SMART TRAINER COMPATIBILITY

Which smart trainers work, and what to do when yours is not here yet.

REPley Ride controls a smart trainer over Bluetooth FTMS or ANT+ FE-C, the two open standards nearly every smart trainer since 2018 speaks, and over Wi-Fi or Ethernet with Direct Connect, on a Mac, Windows or Linux computer. If your trainer works with Zwift, it works here the same way. This page says which trainers are fully supported, which are supported in beta, and the few that do not connect, and what we promise if yours will not ride.

Updated , from riders' rides.

Fully supported

Ridden with REPley Ride, by us or by riders, on that radio. Supported in beta means the driver is built and the trainer speaks the same standard, and fewer riders have ridden it yet.

TrainerBluetoothANT+Ridden on
Wahoo KICKR CORE

The trainer REPley Ride was built on. Over ANT+, a USB extension lead that puts the stick in sight of the trainer stops the occasional drop.

Fully supportedFully supportedLinux and Windows 11
Wahoo KICKR, the 2014 original

Its Bluetooth has no FTMS, so REPley Ride drives it with Wahoo's own protocol over Bluetooth, and through an ANT+ USB stick, which is how the first rider rides it.

Supported, in betaFully supportedWindows 11

Supported, in beta

These speak the standards REPley Ride is built on, and the driver for each is in the app. We have not ridden every model ourselves yet, so the first riders on each tell us how it goes, and a trainer moves up to fully supported after its first rides. Every ride sends its connection record, never your power or heart rate, and the app offers a setup report from Your bike.

Wahoo
KICKR (2016 and later), KICKR CORE 2, KICKR SNAP, KICKR MOVE, KICKR BIKE, KICKR ROLLR

A KICKR or SNAP on old firmware may need one update in the Wahoo app before Bluetooth control works.

Tacx (Garmin)
NEO 2T, NEO 3M, NEO Bike, Flux S, Flux 2, Flow Smart
Elite
Direto XR, Suito-T, Justo, Justo 2, Zumo, Avanti
Zwift
Zwift Hub (Classic and One), Zwift Ride (its KICKR CORE)
Saris
H3, M2
JetBlack
Volt, Victory
Others
Wattbike Atom (2020 and later), Magene T300, ThinkRider X7, Van Rysel D100
Wi-Fi and Ethernet
KICKR v6, KICKR CORE 2, KICKR with the Direct Connect dongle, Elite Justo 2, Elite Avanti, JetBlack Victory

Over Direct Connect, on the same network as your computer: found beside Bluetooth and ridden the same way. Their Bluetooth and ANT+ work too.

What does not connect

  • Basic trainers and rollers with no electronics, and trainers that only measure power without setting resistance

    REPley Ride sets the resistance for every climb and workout. You can still ride the simulator to look around.

  • Smart bikes that are not trainers (Peloton, for example) and treadmills

    REPley Ride is a bike app for smart trainers.

  • Separate power meters and cadence sensors

    Power and cadence come from the trainer. A heart-rate strap, Bluetooth or ANT+, is the one extra sensor.

Our promise

Every trainer on this page should ride. The 14-day trial needs no card, so you can try yours before you pay anything. If your trainer is on this page and it will not ride once you have paid, write to us within 30 days of paying, with the setup report the app offers from Your bike, and we work through it with you; most problems are fixed in one email. If we cannot get your trainer riding, we refund what you have paid for REPley Ride. The one thing outside our reach is other software on your computer that blocks the app, and we will say so if that is what the report shows.

When a trainer will not connect

Nearly every case is one of four: another app still has the trainer (close Zwift and the maker's app), firmware too old for Bluetooth control (one update in the maker's app), an ANT+ stick without its Windows driver, or Bluetooth that is off or not allowed. The help walks through each with the exact clicks: Smart trainers, heart-rate straps and connections. Still stuck? Email [email protected] with your trainer's make and model and the computer you ride on.

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