Bkool have stopped making turbo trainers to focus on their training app

Indoor training brand Bkool have announced that they will no longer be manufacturing their range of turbo trainers and exercise bikes, instead deciding to focus fully on their Bkool Simulator training app. Bkool's hardware rights have been sold to Versa Design, who will market the products under the Zycle brand name. 

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Bkool said 

the decision was made so they could focus on the 'most important' part of their business, the Bkool Simulator training app, which they say now has over 100,000 active users and over 250,000 users in total. 

Bkool's 

CEO 

Wences 

Sevillano 

said: "For 

Bkool, this agreement is essential for us, as it allows us to focus on the development of the best cycling simulator in the market.

"Each day we have more users who use other brands' trainers in our simulator. Our future as a company is to offer the best simulation experience, no matter what trainer you may have. And this agreement allows us to put all our effort into it, developing the best digital product for every cyclist.”

A quick scan of 

Bkool's website now prominently displays 

various other brands of smart trainer 

that the Bkool Simulator is compatible with. Despite the changes, Bkool have given assurances that anyone who currently owns a trainer or Smart Bike with the Bkool branding will still get a full after-sales service, and that Bkool 

software will continue to work with their trainers exactly as before. 

Re-badged Bkool trainers carrying the 

Zycle 

name are already available on the Spanish Zycle website - we're not sure if they will be distributed in the UK yet.