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The big changes in Tour du Pain, one story per theme, dated on the day they went live. For every small fix, see the update log. Follow along with the Atom feed.
The Col du Pain next to Alpe d'Huez, Mont Ventoux and the CaubergTour du Pain's Col du Pain is 974 m long with 73 m of climbing. We drew it to scale next to Alpe d'Huez, Mont Ventoux and the Cauberg and counted repeats.
How many croissants is your indoor ride?Your indoor ride in kJ, croissants and baguettes: a table from 100 to 300 W, a lap of the lake and a Col du Pain climb, with the sources behind it.
Paris-Roubaix in laps of the lake: famous rides measured in Tour du PainParis-Roubaix is 31 laps of Tour du Pain's 8.3 km lake loop. Milan-San Remo, an Ironman bike leg and the Elfstedentocht, measured the same way.
Which indoor cycling app runs on your device?Nine indoor cycling apps checked on seven devices: Windows, Mac, Chromebook, Android, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and the browser. Sourced, gaps marked.
What's new in Tour du Pain 1.36What's new in Tour du Pain 1.36: A Zwift Click or heart rate strap that stops sending while it still shows as connected now reconnects by itself. Before, the 
Which browsers can talk to your smart trainer?Web Bluetooth lets a web page connect to your smart trainer. Which browsers have it on Windows, Mac, ChromeOS, Android, Linux and iOS, and what to do.
New on tourdupain.app: 23 guides, a blog and the update logTour du Pain now has an update log, 23 straight-talking guides, a blog with a story for every big change and an Atom feed. Here's what's where.
Try Tour du Pain without a trainer: the demo is openOn 7 November Tour du Pain opened a demo at tourdupain.app/demo: a free ride, a workout or the Col du Pain with no trainer, even on a phone.
From 34 to 105 workouts, with favourites and one workout for a whole clubBetween 31 October and 7 November Tour du Pain's workouts grew from 34 to 105, got search and stars, and a whole club could ride one together.
Clubs came to Tour du Pain: own kit, coffee rides, radio and a weekly paperOn 30 and 31 October Tour du Pain got clubs: a drawn club kit, coffee rides every member sees, club radio, a ready check and a weekly paper.
The Col du Pain opened: a timed climb with a weekly polka-dot jerseyOn 29 October Tour du Pain got its first mountain: 974 m long with 73 m of climbing, a weekly leaderboard, a polka-dot jersey and clubmates to race.
Riding Tour du Pain on a power meter alone, no smart trainer neededOn 29 October Tour du Pain began riding on a power meter alone, on a basic trainer or rollers. On 31 October meters without cadence worked fully too.
Lighter on older laptops, and tablets that ride uprightFrom 29 October to 7 November Tour du Pain got lighter: up to 30% less work per frame, menus that don't draw the world, upright tablets and a lighter Low.
Busy trainers connect anyway, the Zwift Ride's buttons work, and the ThinkRider XX ProOn 28 October trainers held by another app began connecting anyway. The Zwift Ride's buttons and lock followed, then on 7 November the ThinkRider XX Pro.
Voice in the bunch: ten riders at once, club radio, and blocking that works both waysBetween 28 and 30 October Tour du Pain's voice chat grew to ten riders at once, gave talkers a spot first, cut both ways on block and got club radio.
Ride cards, postcards and a Strava link on line oneFrom 28 October to 4 November Tour du Pain put its link on line one of your Strava description, added a ride card maker and gave postcards a Share button.
Ride along: how Tour du Pain keeps a group together whatever the wattsFrom 28 to 30 October Tour du Pain got ride along, then planned group rides and coffee rides: one link, and 100 W and 250 W ride side by side.
Legends in the bunch, a team car, KB on the Col and LTD the bikepackerOn 28 and 29 October Tour du Pain's bots became cycling and triathlon legends, a team car started passing, you could ride as a woman and LTD rode in.