Outdoor cycling not credited as exercise with Apple Watch series 6

Using my series 6 iWatch when I choose outdoor cycling it correctly tracks my route, heart rate and speed.

when I finish my bike route and finish the cycling tracking the activity rings are not updated.

if I cycle for 30 minutes I would expect 30 minutes to be added to the green exercise ring but they do not.

i have checked to see if the location services and watch settings are correct and seem to be.

the watch correctly tracks my route mileage and GPS shows my correct route. My average heart rate was 128 so it should register as exercise.


to close my rings I had to select the “other” exercise category and let it run for 33 minutes but my heart rate was 78 but it counted towards exercise and logged it properly.

I have searched this problem on apple discussions and the go to answer from apple is check certain settings but it doesn’t seem that’s the problem.

HELP, I’m trying to correctly track my exercise that’s why I bought this watch.



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Posted on May 2, 2021 12:44 PM

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Posted on May 6, 2021 1:11 AM

See below my respective results, same watch. This was a very easy short ride, but as you can see still fully credited.


Are all your other workouts working fine in this regard, or is this issue specific to outdoor cycling?


Have you thought of unpairing and re-pairing yet? That would bring your watch back to factory level settings, while keeping your apps and data intact. The first unpairing step is covered in here and then just follow by re-pairing afterwards.

Unpair and erase your Apple Watch - Apple Support

Here's also some detail how the backup works:

Back up your Apple Watch - Apple Support


For reference - before the ride:


After the ride:


More detail on workout:

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