> ## 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.

# Join a team

> Someone gave you a code, a link, or an invite. Here's what to do with it — including signing up more than one rider at once.

There are four ways onto a team's roster. Your coach picked one of them, so
skip to whichever matches what you were handed.

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="A code like ABCD-1234" icon="key" href="#join-with-a-code">
    Read out at practice or printed on a flyer.
  </Card>

  <Card title="A link ending in /join/…" icon="link" href="#join-with-a-link">
    Pasted in a team group chat or text.
  </Card>

  <Card title="An email invite" icon="envelope" href="#accept-an-email-invite">
    Sent to you personally by a team admin.
  </Card>

  <Card title="An apply button" icon="clipboard-list" href="#apply-to-join">
    On the team's public page, when the team reviews applicants.
  </Card>
</Columns>

<Note>
  All four need a Time2Bike account first. If you don't have one,
  [create an account](/riders/account/create-account) — it takes a minute and
  it's free.
</Note>

## Join with a code

<Steps>
  <Step title="Go to time2.bike/join">
    Sign in if you aren't already.

    > !!-IMAGE-NEEDED-!! — The `/join` screen with the empty code box.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Type the code and click Look up">
    Codes look like `ABCD-1234`. Capitalization doesn't matter.

    Time2Bike works out on its own whether it's a team code or a league code —
    you don't have to know which one you were given.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick who's joining">
    You'll see every rider profile on your account. Tick each person who is
    joining this team.

    A parent signing up three kids ticks all three here and does this **once**.
    If someone isn't on your account yet, click **Add someone** and create
    their profile without leaving the page.

    > !!-IMAGE-NEEDED-!! — The join screen showing three rider rows ticked, each with the Athlete / Coach / Manager pills.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set each person's role">
    Under each name, pick **Athlete**, **Coach**, or **Manager**:

    * **Athlete** — races for the team.
    * **Coach** — runs practices, manages riders.
    * **Manager** — paperwork and logistics, doesn't coach.

    A family enrolling three kids and a parent who coaches picks three athletes
    and one coach, all from the same code.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Join">
    You're on the roster.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Warning>
  **Claiming coach or manager on a rider code doesn't take effect immediately.**
  You land on the roster, but a team admin has to confirm it before you count as
  staff. You'll see a message saying so — don't assume it went through. If your
  coach gave you the *staff* code instead, it takes effect straight away.
</Warning>

### If the team races in a league

Right after you join, Time2Bike checks whether the team races under a league.
If it does, you'll be shown what's still owed — dues, agreements to sign,
consent — right there on the page, rather than leaving you to discover it the
morning of a race.

You can finish it then, or come back to the team page later. Either way, it has
to be done before that rider can start.

## Join with a link

A link like `time2.bike/join/ABCD-1234` is the same thing with the code filled
in. Open it, sign in, and you land straight on the "who's joining" step above.

Any member of a team can share this link — you don't have to be an admin to
recruit the next rider.

## Accept an email invite

A team admin can invite you by email. Open the email and click the link — it
signs you in and adds you.

See [Accepting an invite](/riders/invites/accept-invite) for what the different
kinds of Time2Bike invites do.

## Apply to join

Some teams review who joins. Those teams have an **Apply to join** button on
their public page at `time2.bike/team/[slug]`.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the team's page and click Apply to join">
    > !!-IMAGE-NEEDED-!! — A team's public page with the **Apply to join** button.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Say who the application is for">
    Pick the rider profile this application belongs to, or create one.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick what you're applying as">
    Athlete, coach, or manager — if the team accepts staff applications at all.
    Teams that only want riders won't show the choice.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Work through the form">
    Teams build their own form, so this varies. It may be one page or several,
    with text answers, multiple choice, numbers, and file uploads (a photo, a
    signed form, a certification).

    > !!-IMAGE-NEEDED-!! — Page 2 of a multi-page team application form.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Review and submit">
    Check your answers and send it. The team's admins are notified.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Your application sits as **Pending** until a team admin approves or rejects it.
You'll be added to the roster automatically if it's approved.

## Add another one of your riders later

Already on a team and want to add a second rider from your account? Open the
team, go to **Members**, and use the **Add to roster** prompt at the top — it
appears whenever you own a profile that isn't on this roster yet.

## Leaving a team

Open the team's **Members** page, find your own row (marked **You**), and click
**Take off roster**. You can always remove your own profiles, even as a plain
member.

## Next

<Card title="Roster & roles" icon="users" href="/teams/roster">
  What athletes, coaches, and managers can each see and do.
</Card>