Your Exercise Bike Deserves Better
There are over 60 million exercise bikes in homes worldwide. Most have one thing in common: they're boring to use. A basic display showing time, speed, and calories isn't enough to keep most people motivated beyond the first few weeks.
The fitness industry's solution? Buy a new smart bike for €1,000+ and subscribe to a platform. But what about the perfectly functional bike you already own?
CycleRun's philosophy: don't replace your bike — upgrade the experience.
How CycleRun Upgrades Any Exercise Bike
Without CycleRun
Staring at a wall or TV show. No feedback loop between effort and environment. No sense of progress or destination. Easy to quit after 10 minutes.
With CycleRun
Riding through real-world scenery (mountains, coastlines, cities). Video speed matches your pedaling effort. Real-time metrics: speed, cadence, distance, time. A destination to "arrive at" — completion motivates continued effort.
The Webcam Advantage
Your laptop, desktop, or tablet camera becomes a cadence sensor. CycleRun's computer vision algorithm identifies your leg/pedal motion areas, tracks pixel changes frame-by-frame, calculates half-pedal-cycles to determine RPM, and feeds RPM into a physics engine for speed calculation. All processing happens on your device.
Works With Every Type of Exercise Bike
Upright Exercise Bikes — Most common type. Side webcam gives best results.
Recumbent Exercise Bikes — Side camera at leg height works great.
Folding Exercise Bikes — Even compact €100 models work fine.
Air Bikes / Fan Bikes — Focus detection zones on knees to filter arm motion.
Under-Desk Pedal Units — Works if webcam can see pedal motion.
Why People Abandon Exercise Bikes (And How to Fix It)
Research from the fitness industry shows: 67% of home exercise equipment is abandoned within 6 months. The #1 reason: boredom. Adding visual engagement increases long-term adherence by 40%. Progress tracking adds another 25%.
CycleRun addresses both: engaging real-world videos + comprehensive metrics.
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