Creating a custom team

TrainingPeaks Virtual allows you to organize your own teams, with your own in-game team kit, and manage the membership yourself. 

1. Create a custom team
2. Create a kit design
3. Organizing your team
4. Team members

Create a custom team

1. Download the template file (here) and fill it in with your design.
2. The image will need to be 2048x2048 pixels in order to be added.
3. Identify and include the team manager(s) TrainingPeaks Athlete or Coach Account username(s) used to log in to TrainingPeaks Virtual.
   • Note that a TrainingPeaks Coach Account has limited access and can only be used in TrainingPeaks Virtual to manage a team.
4. Submit your design to virtual@trainingpeaks.com.
5. In approximately five days, your team kit will then be integrated into the game and available to wear.

Create a kit design

The following images demonstrate where everything needs to be placed in order to get your design looking fantastic in-game.

Download the template file here.

The above template file, when viewed in-game.

Some examples of completed team kit templates:

Tips for a great-looking kit:

• When in-game, the kit acts more like a rider’s skin than clothing. This means that areas of the body that rotate will result in the kit stretching in those areas. As a result, intricate logos and/or text placed on the sides of the hips or upper arm area will appear to distort as the rider moves positions.
• For the shorts, we recommend not putting any text on the legs higher up than the “R” of “RIGHT” as shown in the template.
• For the upper arm area, we recommend sticking to simple patterns rather than detailed logos or text.
• Stripes on the arms and legs can be particularly tricky to align correctly over the seams. The following sub-template (download here) can, however, be used to place them so that they line up as expected.
• For the best results, we recommend not putting any logos or text that extend further out from the centre than the “F” and “T” of “FRONT”.
• The collar is deliberately off-center with the join between the far left and far right on the side of the body, which allows you to easily position any text that will appear on the collar without needing to split and wrap it around the ends of the template area.
• The template already contains a small amount of bleed. If you fill the entire white area with your design, it will look great in-game. It is OK to increase the bleed and put design elements over the black border areas of the template, but these will not be displayed in-game.
• TrainingPeaks Virtual reserves the right not to include any designs that, in its sole discretion, may be considered to be inappropriate for any reason.

Organizing your team 

Team Managers can organize multiple teams, adding and removing riders from each. From The Hub 'Options' tab, simply select the 'Organise Team' button, and then the team you want to organize.

Team members can then be added or removed by simply searching for their names on the team members page and clicking on the Add / Remove button as appropriate.

Please note:

• By default, Team Managers are not automatically members of their own team (for example, as might be the case for a National Squad), but they can, of course, add themselves to the team if appropriate.
• There is no limit to the number of teams you can be the Team Manager for, and multiple people can be Team Managers for a single team. When registering to organize an existing team, you will need to provide appropriate evidence that you are authorized to act on behalf of the team.

Team members

Individuals can select from the list of all the teams that they are members of and decide which one they want as their active team. From The Hub 'Profile' tab, simply select the 'Active Team' button, and then select the team you want to represent in subsequent rides.

Note that there is no limit to the number of teams that you can be a member of, and you can change the active team as often as you want, but you can only ride for one team at a time.