Equipment
What stays the same
Liga Ride talks to your equipment over the standard Bluetooth Low Energy profiles, exactly the same ones that Zwift, Rouvy and MyWhoosh use. If your setup works there over Bluetooth, it works here too.
- Smart trainer with FTMS: telemetry, resistance control, ERG, course gradient, virtual gears 1–24. A trainer or power meter without FTMS connects over Cycling Power, without resistance control.
- Bluetooth heart rate monitor with the Heart Rate profile and a separate cadence sensor over Bluetooth.
- Shifting remotes: Zwift Click, Zwift Play, Zwift Ride, Zwift Click v2 after a one-time unlock, and Cycplus BC2. No manufacturer subscription.
- Computer, tablet or phone: Windows 10/11, macOS 12+, iPhone and iPad from the App Store, Android from Google Play.
The only requirement: Bluetooth Low Energy. ANT+ is currently not supported.
Differences
What you gain, what's missing
You gain
- Free. No subscription, no limit on hours or maps.
- Real Polish races 1:1. Layout from the race plan and GPX tracks, elevation from the GUGiK aerial laser scan with a 1 m grid, roads from OpenStreetMap. Malbork, Bydgoszcz, Karkonosze and more. Course catalogue.
- One physics model for everyone. Only measured power enters the game, and one shared model computes speed 20 times per second, so results are comparable across trainers.
- Cross-platform multiplayer. Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android on one course at the same time.
- Training to plan. Interval builder for blocks, ramps and repeats; ERG; TEST FTP in 20 minutes or as a ramp; W/kg, cadence, heart rate and power in the HUD.
- One account with Liga Triathlonu. You log in the same way as on ligatriathlonu.pl and in the League app, your rides go to your profile, and in winter to the season stages and the ranking.
- Your data. A .FIT file after every ride, to upload wherever you like.
What's missing, said plainly
- A global community counted in hundreds of thousands of people online. Liga Ride is the Polish community of Liga Triathlonu.
- Many fictional worlds and regions to choose from. The catalogue is made of Polish race courses, and there is only one world of our own.
- Races with a live leaderboard and start groups. Today you ride together with others, and the League's winter stages are scored; race events are planned.
- A clothing store and an extensive reward system. The garage has a kit, a helmet, a frame and wheels.
- ANT+. Trainers, heart rate monitors and treadmills connect over Bluetooth.
Table
Same equipment Different rules
| Liga Ride | Zwift · Rouvy · MyWhoosh | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | free, no limit on hours or maps | Zwift and Rouvy: monthly subscription · MyWhoosh: free |
| Courses | real Polish races, 1:1 from geodetic data | fictional worlds or courses abroad, no Polish races |
| Physics | one model for everyone, results comparable across trainers | each platform calculates differently |
| Zwift Click / Play / Ride remotes | natively, no manufacturer subscription | Click and Play work fully only in Zwift |
| Training | ERG, interval builder, TEST FTP as a ramp or 20 min, W/kg in the HUD | depends on the platform and the plan |
| Community | Liga Triathlonu ranking and winter stages, one account with the website and the app | global, no Polish race calendar |
| Riding together | Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android on one course, at the same time | depends on the platform |
| Your data | .FIT file after every ride | export depends on the platform |
Guide
How to switch in ten minutes
- Download Liga Ride on the Download page: for Windows, an installer of about 550 MB signed with a Certum certificate, and the courses then download inside the game; for macOS, a DMG notarised by Apple; for iPhone and iPad, the App Store; for Android, Google Play.
- Create a free Liga Triathlonu account on ligatriathlonu.pl or sign in with Google or Apple. The same account works on the website, in the League app and in the game.
- Close your current app. Over Bluetooth a trainer connects to one app at a time; Zwift, Rouvy or MyWhoosh left open in the background will block pairing.
- Pair your equipment on the sensors screen, CZUJNIKI: trainer, heart rate monitor, cadence sensor and shifting remote. No need to pick a model; devices are recognised by their Bluetooth profile.
- Got a Zwift Click v2? Unlock it once on a computer following the instructions. Click, Play and Ride work straight away.
- Pick a course and tap JEDŹ TERAZ to start riding. New to indoor training? Do a TEST FTP first, 20 minutes or a ramp, and your zones set themselves.
- After the ride, upload the .FIT to Strava, intervals.icu or TrainingPeaks. Your training history carries on in one place.
Who it's for
When it's a good switch, and when it isn't
A good switch: you race in Poland and want to ride your race course twenty times before the season; you've had enough of subscriptions; you train with watts and need ERG, intervals and TEST FTP; you want to ride in winter in one ranking with the people you meet at the start in summer.
Stay where you are if what matters most to you is daily races with thousands of people online, new fictional worlds or an extensive reward system. Nothing stops you from riding in both apps in turn: the equipment is the same.