# Adding a ride https://ridejournal.app/guides/adding-a-ride/ Last updated: 2026-08-21 Every entry starts from a ride you have already done, Ride Journal does not record one for you. There are two ways in, both behind the **+** menu on the home and journal tabs.

The import sheet, asking you to select the file you want to import.

## From a `.fit` file Choose **Import file**, tap **Select File**, and the ride opens as a new entry. Most bike computers and cycling apps export `.fit`. Two shortcuts worth knowing: on a Mac you can drop a `.fit` file straight onto the window, and on iPhone or iPad, opening one from Files or another app hands it to Ride Journal without going through the menu at all. ## From Apple Health Choose **Import workout** to list the cycling workouts already on your device and turn one into an entry — no file needed. This needs the Apple Health permission from the [walkthrough](/guides/getting-started/). ## Either way

The home tab showing recent rides as cards, grouped by date.

The ride lands in your journal, grouped by when you rode it, and syncs to your other devices over iCloud. Now go and [read it](/guides/reading-a-ride/). --- Ride Journal — https://ridejournal.app/ Site index for language models: https://ridejournal.app/llms.txt