Line up in the start pen at Cycloscape International Airport, count down together and ride 2 laps — with the runway sprint timed on both. Real riders first; when at least one rider is at the start, AI riders fill the field to 10.
Seven steps from the button to the results.
Free, for the next start. Registration opens as the previous event sets off, so there is always one to sign up for.
Warm up on a trainer in the start pen, or ride any other route while you wait. Be in the start pen at least 15 seconds before the start — registering alone does not hold it.
3 minutes before the start, wherever you are riding. Save your ride and share it to Strava, then go — or go straight away.
You arrive in the start pen. It fills from 15 minutes before; one minute out, everyone rolls to the grid.
The last 10 seconds count down on your screen and on the board above the line.
Everyone is held behind the line until GO, then released at the same instant — timed by the server, not by anyone's clock.
2 laps later: your position, time, average power and speed, best runway sprint and medals, next to everyone else's.
Real riders always come first. When at least one rider is at the start and fewer than 10 are, AI riders fill the field to 10 — and with 10 or more real riders there are none.
Cycloscape International Airport: out of the Event Plaza, through check-in, security and the duty-free, across the Market Hall and the Sky Link to the piers, through baggage handling and onto the apron — then the whole runway and back along the taxiway.
Two classifications, overall and the Runway Sprint, up to three medals each, at every start that goes ahead. One rider can take several.
In your time zone. The schedule is the same for everyone: 00:00, 01:30, 03:00 … 22:30 UTC.
An Airport Event is a free, scheduled group start at Cycloscape International Airport, one of the official 3D worlds of Cycloscape, the browser-based indoor cycling simulator. Every 90 minutes riders meet in the start pen, count down together and ride 2 laps (30.1 km) through the terminal and down the runway, with the 4.08 km Runway Sprint timed on each lap. At the finish everyone gets event results: position, total time, average power, average speed, best sprint and medals.
Every 90 minutes, all day, on one global schedule: 00:00, 01:30, 03:00 … 22:30 UTC — 16 starts a day. Everyone sees the same times; this page shows them in your own time zone. Registration for a start opens as the previous one sets off, so there is always exactly one event to register for.
Yes. Events are free for every Cycloscape account — nothing to buy and no Pro plan needed. Registering and riding need a free account; the schedule and the list of riders are open to everyone.
Not for long — but you do have to be there at the start. An event goes ahead only if at least one rider is in the start pen 15 seconds before GO (19:29:45 for a 19:30 start); registering alone does not hold it, and a start with nobody in the pen is cancelled. Until then you can warm up on a trainer in the start pen, or keep riding any other route: 3 minutes before the start Cycloscape shows a reminder with two choices — save your ride (and share it to Strava), then go to the event, or go straight away without saving. Nothing happens to your ride until you choose.
The start pen fills from 15 minutes before. One minute out, riders roll from their trainers to the grid, and the last 10 seconds count down on screen. Nobody can cross the line before GO; at GO everyone is released at the same instant, timed by the server rather than by anyone's computer clock. Running late, you can still start up to 5 minutes after GO, from behind the line, on gun time — as long as the event went ahead: someone has to be in the start pen 15 seconds before GO.
Real riders always come first. When at least one real rider is at the start and fewer than 10 are, AI riders fill the field to 10, across six levels from Very Easy to Extreme, so a small event still has a bunch to ride with. With 10 or more real riders there are no AI riders. AI riders vary their effort like people do — surges, fatigue, a kick for the line — are always labelled AI, and can win medals.
An event needs at least one rider. If nobody is in the start pen 15 seconds before the start, the event is cancelled: there are no AI-only events, no start and no results. Registering does not count as being there. Riders who registered but did not come are listed as not started. The next event is 90 minutes later.
The 4.08 km straight down the runway is a timed segment on both laps. Only your better time of the two counts for the Runway Sprint classification, which has its own three medals.
Six per event: 1st Overall, 2nd Overall, 3rd Overall, Fastest Runway Sprint, 2nd Fastest Runway Sprint, 3rd Fastest Runway Sprint. One rider can win several — 2nd Overall and the Fastest Runway Sprint, for example.
Yes: 80 minutes from the start, an average of 22.6 km/h over the 2 laps. Riders still out on the course then are classified DNF. Times are checked by the server: a lap or a finish faster than the course allows is not accepted.
A free account, a computer or Android device with Chrome or Edge, and ideally a smart trainer or power meter: Cycloscape connects over Bluetooth or ANT+ and sets the trainer's resistance from the road. Riders without one can still take part; their power is estimated and marked with ≈ in the results.
No. Cycloscape International Airport is still an official world anyone can ride at any time. Free riders see the start pen, the countdown and, when an event goes ahead, the bunch leaving, and can ride alongside, but they are never held at the line, never classified and get no event results.
Signed-in riders see each other's display names in the list of riders; anyone else sees a first name and an initial. Signed-in riders can also see who is in the start pen right now and who did not start. Your heart rate is never shown to others unless you choose to show it for that event — and then your average heart rate is shown to everyone who views that event's results, including people who aren't signed in. That option is off by default, set for each event separately, and you can switch it off at any time.