[345948]

What about simulating real roads/trails, is that a thing beyond the most popular routes? Do those have to be custom programmed, or is there an app that will just reach out to a Trailforks link or .gpx file and recreate an elevation profile?

There's one called RGT Cycling that had that feature. I had it installed for a bit. Basically you pedal a virtual avatar around captured roads and there was a way to link it to . It was kind of cool but I only used it a few times. Wahoo bought it and not sure what happened after that.

 

[Mcfarton]

Sufferfest workouts are really fun. They were free when i first got my inride. I think still free all over the internet.

i remember not trusting the results of my ftp tests until id done ‘revolver’ at the new number.BUT you cant do five a week or youll get cooked. Theyre remarkably fine workouts but ive never seen a sufferfest video.

zwift… i dont get it. You guys literally ride around and ‘race’ strangers that appear to pass you? I cant get past the nintendo graphics. The cartoon graphics and the pain are enraging to me, and no way to stop cheats.

for people recommending apple tv: why use it instead of a phone projecting to smart tv? Already have a phone, tv is needed too… apple tv seems like a redundant middleman.

I use my phone for Spotify and the zwift companion app. I have used it for zwift before and you need to plug it in or it will kill the battery quickly. For 80$ the Apple TV just works.

I also lead zwift rides and need to be able to type easily. Fringe case I guess.


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[eri]

What about simulating real roads/trails, is that a thing beyond the most popular routes? Do those have to be custom programmed, or is there an app that will just reach out to a Trailforks link or .gpx file and recreate an elevation profile?

Here’s how to adapt a ride into a workout in golden cheetah:

If you have a gpx you can just load it as a workout and ride it.

I’ve done it to simulate some big climbs but watching a dot on a map gets old. i really prefer rides that have synchronized video.

 

[Powdered Toast Man]

zwift… i dont get it. You guys literally ride around and ‘race’ strangers that appear to pass you? I cant get past the nintendo graphics. The cartoon graphics and the pain are enraging to me, and no way to stop cheats.

I used Zwift for several months last winter. First it was on the trial, then on subscription and I cancelled the sub by March. It was really taxing on the PC running it and multiple times I had to skip a workout because the forced updates wasted my time window. There are also strangely few groups rides between 6 and 8pm PST. Then there's Zwift Power, which as a countermeasure to cheating and sandbagging....is a complete joke. I also tried RGT briefly, but it kinda sucked when it was free. Going pay-only when Wahoo took it over was a hard nope from me.

I then struggled with and finally got Golden Cheetah reliably setup to control my smart trainer, which is an old Kinetic T-6400 (the crappy one that doesn't have ANT and doesn't use a standard bluetooth protocol). I "ported" a bunch of Zwift workouts to get started and finished the winter using it that way. I find the GC workout screen no harder to look at than Zwift and I still have the option of making my own video-synced workouts. I primarily use GC for fitness tracking too so it's an all-in-one package that way.