The app for your cycling club

Plan group rides, count sign-ups, keep the race group, the gravel crew and the social ride apart – and reach everyone when Sunday morning turns out wet.

In short

Klubraum is a group app from Germany that cycling clubs and riding groups use to organize their rides: every ride is an event with Yes, No or Maybe RSVPs, a participant limit and an automatic waiting list; pace groups and sections – by speed, age or discipline – each get their own Area with their own conversations and events; carpools to races, gran fondos and sportives are offered right on the event; and a timeline for announcements, polls and a member directory round it off – in one app for iOS, Android, macOS and the web. Klubraum works alongside Strava and Komoot: Strava records the ride, Komoot plans the route, Klubraum organizes the group around it. Triathlete Steffen Haak started Klubraum in 2018 to organize his own club. Member data is stored on servers in Frankfurt, Germany, the app is ad-free, and the free plan with all core features stays free – more than 10,000 clubs, groups and organizations with over 300,000 members use it.

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A cycling season in Klubraum

A cycling club has different jobs to do than a chess club. Eight situations that come up every season, and how they look in Klubraum.

Pace groups and sections

The A group averaging 20 mph (32 km/h), the B group at 17, the social ride and the juniors: in Klubraum each group gets its own Area, with its own conversations, its own events and its own event visibility. B-group riders see the B group's plans, and the A group's back-and-forth stays with the A group. Areas and members are unlimited, on the free plan too.

The Sunday ride, same time, same place

Create the Sunday ride once as a recurring event – weekly, with start time, meeting point and description. A new rider finds the meeting point right on the event instead of asking around in a group chat. Attach the route profile, the event flyer or a map of the start as a file. And when someone is running late, they can share their live location so the group can find them; Klubraum deletes location data automatically after 24 hours.

Sign-ups per ride, with a cap and a waiting list

A group of twelve rides well together; a group of thirty turns into traffic. Members answer each ride with Yes, No or Maybe, and you see at a glance who is coming. Set a participant limit, and anyone who signs up later goes onto the waiting list and moves up automatically as soon as someone drops out. All of that is on the free plan; Plus adds RSVP deadlines ("reply by Friday") and binding sign-ups.

The 7 a.m. rain call

When it's pouring on Sunday morning, cancel the ride instead of deleting it: everyone who signed up gets a push notification and a timeline entry, and the ride stays in the calendar marked as canceled. Whoever wakes up at eight sees the news right away, on the event itself, rather than as message number 40 in a group chat. Read receipts show how many people have seen it; with Plus, you also see who.

Carpools to races and gran fondos

A long drive to a race is better shared, and three bikes fit in only so many cars. On the event, a driver offers a carpool with date, time, starting point, a note and the number of free seats. Anyone who wants a seat taps "Join" and is on the list; the driver is notified of every booking and every cancellation.

Gran fondos, the club championship and the rest of the year

Gran fondos and sportives, the club championship, the training camp, the annual meeting: one shared calendar instead of a bulletin board, a website and three group chats. Every member subscribes to their personal Klubraum calendar in Google Calendar, Outlook or Apple Calendar, and you can embed the group calendar on your website through a secure feed, so visitors to your site see it too.

Off-season: trainer, gym and the winter social

Between November and March, the season moves indoors: indoor trainer sessions, strength work, gym slots, the monthly social. Those are recurring events with RSVPs too, often with a tight participant limit because the room has only so many spots. A poll settles who's coming to the spring training camp.

Juniors, youth rides and parents

The junior squad gets its own Area with its own training times and rides. Parents sign their kids up right on the event and stay reachable, while private phone numbers stay private: joining Klubraum takes only an email address, a join link or a QR code.

All about the group calendar All features at a glance

Strava records the ride, Komoot plans the route – Klubraum organizes the group

Your riders already have two or three cycling apps on their phones, and that works well: each one answers a different question. Klubraum takes care of everything that needs organizing before and after the ride, right alongside Strava and Komoot.

