Pah. Sandbagger! U gOt wOt U deSerVed.
Honestly Zwift itself is buggy AF software, have had the trainer drop out a couple of times and the other night it went all 8-bit and laggy on me so it was impossible to follow wheels because people would come past and then the screen would jump forward and all of a sudden they were 20m past
I ended up buying a 5m USB extension lead and a USB Bluetooth/Ant+ antenna. I had to get the antenna near(ish) the trainer or it'd drop out mid-ride. And I don't mean figures/resistance going a bit squirrely, I mean totally drop-out. Virtual Zwift me pulls to a stop and all resistance dropped out of the trainer. Was really annoying when you were 2/3rds of the way up the Alpe du'Zwift. Really wish I could've just connected the trainer via USB directly though.
I do want to do Ventop and Alpe du zwift, but I also have to accept that I am old, weak, and usually tired. I think there are some Innsbruck rides in the schedule today, otherwise Innsbruck is one of the worlds on Sunday. Shuffling up that a few times, and completing more training sessions, if my connection doesn't drop out, will get me in shape for them.........Honestly Zwift itself is buggy AF software, have had the trainer drop out a couple of times and the other night it went all 8-bit and laggy on me so it was impossible to follow wheels because people would come past and then the screen would jump forward and all of a sudden they were 20m past
RE: big climbs like Ventop and Alpe du Zwift, if you want to do them on lower levels, you need to find an event/race that covers the route, as the event gives you the access regardless of your level.
I'm Andrew Leitch on Zwift, just like in real life.
The good thing about "climbing mountains" on Zwift is that you're still in your house, and if you just keep tapping away your silly little digital avatar will continue its way up the mountain. Obviously this is much the same as real life but on Zwift you don't get as much of the "omg are you fucking kidding me pls just let me die right here" effect when you round a hairpin and see the road ramp up in front of you before disappearing into the distance. On the flip side, you don't get the beautiful scenery for distraction.
Change the view to the "beautiful (digital) scenery view"!
My old man uses Fullgaz which is pretty cool for this, using HD video from actual riders on the roads you're riding to give you the "full experience".
Be sure to let us know how you go with the climbs... Insert evil laugh
The gamification makes all the difference to me in getting on it or not. I tried rouvy for a bit, was nice enough to begin with in that it sticks an avatar in a real world video, but riding by yourself gets old pretty quick. The big drawcard zwift has is that you've got thousands of people to ride with every day, and usually a few that are on par with yourself for a bit of healthy competition. the racing is hit and miss with sandbagging, but if you ignore the D graders leading your B grade race its still a solid workout .
i think the hills in zwift are somehow worse? they lack the sense of relief at the top, and drag out much worse than anything i experience on a MTB. I definitely appreciate the alpe being segmented like that though, breaks it up into entirely acheivable chunks and keeps you moving. i did a couple of races on ventop and dont rate it, your heart just sinks every time you look at the elevation map
Thanks. I've been unable to exercise all week and all that talk of Hills got me inspired to see if I still hate it - I do btwMost impressive effort tonight @Plankosaurus
How you going with the dropouts ?
Pretty much havnt bothered with Bluetooth, connection seemed flakey the few times I tried it and I didn't buy my ant reciever for nothing. I keep the ant receiver close to the trainer and very rarely have an issue.
I had another dropout tonight, but think I have it nutted out.
That was what I read into it but it only seems to be with Zwift, apparently it works fine on all other platforms. Its other trainers too, not just Cycleops/Saris.I had another dropout tonight, but think I have it nutted out.
Mine is all Bluetooth, but if I link in my cadence as well as my HR, it overloads the system.
Pretty sure if I run no cadence, I am good to go. If I want cadence too, I will have to run the trainer off ant+, so as to share the load.
Now just waiting to see if the rest of my ride will upload..........
That Watopia lump was plenty hard enough for me, even with the 10 or so short rests because I kept dropping my chain
No I don't. I didn't even know they were a thing until this thread came into my life.
If you can plug one in and use it, I'll send you one or you can pick it up.
Good man. I'll get the IT department to see if it's a goer
