The problem with dashboard-heavy cycling apps

Most indoor cycling apps fill your screen with power graphs, heart rate charts and interval timers. That's useful during a focused training session — but not when you want to watch a film, catch up on a series or follow live sport while keeping your legs turning.

Covering half the screen with metrics defeats the purpose of riding in front of the TV. You end up either ignoring the numbers or pausing the show to check your data.

How VeloLoop works differently

VeloLoop takes a different approach. Instead of overlaying dashboards, it uses ambient screen feedback — subtle changes to your screen's brightness, viewing area and optional audio cues that tell you when your effort drifts from your targets.

• Screen dimming — the display gently dims when you need to push harder or ease off
• Border reduction — a subtle narrowing of the visible area reinforces the feedback
• Audio cues — optional volume reduction as an additional signal

Two feedback presets — Gentle and Normal — let you choose how noticeable the feedback is. You can ride with your favourite show filling the screen and still hit your workout targets.

What you can watch while riding

VeloLoop runs as a lightweight overlay on Windows 11. Your video source is completely up to you:

• Streaming services — Netflix, YouTube, Disney+, Prime Video
• Live sport — cycling, football, whatever keeps you pedalling
• Downloaded media in any video player
• Web browser content, podcasts or music

VeloLoop doesn't interact with your video source. It monitors your cycling data from Bluetooth sensors and adjusts the screen feedback independently.

Set a workout or just ride

You don't need a structured workout to use VeloLoop. Set simple power, cadence or heart rate targets and ride while watching your show. VeloLoop quietly nudges you back when you drift.

For structured training, VeloLoop supports imported workouts in ZWO, MRC, ERG, FIT and JSON formats — up to 200 steps with FTP-relative targets and repeat groups. The feedback automatically follows each interval.

Your ride is still recorded

Just because you're watching TV doesn't mean the ride doesn't count. VeloLoop records your activity as a standard FIT file that you can upload to Strava, Garmin Connect or TrainingPeaks.