Cycle through Middle-earth: map your rides onto 11 Tolkien character journeys. Ride the Ring is a free Connect IQ widget that turns your cycling distance into a journey through Middle-earth. Inspired by the popular "Walk with Frodo" concept but built for cycling, it maps your cumulative riding distance onto the routes of 11 characters from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. ### How it works - Pick a character (Frodo Baggins is the default; more unlock as you progress). - Ride any cycling activity — outdoor, indoor, or trainer. Every kilometer counts toward your character's journey. - Rides are credited **automatically** when you open the widget: the app reads the cycling activities recorded on your watch — no setup, no data field to configure, nothing to start or stop. - Watch your progress advance through a sequence of named landmarks (e.g. Hobbiton - Bree - Weathertop - Rivendell - Moria - ... - Mount Doom). - Cross a highlighted milestone (a story beat) and earn a badge icon for it; the widget celebrates milestones and completed journeys the next time you open it. - Complete a character's full journey to earn their badge and unlock the next characters in the branching unlock tree. ### Features - 11 characters, each with a unique landmark sequence and total distance (Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, Bilbo, Gollum). - Automatic ride credit from the watch's activity history — zero setup. - Per-character independent progress — switch characters and your prior distance is preserved. - Milestone system: current landmark, next landmark, distance to next milestone, and percent complete to the journey end. - Highlighted story-beat milestones with dedicated icons. - Badge gallery with completion dates and per-character stats. - Units toggle (kilometers / miles) via Connect IQ Mobile settings. - Reset the active character's journey (with confirmation). - Works on 8+ Garmin devices (e.g. Venu 2/2S/2Plus, Venu 3/3S, Forerunner 165, Forerunner 265, Fenix 7). Venu Sq support is delivered in a separate Application - "Ride the Ring - Square" - Free, no ads, no sign-in. All data stays on your device. ### IP / Legal disclaimer This is a fan-made project, not affiliated with the Tolkien Estate or Middle-earth Enterprises. All character and place names are trademarks of their respective owners. The app is non-commercial and free. Distances are scholarly estimates (Karen Wynn Fonstad, *The Atlas of Middle-earth*) — no canonical Tolkien-published distances exist. Icon art is original, not derived from any film, game, or official likeness. Icons by Lorc, Delapouite & skoll via game-icons.net, licensed CC-BY 3.0.

Added device support for: fr165m, fr265s, epix2, fenix8-solar-47mm, fenix8-47mm, fenix7s, fr955, fr965, vivoactive5