The Indoor Riding/ Zwift/ TrainerRoad etc. Thread

[Martynt74]

If I was doing it again though and had some budget limitations I would be buying the zwift frame and use second hand trainers. There's loads on FB marketplace at knock down prices.

This is one problem in Spain. People don’t seem to sell much second hand and when they do it’s never far off retail price!

This is a pretty standard listing. The Kickr core for the same price I could buy it for new from Wahoo!

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[#Chri5#]

Totally agree with the this. I wasn't even swapping out each time, its just such a much better experience which encourages me to use it more and therefore helping to justify the purchase!

If I was doing it again though and had some budget limitations I would be buying the zwift frame and use second hand trainers. There's loads on FB marketplace at knock down prices.

Genuine question having not ridden a static smart bike but what makes the experience better? My oldest road bike lives on my turbo so it's always ready to go for Zwift or Systm. Lower maintenance? Though the only thing I look after is the drivetrain - the headset is seized solid from all the sweat.

 

[fez]

This is one problem in Spain. People don’t seem to sell much second hand and when they do it’s never far off retail price!

This is a pretty standard listing. The Kickr core for the same price I could buy it for new from Wahoo!

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If it makes you feel any better, I am selling my Kickr V5 at the moment for what I would consider a very reasonable price (£400) and I am dealing with the usual ***** on facebook. "I'll pick it up tonight mate, can you hold it". "Oh sorry, family stuff, can't do tonight, will deffo pick up tomorrow". "Just waiting for the missus to get home and then i'll come over". Crickets.

I'm just going to stick it on ebay because I am sick of people wasting my evenings while I wait for them to not come and pick it up.

 

[AndyCr15]

Genuine question having not ridden a static smart bike but what makes the experience better?

One thing I noticed immediately was it was just a smoother experience. I think the kickr bike might have small motor or something that helps it not stop dead when you stop pedalling, to emulate momentum a little. This might also just mean the moments between the downward phase of your padel stroke is smoother too? Also, whilst the bike I used was Di2, the virtual gear changing is just nicer and more responsive. I thought the cassette on my bike and cassette on my trainer where the same, but it wasn't quite aligned the same but I wasn't going to index each time. I think it also feels a little more sturdy, whilst also somehow feeling more natural. I can't really explain that though, might just be a mental thing in my own head. I guess I did always worry a little about pushing 1k watts through it (honest... okay, not very often...) when it was anchored like that at the axel.

 

[Vandle]

Genuine question having not ridden a static smart bike but what makes the experience better? My oldest road bike lives on my turbo so it's always ready to go for Zwift or Systm. Lower maintenance? Though the only thing I look after is the drivetrain - the headset is seized solid from all the sweat.

I suppose it depends on your current set up and if you need to justify the purchase (to yourself or the boss). I bought a Tacx Flux originally to train for an Ironman during winter. I had a carbon Trek Madone at the time and didn't like watching the frame sway beneath me during hard efforts. My weight fluctuates a bit depending on my activities and how much weight training I am doing so between 83 and 90kg and I can push out 1,100w in a sprint and felt the stress may damage the frame. Bought a cheap and poorly maintained Giant alloy bike which was noisy and poorly geared, tbh I could have done something about it but did little other than lube it from time to time, the drivetrain would rust easily due to excess sweat and got a bit messy. A lot of the other exposed areas were rusting too. Bought the Neo in BF sales a few years back.
For me it is quieter, maintenance free, easily adjustable through 4 settings which are numbered meaning we can switch between myself and my mrs very quickly, is super stable under the hardest of efforts, has a little tray for your phone and the remote, built in ipad stand plus 2 x USB charging points, better freewheeling, smoother and sharper gear changes (quicker than my Di2 Ultegra road bike). Only has a single cable although unless you are wanting to charge something then you don't even need it. Above all though its just more appealing. I've done almost 11,000 km on Zwift and 7,500 of that has been since I have had the Neo of which I have had for around 50% of my time as a Zwift member so I think that shows. Having said that for the best part of the last year I have been self employed so finding the time to use it has been easier.
It looks cool too