The Indoor Riding/ Zwift/ TrainerRoad etc. Thread
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Hope it turns up quickly for you - I'd be interested to hear what you think of it.
My SB20 has been pretty rock solid since I got in in 2020, but over the last few weeks I've had a couple of problems connecting to the crank power meters, and with Stages going out of business I doubt it would be economic to fix even if spares were still available. So I want to be ready to pull the trigger at short notice, and the Kickr bike or shift are currently top of the list.
Yeah i'm an impatient *******
Your situation is why i liked the idea of the Elite Square. Least it splits the components into 2. However Wahoo seem to have a great reputation for after sale support it helps, and having something quite compact was also a factor.
I've only been looking at the more compact 'one box' options TBH. It would get a lot of use so I'm not trying to do it on a budget, and I'm sure Wahoo have their share of problems but like you say I get the impression their support is better than most.
I've read a couple of reviews saying that the shift is better than the v2 bike in some respects, and mainly lacks the tilt (which I don't know if I'd use or not). The other difference I'm not so sure about is the shift doesn't have the freewheel 'motor', but I don't think the SB20 has this and I don't tend to freewheel downhills, so doubt that's a deal breaker.
My SB20 doesn't really owe me anything any more, so when the time comes it might be down to which model can be delivered first
.Yeah, the freewheel would've been nice, but not worth the extra €1500 for me.
The main problem is nothing really seems to have been released recently. The Tacx Neo 2T is around 5yrs old now and reviews come from back then too. Same with the Neo Bike, although i don't think it looks as good as the Kickr bike.
The main problem is nothing really seems to have been released recently. The Tacx Neo 2T is around 5yrs old now and reviews come from back then too. Same with the Neo Bike, although i don't think it looks as good as the Kickr bike.
I don't like the look of many of the smart bikes honestly. I like the kickr bike iterations well enough which is part of the reason I have one. Many of the others either look cheap, like an exercise bike or straight up ugly.
Yes, on the back, so lift the front and wheel to position.
Awesome. Couldn’t find any mention of it anywhere.
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Question if I may. The missus goes to spin at a local gym and wants some shoes to clip in (or clipless, whatever).
Do they use SPD or SPD SL, or does it depend on the bike? I want to get her pedals and shoes for her atual bike as well but am a bit stumped.
Do they use SPD or SPD SL, or does it depend on the bike? I want to get her pedals and shoes for her atual bike as well but am a bit stumped.
Depends on the bike. I would be pretty surprised if they used clipless pedals at a spin class as a lot of people will be doing it in trainers. Perhaps they have dual sided pedals and those are flat on one side and SPD on the other usually.
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That is entirely likely, I'll get her to ask. Cheers.
Morning all. Santa was very kind and brought me an Apple Watch SE. Loving the heart rate and sleep tracking, although it’s a bit creepy how much it knows!
I use a Wattbike in the gym quite a lot. I noticed the Apple Watch didn’t seem to be friends with the Wattbike app on my phone at first attempt. The watch would also seem to be able to calculate FTP and training zones, which would be perfect if it communicated with the Wattbike.
Does anyone use an Apple Watch with Wattbike? Is it just a case of linking the Apple health app and the Wattbike app and carry on as usual, or do I need to do something else like Bluetooth the watch to the bike as well as the phone?
Thanks!
I use a Wattbike in the gym quite a lot. I noticed the Apple Watch didn’t seem to be friends with the Wattbike app on my phone at first attempt. The watch would also seem to be able to calculate FTP and training zones, which would be perfect if it communicated with the Wattbike.
Does anyone use an Apple Watch with Wattbike? Is it just a case of linking the Apple health app and the Wattbike app and carry on as usual, or do I need to do something else like Bluetooth the watch to the bike as well as the phone?
Thanks!
Not particularly familiar with it. Maybe try some facebook Wattbike groups? I would've thought that for recording, the Watch would pickup the sensor from the Wattbike and collate everything together, but maybe it's best in the Wattbike App and hopefully the app can get your HR from the watch.
Glad i made the decision on the Decathlon bike. It's got some annoying quirks. Mainly incorrect speed readings. On the bike it shows me at 38kp/h even at around 110w, but my Garmin will only read a max of 10.7kph. This means any recorded activities are crazily under recorded. I'm not too fussed at this point but it's definitely something that'd annoy me long term.
Glad i made the decision on the Decathlon bike. It's got some annoying quirks. Mainly incorrect speed readings. On the bike it shows me at 38kp/h even at around 110w, but my Garmin will only read a max of 10.7kph. This means any recorded activities are crazily under recorded. I'm not too fussed at this point but it's definitely something that'd annoy me long term.
It's not a quirk just using different data to record distance which on a static bike is fake anyway.
What matters to Garmin is watts, time and heart rate.
Garmin uses speed to calculate distance so for the same watts in different gears it will record different speeds.
Oh yeah, but what i mean is that my Garmin literally maxes out at 10.8kph. I could do 120w and it'd record that, and then i could record 600w and it'd never budge above 10.8kph. The same thing happens with both my Edge and Epix watch, so it's definitely something weird being sent out from the Decathlon bike.
The bike was a "Second Life" purchase direct from Decathlon and so i wonder if it's part of the reason for the original return.