Any Zwifters?

[Markybeau]

Before I get pilloried:

Yes it's staring at a screen.

Yes it can be boring.

Bring eggs, rotten fruit and veg to throw at me for this act of blasphemy

 

[Gtpulse]

I tried it, set up one of my bikes on rollers and a Bluetooth sensor strapped to the hub/zwift on the iPad in front of me. I was going along at what I thought was quite fast around 25mph indicated, riders were coming by me like I was standing still. I’m certainly not the fastest on the road but I don’t dawdle around either. I’ve got nothing to substantiate it but felt like there was some sort of cheating going on. It may be that I didn’t have it set up properly but it put me off and I sold the rollers! I’ve tried turbo trainer as well one winter, gave that up.

 

[Carge]

Yep - guilty as charged
Got quite a nice setup - but haven't used it in a while - but the intention is to get back on it in January.

 

[Cotterpein]

I am using Zwift while recovering from messing up my shoulder. It works OK for me and saves cleaning the bike! As for cheating, I think some riders have smart trainers which read power and adjust resistance according to slope, but dumb trainers require riders to change the resistance manually so they are not equal.

 

[KermitGKona88]

@Peachy!

 

[Mod-Master]

It’s nice when you’ve got one and it’s winter, especially if you only own a road bike. Plus you can have the added benefit of a full English while doing 30, but the amount of money these things cost especially peloton, £2000 and £45 a month?!? P*ss off. Zwift is less money but you have to have a bike in the first place, but at £500, it would be better to get a winter mountain bike with thick tyres, and get yourself some lovely insulated gloves.

It’s just not the same as having the wind in your hair.

 

[Markybeau]

My set up with bike (decent bike not bso), tacx wheel on smart trainer, and fan cost about £150. So if you're on a budget it is doable.

+ £12.99 a month Zwift

 

[novocaine]

nope.
recently had to put a bike on the trainer for the first time in a few years for recovery work after an operation. not a fan of it at all. bad enough when you pay to enter a sportive, paying to ride my bike indoors (excluding the track sessions) stinks to me I'm afraid.

road bike, mud guards and good lights. yer I do less miles in the winter, but I'm still doing them and they are much more enjoyable than staring at the screen dripping sweat on the garage floor.

 

[Peachy!]

My set up with bike (decent bike not bso), tacx wheel on smart trainer, and fan cost about £150. So if you're on a budget it is doable.

+ £12.99 a month Zwift

I’m using a TACX smart trainer, works really well. Did Zwift for a year but tbh I got bored giving it everything I had but only managing 3mph on the steep stuff for an hour than travelling along at 30mph on the flat! All seemed a bit fake and I didn’t once manage to hook up with any mates.
I’ve now cancelled the Zwift subscription and just started using the free TACX app. It took a while to get it synched with Strava but teenage tech support sorted it, also they helped me “mirror” my phone to a small cheap smart TV so now I pootle along whilst watching a beautiful & free TACX video of a real footage riding through the French alps (matched to the resistance map) whilst I listen to a podcast or 90’s tunes.
Happy days.

 

[hamster]

Tried a Tacx, realised I preferred to ride off road in the dark, rain and cold. Sold it.