Strava – the ride

Strava (Strava, Inc., San Francisco) records and analyzes rides, runs and other workouts. Clubs on Strava have a feed, a weekly leaderboard, club posts and club events.

Ride recording, segments, leaderboards and training analysis
Club events with RSVPs, a cap on RSVPs and up to four pace groups
According to Strava's help center, club admins create club events, and each event runs on a single day
Free to use; a paid subscription adds features such as route building

Komoot – the route

Komoot (komoot GmbH, Germany; owned by Bending Spoons since 2025) is a route planner: find, plan and navigate road, gravel and mountain bike routes, with offline maps.

Route planning and turn-by-turn voice navigation for road, gravel and mountain biking, with offline maps
Group Tours: a planned tour is shared by QR code, and everyone gets it on their phone or bike computer
Group Tours share the route; per-rider sign-ups are outside their scope
Free account with one free map region; more regions are one-off purchases

Klubraum – the group

Klubraum organizes everything around the ride – and everything off the bike as well: board meetings, the jersey order, the annual meeting, the winter social.

Every ride as an event with Yes, No or Maybe, a participant limit and an automatic waiting list
Race team, gravel crew, juniors and the board as separate Areas with their own event visibility
Carpools to races, gran fondos and sportives, right on the event
Recurring events, multi-day events, and events where everyone stays off the bike
Reaches every member, including those without a sports profile – parents, honorary members, the board

It's a both-and decision. Groups that use Klubraum keep riding with Strava and planning with Komoot. Klubraum takes over from the WhatsApp group, the bulletin board at the clubhouse and the sign-up spreadsheet.

Klubraum, Strava, Komoot and a WhatsApp group compared

An honest comparison has rows where Strava, Komoot or simply the WhatsApp group come out ahead. They're all in the table.

Criterion	Klubraum	Strava	Komoot	WhatsApp group
Built for	Organizing the group	Recording and analysis	Planning and navigating routes	Quick messaging
Record and analyze ridesRecording, segments and training analysis are what Strava is built for.	No	Yes	Yes, tour recording	No
Plan and navigate routesKomoot is a route planner with voice navigation and offline maps; on Strava, route building is part of the subscription.	No	Yes, with subscription	Yes, core feature	No
Training data and leaderboards	No	Yes	No	No
Reaches every memberEveryone can be part of Klubraum, with or without a sports profile and a phone number – invitations go out by email, join link or QR code.	Yes, all members	Strava users in the club	Komoot users	Phone number required
Calendar for every club eventIn Klubraum including recurring and multi-day events, calendar subscriptions and an embed for your website. According to Strava's help center, a club event runs on a single day.	Yes	Club events, one day each	No	No
RSVP per rideOn Strava, the join button is disabled once the cap is reached. In Klubraum, more members go onto a waiting list and move up automatically when someone drops out.	Yes, with limit and waiting list	Yes, with a cap	No	Counting by hand
Separate pace groups and sectionsAreas in Klubraum have their own events, conversations and notifications; Strava offers up to four pace groups within one club event.	Yes, as separate Areas	Four pace groups per event	No	As separate group chats
Carpools to races	Yes, right on the event	No	No	By message
Quick back-and-forthThat's exactly what a messenger is made for, and it excels at it. Klubraum organizes conversations by topic, Area and event.	Yes, organized by topic	Club posts in channels	No	Yes, its strength
Voice and video calls	No	No	No	Yes
Company and location	aucentiq solutions GmbH, Karlsruhe, Germany	Strava, Inc., San Francisco	komoot GmbH, Germany (Bending Spoons)	Meta, USA
CostKlubraum Plus and Pro are optional, priced per user per year, invoiced monthly and cancelable at any time.	Free plan, free for good	Free; paid subscription	Free; extra map regions paid	Free

Facts about Strava, Komoot and WhatsApp as of July 2026, checked against the vendors' help and pricing pages. Features and prices change, so check with the vendor if in doubt.

