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Does CicloZone support ANT+ bikes?

CicloZone connects over Bluetooth by default, and can also capture ANT+ studio bikes using a Wasp antenna that feeds the hub and leaderboard.

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Written by John Weaver

Yes — in two ways. CicloZone's standard connection is Bluetooth (BLE — Bluetooth Low Energy), where riders connect their own bike straight from the app. For studios whose bikes broadcast over ANT+, CicloZone can also capture that data using a Wasp antenna, so an ANT+ studio can run the leaderboard without riders connecting anything.

Bluetooth — the standard setup

By default, each rider connects their own bike over BLE FTMS (the international Bluetooth standard for fitness equipment). It's the simplest option:

  • No extra hardware — every modern iPhone and Android already has Bluetooth, so there's nothing to install in the studio.

  • One connection carries power, cadence, heart rate and resistance.

  • Vendor-neutral — works across Stages, Matrix, Life Fitness, Schwinn, Keiser M3i, Zycle, Wahoo, BodyBike, Energym and many others.

ANT+ with a Wasp antenna — studio setup

ANT+ is a wireless technology like Bluetooth, but riders don't connect to anything. The bikes broadcast their data, and a Wasp (an ANT+ receiver antenna) picks up the signals and sends them to the hub for the leaderboard.

  • Bike numbers are mapped at install. We scan every bike during setup, so each rider shows on the leaderboard by their bike number — ride Bike 24 and you appear as Bike 24.

  • No onboarding needed. Adaptive FTP fine-tunes the class for each rider automatically.

  • Bikes only for now. The Wasp reads bike data (power and cadence). ANT+ heart-rate straps aren't supported yet.

  • What you need: a Wasp antenna, on the same network as the hub.

This is a studio setup we handle with you. For more detail, or to set it up for your studio, email hello@ciclozone.com.

What about Technogym?

Technogym bikes can't connect over Bluetooth — their Bluetooth is a closed ecosystem. But ANT+ is a separate broadcast: where Technogym bikes send out a standard ANT+ signal (as some models do), the Wasp setup above may be able to read them. It depends on the exact model, so tell us what you have and we'll check — email hello@ciclozone.com.

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