Smart Trainers, looked at using the Zwift Gear Test protocol
It all started when RGT Cycling created a gravel course based on the epic UK gravel race – the Dirty Reiver. This is no course for those who are addicted to posting impressive speed stats on Strava! Dirty Reiver is slow – your Strava stats will make you look pedestrian! The course passes you by…
The objective of this article is to bring to your attention a resource that sits within Zwiftpower. It is the analysis section. For those of you who want to settle an argument at the IRL or virtual cycling cafe, you can spend hours searching on Zwiftpower. Here you can find the dual power recordings of…
For years, I have been the advocate of a sturdy music stand for my media devices when indoor-cycling. When I checked out the mighty Wahoo’s version, I was tempted and yet, no compelled. KOM Cycling are not shy of manufacturing high quality cycling peripherals and here is a link to what they have to offer…
In seven short years, eRacing/eSports/Virtual Racing/chasing pixels/real-racing-on-fake-bikes has come a long way. In the beginning, the Zwift community came up with a way of categorising races based upon watts per kilogram (w/kg). A ranking system was developed, again by the Zwift community, and whilst we raced, there was always the nagging feeling that w/kg wasn’t…
UK manufacturers making your turbo training rock!
YuChiang Cheng who joins Zwift as Chief Product Officer where he will own the end-to-end customer experience of Zwift’s products; driving customer value, innovation and quality. Cheng will lead Product Design & UX, Engineering, Game Design & Art, Product Management, R&D, Content Programming, LiveOps, QA, and Community Support. That is some job list and many…
Frustrated by keeping his screen and tech at hand when training indoors on his smart trainer, legend and all round good bloke, ‘King’ Sean Kelly is backing a new product, inspired by the great man himself. Many hardcore ‘Zwifters’ will be using a flat-screen 4k TV on a stand and with the pandemic, more people…
A pandemic of cycling platforms seems to be upon us and many are the same. We now have the freedom to use N+1 and not to be stuck on any one platform. Here is what we currently have: Ride on a smart trainer Even when you have steering, it is within a set route Mental…
In this short article, we will ask you some questions to get you thinking about your Zwift, RGT, Veloton, enter any other platform name here, set-up. Firstly, let’s take a step back and consider what gets the best possible results in an eRace on Zwift or the other platforms. For the uber-serious outdoor racing cyclist…
For some, Fun is no longer Fast. It may be frustrating, or too gamified and even too busy. A greater amount of cyclists who ride on virtual cycling platforms are trying RGT Cycling offering and wait for it – loving it! As one passionate RGTer says (or is the collective term for an RGT user…
The purpose of this missive is to continue to drive forward the conversation about drafting. The reason is, do you know who you are drafting?! This seems like a mad/daft question. I agree, however, totally ignoring our mantra that comparison is the death of happiness, we have posted here (and we will cover this on…
It’s often a question in life; you can, but should you? Following our latest post regarding drafting on Zwift, much debate has occurred on social media. In this post, we aim to add more context upon this, especially for the inexperienced virtual cyclist – and inexperienced cyclists generally. Let’s go back before the days of…
Who better to know how to draft in a race on Zwift that a former World Tour professional, all round brilliant bloke and ace Zwift racer? Adrian Timmis took the challenge from me and others that Zwift racing is a time trial with a sprint at the end and ran some tests. Here is Ada’s…
KOM Cycling, a U.S. manufacturer, have produced a high-tech rocker plate for the ever growing community of serious indoor cyclists. Whilst the hard science to prove the benefits of rocker plates, there is a lot of anecdotal evidence from those that use them. Personally, I’m to be convinced and we look forward to receiving a…
It all started with a pandemic – okay, that’s a terrible start….well, it all started when people discovered indoor cycling. The post-2012 cohort of born-again-cyclists had only ridden their Pinarello F something or other bikes outside and in winter, with mudguards. When you spend that much on a bike, why even do anything else, right?…
Elite Cycling have today announced that they will be supplying their first eRacing team, the dPAC-ELITE Esports Team. The team is an elite level Esports cycling squad, created with the goal of gathering cyclists from all parts of the world to race together in some of the most important cycling Esports competitions. “We also help…
Apparently, it all started with a new indoor cycling platform headed by a chap named Eric, a want by some enthusiastic people to make indoor cycling racing ‘esports’ become the biggest thing since the Tesla share-price and a chap named Niels who had a snazzy smart-bike https://www.virtuprocycling.com/Product/ElitePrivateB2C. Eric and his platform went one way and…
Or is it ‘Smart? Please read on… Okay, the headlines about this smart-trainer: Bluetooth and Ant + compatible and therefore with most, if not all, indoor cycling training platforms Wattage accurate to 2.5% Sprints up to 2,000 watts Simulates climbs up to 16% steep With these stats, we consider this to be a mid-range unit…
RGT, the indoor cycling platform that charges, nothing, that’s right, zero, zilch, nowt at all to use (£6.99 GB for premium features) is really moving into esports with some serious sponsorship. Genesis Bikes, Weldtite and Hunt Wheels Partner with RGT Cycling on a new gravel road. The course is around 20km of Kielder Forest’s iconic…
In the mists of time, when the world was in black and white and smog lined the streets, during the winters, I cycled outdoors, in the dark with British Standard kite-marked lights. These lights were that effective that the only thing that they illuminated was themselves. One night, I almost collided with a car and…
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