Rydora are also fully eligible under the standard contest rules.
The idea is simple: more riders get an opportunity to win, more achievements get celebrated, and the spirit of fair participation stays at the heart of Rydora.