What Is Shift

Shift is Aithlo's social, virtual-world layer for riding together. It turns your training into a shared experience: ride the sessions from your plan inside a virtual environment, and do it live alongside friends.

A virtual world for your training#

Shift is a separate virtual-world cycling client that runs on the Unity engine and connects to your Aithlo account. Rather than staring at numbers on a turbo trainer, you ride through a virtual world — solo or with others — while Aithlo guides the session.

There are two big ideas behind it: in-world play and live multiplayer.

In-world play#

Your training plan and Shift are connected. When the coach builds your plan, your rideable bike and run sessions are mirrored into Shift automatically, so a planned workout becomes something you can actually ride in the virtual environment.

That means the structured intervals and targets from your plan come with you into the world — you're not riding aimlessly, you're completing the exact session Aithlo scheduled. To understand how those sessions are created in the first place, see how your plan is built.

Live multiplayer#

Shift is built to be social. During a ride, your position and telemetry are shared in real time through the Unity client, so you can see friends moving alongside you and ride as a group. It's the difference between training alone and training together, even when you're miles apart.

Time allowance by tier#

How much you can ride in Shift depends on your plan:

• Free — a weekly time allowance, currently 1 hour per week.
• Pro, Ultimate and Ultimate+ — unlimited Shift riding.

If you find yourself hitting the weekly limit, an upgrade removes it entirely.

Where to go next#

Shift has a few key areas to explore:

• Routes and group rides — pick a route and schedule a ride with friends.
• Friends and history — add friends and review your past rides.
• Live HUD — the real-time display that guides you during a ride.

Shift is where your plan stops being a schedule and becomes a ride you share.