> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.time2.bike/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Start here

> New to Time2Bike? This is everything you need to get to a start line, in order.

If you've been sent a link to a race and you've never used Time2Bike before,
this page is the whole thing. Six steps, about fifteen minutes.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create an account">
    [time2.bike/auth/register](https://time2.bike/auth/register). Free, and one
    account covers your whole family.

    **Confirm your email before you go any further** — you can't register for
    anything until you do. Check spam if it hasn't arrived in a few minutes.

    Full detail: [Create your account](/riders/account/create-account).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Understand the one confusing bit">
    Your **account** is your login. A **participant** (or rider profile) is a
    person who races. They're not the same thing.

    You have one account. On it you can have several participants — yourself,
    your partner, each of your kids — so one parent can manage a whole family
    from one inbox.

    You'll create your first participant during registration, or ahead of time
    at [time2.bike/profiles](https://time2.bike/profiles).

    Full detail: [Your rider profile](/riders/race-day/rider-profile).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Find the event">
    Browse [time2.bike/events](https://time2.bike/events), or open the link the
    organizer sent you. Every event has a page at `time2.bike/events/[slug]`
    with the schedule, the races, and prices.

    Tick the races you want — you can do several in one checkout — and click
    **Register**.

    Full detail: [The event page](/riders/finding-events/event-page).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Work through registration">
    Up to five steps, in this order:

    1. **Participants** — who's racing.
    2. **Waivers** — sign what each race requires.
    3. **Questions** — whatever the organizer asks (t-shirt size, category).
    4. **Add-ons** — merch, parking passes.
    5. **Review & pay** — discount code goes in here.

    Questions and add-ons are skipped when the event doesn't have any, so a
    simple race is three steps.

    Full detail: [The registration flow](/riders/registering/registration-flow).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Check your confirmation">
    You'll get an email. Your entry also shows on your
    [dashboard](https://time2.bike/dashboard), and you'll appear on the event's
    start list at `…/registrations`.

    Full detail: [Checkout & confirmation](/riders/registering/checkout-and-confirmation).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Race day">
    Pick up your number, race, and watch the results come in live at
    `…/live`. Official results land at `…/results` once the organizer publishes
    them, and they're saved to your rider profile permanently.

    Full detail: [Live results](/riders/race-day/live-results).
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Common situations

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="I'm signing up my kids" icon="children">
    Make a participant profile for each child on your own account. You pay once,
    and you keep managing their entries, waivers, and results from your login.

    If the other parent also needs access, share the profile with them from
    the participant's **Access** page. See
    [Your rider profile](/riders/race-day/rider-profile#sharing-access-to-a-profile).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="I'm registering a friend but don't have their details" icon="user-plus">
    Use **Invite** on the participant row. Enter their email or phone, pay for
    them now, and they get a link to fill in their own details and sign their
    own waivers.

    See [Inviting a rider](/riders/registering/registration-flow#inviting-a-rider).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="My coach gave me a code" icon="key">
    That's a team join code. Go to [time2.bike/join](https://time2.bike/join),
    type it in, and pick who's joining.

    See [Join a team](/teams/join-a-team).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="I got an email saying I've been registered" icon="envelope">
    Someone entered you into a race and paid for it. Click the link to finish
    your part — profile, waivers, questions. No payment.

    See [Accepting an invite](/riders/invites/accept-invite).
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="I need to change or cancel my entry" icon="rotate-left">
    Contact the organizer. Refund rules are set per event, and organizers handle
    changes from their side.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Where things live once you're set up

| I want to…                  | Go to                                                   |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| See my upcoming races       | [Dashboard](https://time2.bike/dashboard)               |
| Manage rider profiles       | [Profiles](https://time2.bike/profiles)                 |
| Change my email or password | [Account settings](https://time2.bike/account/settings) |
| See what I've paid for      | [Billing history](/riders/account/billing-history)      |
| Join or manage a team       | [Teams](https://time2.bike/teams)                       |

## Next

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Create your account" icon="user-plus" href="/riders/account/create-account">
    Step one, in full.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Join a team" icon="people-group" href="/teams/join-a-team">
    Someone handed you a code or a link.
  </Card>
</Columns>