The Trainer Dials are your in-class instructor screen, on your own phone or tablet, alongside the Rider Dials you'd see as a rider. They unlock automatically when you join a class you've been assigned to.

They come in two variations, depending on the class you're teaching:

You always swipe left, and the screens loop in a circle — keep swiping left and you'll come back round to where you started. There's no swipe right: on most phones a right-swipe along the bottom of the screen triggers the system back gesture and would take you out of the app mid-class.

In a Free Style class, your Trainer Dials take their Free Style form: instead of following a pre-set profile, you drive the session yourself.

This is why an accidental exit isn't a problem. If your app closes or crashes mid-class, the same thing happens — the class continues on the zone and RPM you last set, and you can simply rejoin. It also means you can deliberately step away (for example, set a long recovery zone and walk the room to check on riders) without ending anything.

To begin, open the App Store or Google Play and install the Ciclozone app on your device.

In the Ciclo Zone app, sign in with your account or create a new one using your email, Google, or Apple. You'll need to provide the same information as a rider, including your email and password. After completing registration, you'll receive a confirmation email and the CicloZone app menu will be available.

It is essential that the email used to register in the Ciclo Zone app matches the email invited by the studio and registered in the Trainer Web Account. This ensures you can access the Trainer Dials during classes. For guidance on team member invitations, see the video "Invite Trainers And Manage Team Settings".

For Live and Free Style Classes, you need to be assigned as the trainer to access your dials. Inviting team members is explained in the how-to video "Invite Trainers And Manage Team Settings".

After registering in the app, tap "Studio Ride" from the main menu.

Enter the studio code and tap "Use Studio Code".

Connect your bike to the app and tap "Continue". To see this process in detail, watch our how-to video "Join Studio Ride and Rider Dials".

Let's begin with the Live Class and the Trainer Dials, which become accessible once you are assigned as the trainer.

Once you join the class, swipe left through the Rider Dials and the leaderboard to reach the "Trainer Dials" view for the trainer. You always swipe left — the screens loop round in a circle.

In a Live Class, the Trainer Dials display all the information you need about the class, so you don't have to glance back at the studio screen.

The left box displays the current zone of the class — the time remaining in this zone, the RPM range, and the riding position. On the right, you'll see the next zone, so you can prepare riders for what's coming up.

On the right, you'll find the leaderboard classification selector.

Use this to select the classifications for the leaderboard — it updates the leaderboard displayed on the studio screen.

Below the classification button you'll find the "Challenge" button, which starts a metric challenge on the leaderboard based on the chosen classification.

Toggle it on and off by tapping the button. A blue light indicates that the challenge is active.

Next, let's discuss Free Style Classes, which give instructors complete control over the session without a pre-defined class profile. Here your Trainer Dials take their Free Style form — the Free Style Dials — and you guide the workout in real time by adjusting zones and cadence.

When you join the class via the studio code, you immediately get additional options. You can delay the start of the class by tapping the delay button. You can also tap "Bikes" to see who is already connected to the class.

Before the class begins, you can swipe left to choose a background.

Tap the background you want to use on the screen, then tap "Submit".

Once the countdown is complete, you will enter the class.

Swipe left to reach the Free Style Dials.

On the Free Style Dials, select the zones using the central toggles. Tapping the RPM adjusts the target RPM on the riders' Rider Dials. All changes take effect immediately and update both the Rider Dials and the studio screen by altering the graphics. All other controls remain the same.

At the end of the class you have two options. "Exit instructor mode" keeps the class active on the studio screen and on the riders' Rider Dials — it carries on at the last zone and RPM you set, until the end of its scheduled time slot, and you can rejoin. "End class for riders" ends the class for everyone.