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New on tourdupain.app: 23 guides, a blog and the update log
Between 7 and 8 November Tour du Pain grew a set of pages you can read without starting a ride: an update log, 23 guides and this blog. They're for riders who want to know what changed, and for people who've never heard of the game and want straight answers before they connect a trainer.
The update log
On 7 November, in version 1.33.0, the game got its own update log. Every release since 1.5.0 on 28 October is on it, newest first, in plain words: what you notice on the bike, not what changed in the code. Each version has its own anchor, so a link like /updates#v1-19-0 jumps straight to the day the Col du Pain opened. You'll also find the log in the game under Settings, About.
Since 1.35.0 a release with a story behind it links to that story on the blog, so you can go from a one-line change to the full picture.
23 guides with straight answers
Later that day, in 1.34.0, the first five guides went up. With 1.35.0 there are 23. They answer the questions people type into a search bar before they try an indoor cycling game, and they say what doesn't work as plainly as what does: no iPhone or iPad, no ANT+, one loop and one climb, and only one trainer ridden on real hardware so far, a Wahoo KICKR CORE.
- Compare: the big one is Zwift alternatives: 10 indoor cycling apps compared, with what changed in 2026 (Zwift bought Rouvy, BKOOL closed). There are separate pages for Rouvy, MyWhoosh and TrainerRoad alternatives, and one on cycling games in the browser.
- Trainers and sensors: a hub for smart trainers and a page per brand: Wahoo KICKR, Tacx, Elite, Van Rysel and Zwift Hub and Zwift Ride. Plus riding with only a power meter and getting rides to Strava, Garmin Connect and intervals.icu.
- Computers and tablets: Chromebook, Android tablet or phone and Windows laptop or Mac.
- Training and riding together: ERG workouts, the ramp test, triathlon and Ironman training, the Col du Pain, riding with friends and running your club's indoor rides.
- In het Nederlands: een fietsgame voor je fietstrainer, for Dutch riders.
Each guide is updated when the game changes, and says at the top which version it was written for.
The comparison, honestly
We make Tour du Pain, so a comparison page from us is never neutral. What we can do is get the facts right. The Zwift alternatives page names each rival's real strengths (MyWhoosh's racing, Rouvy's real roads, TrainerRoad's plans), links its sources, leaves out prices because they change too often, and says plainly who should still pick Tour du Pain: riders who want to talk to their group while they ride, without installing anything.
This blog
The blog tells the big changes as stories, one per theme, each dated on the day its first release went live. So the Col du Pain post is dated 29 October, the day the climb opened, and the clubs post 30 October. Smaller fixes stay on the update log.
Next to those there are pieces that are just fun to read and true to the number: the Col du Pain next to Alpe d'Huez, Mont Ventoux and the Cauberg, how many croissants your ride is and famous rides measured in laps of the lake.
From now on every larger release gets a post. If you use a feed reader, the Atom feed has every post.
Tour du Pain is free through 2027, everything included. It runs on donations. If you haven't ridden yet, the demo runs for 15 minutes without a trainer.