The Indoor Riding/ Zwift/ TrainerRoad etc. Thread

Junglist said:
I missed a few stages then just bailed out of the tour. I never wear the kits anyway and the next kit I want its the 100 mile one. Bored of my 100km one now.

I do need to get that new accelerate to elevate route ticked off. Just need to tick over to the next level and buy the S-Works Aethos to go along with my lightweight wheels so that I have zero excuses for being slow :p

9Km left until I get the Tron Bike. I want to get to about 1500m remaining to give me a reason to tackle Ven-top.
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I can't get that excited by any of the kits (except maybe the fire socks - sad, I know).
Stage 6A runs until Friday, plus the catch-up week, so plenty of chance to do the Accelerate to Elevate route with lots of company and it's another 1100m or so towards the tron. You know you want to... (and it's more interesting than Ven-Top).
 
I had to look those up but now I want the fire socks! Though I'm only level 29 so a while off for me yet!

I'll probably do the catch up week for 6A just for the company but I'm not too fussed about the other routes as I've completed most of them.

I only really have the pretzels, Ven-top and PRL Half/Full remaining but I don't feel up to doing any of those lol.
 
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AndyCr15 said:
Interesting. How do you do that?

Mind you, I don't have a mount for that on my Kickr either, but it's a little easier to hand hold than a phone I guess.
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erm, from memory when you have the bolt on and on Zwift for example it says something like "controllable" or something, sorry I've not looked in a while. You can then press either the left or right button to go through menus and you have the options 'controllable', 'target watts' and I'm sure there is one for 'Resistance' as well.

I can have a look when I get home if you still need to find out
 
I stopped cycling a few years back but still have my trusty B'Twin 540.

My fitness has been appalling as of late and I actually quite miss cycling. I want to test the waters and build my fitness again so want to initially just get back in to Zwift.

I'm torn between the Zwift Hub and the Kickr Core, both the same price and both come with a year of Zwift. I used to have a Kickr Snap so I know Wahoo stuff is top notch, but I like how integrated the Zwift Hub is, combined with the virtual gears, I think it looks like the one I'd lean towards. Anyone else got one? Is the quality as good as a Wahoo product?
 
I have a couple of friends with the Hub but without the cog/shifters/steering.

They all really like it but they don't have much to compare it to. If I was buying a trainer today I'd probably get the Zwift one if the Wahoo Kickr Climb isn't of interest to you.

Edit: Seeing as it's a mountain bike (?) I'd probably go the Zwift Hub and Cog route for virtual shifting.
 
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I have the hub, I bought the cog and shifter.
No complaints about quality (though I have nothing to compare it to). I'm quite happy with it. If I were to change, I'd look at something like a wattbike, purely from a space point of view. A 29er MTB takes up a lot of space in my office! :D
 
Can confirm, you can control your power from your Wahoo. It worked quite well and in some ways felt a little like cheating, as you're not dictated to by the terrain. If you want to go hard, ramp up the Watts, if you want a rest, drop them down! I mean, it's no different really to changing gears, but instead of changing gears as the terrain (gradient) changes, to keep you at a manageable strain, you just stay at your chosen watts. I'd always wondered if you could do this. I should have looked into it years ago!

Also, a couple of messages back and fourth and Wahoo support tell me they'll send out new handlebars and are booking a collection for the old ones to go back. (Seems a little odd there's not a swap at the door?)
 
Yes, I have a Roam V2. I was confused at first as it says to simply connect your head unit and set it to indoor and you get presented with a different 'Page' (Screen view) which didn't happen. I then found somewhere else that said it changes once you start peddling... which it did.
 
Well hopefully you get your bars back soon and this is just a minor stop gap.

I'm getting annoyed with my Kickr this morning that I find intervals really hard on it. Was doing a VO2 session and the high wattage parts are fine but when it drops to the rest period and the watts are really low it basically doesn't really respond to resistance unless I back off pedalling for a few seconds though as soon as it's a higher power period it responds pretty much instantly.
 
Junglist said:
Well hopefully you get your bars back soon and this is just a minor stop gap.

I'm getting annoyed with my Kickr this morning that I find intervals really hard on it. Was doing a VO2 session and the high wattage parts are fine but when it drops to the rest period and the watts are really low it basically doesn't really respond to resistance unless I back off pedalling for a few seconds though as soon as it's a higher power period it responds pretty much instantly.
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What do you mean? Lets say your itervals are 280w/140w you find that after the 280w there is a dead spot where the flywheel essentially needs to lose some momentum before the 140w can be "engaged"?

I think thats unavoidable if thats the issue. You would almost certainly have the same issue outdoors.
 
fez said:
What do you mean? Lets say your itervals are 280w/140w you find that after the 280w there is a dead spot where the flywheel essentially needs to lose some momentum before the 140w can be "engaged"?

I think thats unavoidable if thats the issue. You would almost certainly have the same issue outdoors.
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Yeah, I had this with my Core. (Haven't tried it on the Bike yet) I also noticed I could cheat slightly. If it was a big, short effort, like 500+ W for 20 seconds, if I ramped up the rpm a second before, it wouldn't increase the Watts for maybe 4 or 5 seconds. I won't lie, a few times when I've been dying, I used this cheat :cry:

There were a few times it worked the other way though, time would finish and it would stay on 500+W for 2 or 3 seconds.
 
fez said:
What do you mean? Lets say your itervals are 280w/140w you find that after the 280w there is a dead spot where the flywheel essentially needs to lose some momentum before the 140w can be "engaged"?

I think thats unavoidable if thats the issue. You would almost certainly have the same issue outdoors.
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That's exactly it! Dead spot is the exact feeling I get. So it's not necessarily an issue with the Kickr it's just the nature of the beast?

It's not a huge deal as the 'rest' interval doesn't really count or have a target but it's just one of those little things which annoy me in the moment.
 
You can counter it, to an extent, if you time it right. With a second or so to go, you ease of the power, so as it switches to 140W (or whatever) your rpm has slowed and then the lighter resistance means you carry on pedaling at 140W. Even doing that, there's normally a second of 'free wheeling'.
 
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