Ride the frontier on your smart trainer
RDR2 Bike Mod lets you ride your horse in Red Dead Redemption 2 by pedalling. Your power sets the horse's pace, and the hills of the game push back through your trainer.
How it works
The mod runs a virtual bike between your trainer and the horse.
You pedal
Your smart trainer reports power and cadence over ANT+ or Bluetooth.
A virtual bike moves
Real cycling physics turns your power, weight, drag and the slope under the horse into a speed.
The horse keeps pace
Walk, trot, canter or gallop: about 200 W on the flat is a steady gallop at roughly 34 km/h.
…and the slope under the horse goes back to your trainer, so climbs get harder and descents easier.
What you get
Pedal-powered pace
Ease off and the horse slows to a canter, trot or walk. Stop pedalling and it reins in. You steer as normal.
Hills you can feel
By default your trainer gets half of the in-game slope, like trainer difficulty in other cycling apps. You can set it from flat to full.
Guided routes
Ten routes around the map, 10 to 40 minutes each. The mod takes you to the start and steers while you set the pace.
ANT+ or Bluetooth
Trainers with ANT+ FE-C or Bluetooth FTMS, plus optional heart-rate straps and power meters, on either connection.
A live panel
Power, cadence, heart rate, your bike speed, the horse's speed and gait, and the slope, in a corner of the screen.
Peaceful rides
While you ride a route, nobody attacks you and there are no bounties, so you can just ride.
What you need
- Red Dead Redemption 2 on PC, in Story Mode. Never use mods in Red Dead Online.
- Script Hook RDR2 matching your game version (not included).
- A smart trainer with ANT+ FE-C or Bluetooth FTMS. Most current trainers have both.
- An ANT+ USB stick, or Bluetooth on your PC.
Status
Not available for download yet. The mod works and is being tested by its author. Downloads will appear here with version 1.0.
- Riding with a real smart trainer in the game: the horse follows the target speed within 1–2 km/h.
- The hill estimate, the trainer slope, the panel, and the drive methods.
- The bike model: a tricycle under Arthur, with the horse made transparent.
- Routes and peaceful mode: built and tested against a simulated game, not yet ridden in the game.
- Bluetooth: built and tested against a simulated Bluetooth stack, not yet with real devices.