Haha, thanks Roady - that didn't take long - I've just been bumped up from 4th to 3rd!
No worries! Admin actually thought that the guy had been riding with multiple different people on his profile due to the power/HR/weight data being so different. So entirely likely it was an honest mistake on his part (weight changed for family member & then not changed back). Still got it listed as a DQ so can't complain!
Quick one guys, for an indoor noob.
I have rollers, Quarq pm with a Wahoo elemnt (speed/HR sensor too). Is this sufficient for me to have a go on Zwift to see what it's all about?
Also, can I do it through my mobile phone via bluetooth?
Yes that's enough. You won't get a huge amount of the experience as you have no way to increase resistance (assume dumb rollers), but you'll get an idea what it's like! At least enough to make a decision about getting a dedicated trainer for it (I estimate that'll happen very shortly!)
With a power source you'll be 'better off' than those using 'dumb trainers' which rely on speed&cadence sensors to get an 'estimated' power (zpower), but they do have the option for manually increasing resistance which is mostly lacked on rollers (so the speed calculation on screen due to your power measurement really slows your avatar down to a crawl).
So if I log in to my desktop it wants to search for PM, HRM, Cadence etc, where as when I sit on the bike and go into the zwift companion app I don't get any of that...
Does initial setup need doing on the PC?
If so I'll need to get a bluetooth dongle I guess.
The 'Companion App' is exactly that, it's not Zwift. When you're riding on Zwift via PC/Mac/iOS the Companion app (providing it's connected to the same 'home' network) will display info also displayed on Zwift on your handset, but not the actual 'world'. Power/Speed/Cadence etc, while also giving you more tools (see who's riding, join events, see friends finished activites) as well as many of the 'on screen' things you get on iOS (wave, elbow flick, screenshot etc).
The Zwift actual 'ride' app is available on Android as a beta/testing environment only. Last time I checked it was 'full' or you had to get a specific invite to it. The actual 'ride' app whichever platform you're using will usually need a USB dongle to give you ANT+ connectivity (PC/Mac) if your connecting devices are ANT. This is obviously not required if your devices are BT and your PC/Mac has BT. But be wary of 'inbuilt' BT on older laptops, many of them are too early a version of BT to support the multiple connections and data throughput required.
With iOS, I'm meaning iPad, AppleTV and iPhone devices. Now, they only have BT available and I know that the ATV can only support 2 BT 'devices' (streams) at a time. Unsure of limits on the others. So when you connect your Turbo to it, you then have to decide between your others on which one you want - cadence/HR/power. You can do some fancy stuff with other devices to record your missing data and then bridge it (think there's a HRM which will record BT/ANT streams then broadcast all the data into 1 stream to the ATV) but the majority of riders don't. They'll ride with Trainer BT stream (as most will transmit calculated cadence to Zwift anyway) and HRM (as you'll get DQ from most races without it).
If in your particular case you're using an Apple device with the 2 BT limit, you'll need your Quarq (if it broadcasts on BT?) and HRM - you'll miss cadence/speed. Speed is mostly junk in your case anyway as wheel speed does not equal Zwift speed when you're using your PWM (Zwift only needs speed & cadence data to 'estimate' a power, but you're supplying power data). Not sure if missing cadence data will cause you any issues, you may find yourself DQ from race results, but you can certainly still race them (admins have no way to bar riders from races, only remove them from results).
But what device are you actually hoping to 'ride' Zwift with alongside your handset?
EDIT: Think that's pretty concise, but I've not used any Apple device with it. Maybe someone else can correct any of the above if I've got it wrong!?