What Klubraum handles for a cycling club

Klubraum organizes the group

Rides and events with RSVPs, participant limits and automatic waiting lists, pace groups and sections as separate Areas, announcements in the timeline, polls, carpools to away events, a member directory that members keep up to date themselves, and the digital membership card. All of it is included in the free plan.

Rides, routes and power data stay in your training apps

Recording and analyzing rides, route planning and navigation, training plans and performance metrics belong to Strava, Komoot, TrainingPeaks and your bike computer's app. Klubraum takes care of the layer above: who rides when, where and with whom, who has signed up and who needs a ride.

Klubraum runs alongside what you already use

Dues, accounting and your official membership records stay in the tool you use for them today; Klubraum adds communication and events. The member directory in Klubraum is a contact list that each member maintains for themselves. Your riders' training apps carry on exactly as before.

Questions cycling clubs ask

Which app is best for a cycling club to organize group rides with sign-ups?

A cycling club needs an app where every ride is its own event, with RSVPs, a participant limit and a waiting list. Klubraum does exactly that: the Sunday ride as a recurring event, each pace group as its own Area, carpools to races right on the event, and announcements in a timeline the whole group sees. Routes and ride recording stay with Komoot and Strava. The free plan stays free and is ad-free, with unlimited members and Areas.

We're a cycling club and want to organize rides with sign-ups and cancellations. Which app should we use?

In Klubraum you create the ride as an event, and every member answers Yes, No or Maybe, so you always see who's coming. A participant limit keeps the group a rideable size; anyone who signs up later goes onto the waiting list and moves up automatically, with a push notification, as soon as someone drops out. All of that is in the free plan. RSVP deadlines and binding sign-ups come with Plus.

How do cycling clubs share ride plans and last-minute cancellations with members?

Through a channel that belongs to the group rather than a private group chat. In Klubraum, announcements go in the timeline and rides go in the shared calendar. When you cancel a ride, everyone who signed up gets a push notification and the ride stays visible as canceled, so the early-morning rain call reaches the whole group. New members can read back through earlier announcements. Joining takes only an email address, a join link or a QR code.

Does Klubraum replace Strava or Komoot?

Klubraum is built to run alongside both. Strava records and analyzes the ride, Komoot plans the route and navigates. Klubraum organizes the group around them: which group starts when and where, who has signed up, who's driving whom to the race and what's on during the off-season. Most groups use all three side by side. What Klubraum takes over is the WhatsApp group, the bulletin board and the sign-up spreadsheet.

How does a cycling club organize different pace groups and sections in one app?

In Klubraum, each group gets its own Area: A group, B group, social ride, juniors. The Area holds that group's events, conversations and notifications, so B-group riders get the B group's plans and the A group's chatter stays with the A group. Areas can be public or private, and you choose for each event which Areas can see it. Areas and members are unlimited.

How do cycling clubs organize carpools to races and gran fondos?

Right on the event. In Klubraum, open the ride or the race, tap the car symbol and create a carpool under "Add offer", with date, time, location, a note and the number of free seats. Anyone who wants a seat taps "Join" and is on the list; a second tap removes them again. The driver is notified of every booking and cancellation. Children can be added too.

What does a cycling club use the app for in the off-season?

The same as in summer, with different events. In Klubraum, indoor trainer sessions, strength work, gym slots and the winter social are recurring events with RSVPs, often with a tight participant limit because the room has only so many spots. A poll settles who's coming to the spring training camp, and planning for the new season carries on in the same calendar.

How much does an app for a cycling club cost?

Klubraum's free plan stays free – with the calendar and RSVPs, participant limits and waiting lists, Areas, the timeline, polls, carpools and unlimited members, all ad-free. If you want more customization and control, add Plus or Pro; for non-profit clubs, Plus currently starts at €1.80 per user per year, invoiced monthly and cancelable at any time. Strava is free to use as well, with a paid subscription for extra features.