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Why is zwift so bad at rendering gradient? Everything between -2 & 2% looks flat, 3-10% all looks the same. A lot of gentle downhills actually look like up hills.
The G key will toggle the in ride graph on or off.
Cheers Mossimus, interesting...I'll try that out when I next ride
Does anyone know how you tell how far round a loop you are?
Does anyone know how you tell how far round a loop you are?
I don't think there is a way. It's bugged me for a while. I have to look up the route distance on Zwift Insider. Even then it's only vaguely accurate. The lead ins to the start of routes can vary so some routes end up a couple of km longer than stated.
Although some routes do have the little blue bar at the bottom of the central info box showing the amount completed. Like during group ride.
@10 Thanks, it’s a bit odd. The random lead-in doesn’t help, does it?
And on the randomness front, have just had a weird error where the speed and HR sensors declined to connect to my iPad, while the cadence one connected fine.
Anyone else seen this/have any suggestions?
Not enjoying the new zwift update. Does anyone else Apple TV? I used to connect the trainer and cadence to Apple TV. Then connect the HR through companion app. Has worked great once I found this routine.
Looks like with the update you can’t connect to Apple TV and through companion app. So if have 3 connections all must be through companion. Did this but kept losing erg mode.
Any insight appreciated.
@munkeymadness Funnily enough I updated today too. I’ll have a try using the companion app but given the flaky WiFi in the garage I’d been trying to minimise the number of devices out there…
There seems to be a bit of discussion about this on the Zwift forums. All related to updating to the latest versions of the app.
The G key will toggle the in ride graph on or off.
It's also been recently added as one of the buttons on the bottom in the companion app.
Oh on the companion app. Don't bother if your WiFi is flakey. The app will keep loosing it's connection. Had loads of issues till we installed a mesh network. After that it worked great.
Update on the No Signal error from the Zwift forum:
“Best resolution I found was to launch Zwift ‘Just watching’ with ‘no signal’ messages present, then immediately end ride and delete. Go back to the pairing screen and all 3 devices will magically connect fine”.
Will need a try once I've slept off last night's shift a bit.
Didn't work. Bah.
Couple more questions:
Is there any way of enlarging the profile that’s in the mini map?
Also, how do you see your garage,badges etc when not on a ride? The only way I can see it is if I actually start a ride, albeit not connected.
I would like to know how you change your route. I'm trying to tick them all off & it seems to me that you can only start a ride, go into the menu & check which you haven't done, then exit the app & start it all again & then select the route you want.
That's pretty much it Mos if you want the auto routing. If you happen to know where the route turns you can make those turns manually. I think zwift insider lists the turns format least some routes.
@eat_more_cheese. You may be able to see badges if you log onto zwift.com, can't remember for sure though. Could also be some third party sites that will show it. Garage is in game only I think.
Does anyone know how to follow a Group? I randomly found a group ride yesterday while flicking through events, Ascenders Team Midweek Ride, joined and really enjoyed the ride - how do I search to find out when they are next riding? thanks
No idea how you join an organised ride once it's started but would be interested to know how it you did - I don't think you can and it's one of my biggest bugbears with zwift.
Of it's a group ride they're by invite, you'll see the invite in the notifications on the companion app.
Of its an event you'll see it listed under events on the companion app though its not (best I can tell) searchable which is crap. I assume there is a better interface.
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Does anyone know how to follow a Group? I randomly found a group ride yesterday while flicking through events, Ascenders Team Midweek Ride, joined and really enjoyed the ride – how do I search to find out when they are next riding? thanks
If you go to 'events' in the companion app, you can scroll through all the upcoming events.
Today at 1405 there's a Ascenders Team social ride. Not sure if that's the same group.
I am not sure how to follow a group, but that might help you get started...
Group rides can be setup to allow late joining. I think that means you can join up to 20 or 30 minutes after the start time. It's normally indicated against the event.
thanks Stumpy that sounds like the same group maybe they always ride around 14.00. I was hoping I didnt have to scroll through the calendar to find their rides but if they are the a similar time everyday not to time consuming.
Dangerbrain - i didnt join after the start it was a couple of hours before when I added myself to their event
Yes, you have to have joined their event before start time in companion app/whatever first... you can't usually join after it's started..
but...
When you sign into Zwift and get the pairing.... then go to the world select screen, some events listed in the top right, do actually allow joinging even if they've started, but may be only for a minute or two after event start.
jaminb
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thanks Stumpy that sounds like the same group maybe they always ride around 14.00. I was hoping I didnt have to scroll through the calendar to find their rides but if they are the a similar time everyday not to time consuming.
I did a bit more digging as it seems crazy that you can't search a bit more extensively. Zwiftpower seems to have some better functionality.
https://zwiftpower.com/events.php
If you use the search box on the right and put in "ascenders" it shows 5 events going up to the 14th June.
You can't join events directly from there, but it gives you a bit more of a heads-up of what's coming.
@stumpy01 has it - you have to use third party sites to search the listings properly. zwift has some pretty weird functionality gaps.
As well as zwiftpower there's another good search interface at https://zwifthacks.com/app/events/
thanks Stumpy - so much to learn!
And another one:
I've swapped from a borrowed dumb trainer with speed sensor to a new and shiny Kickr Snap.
However, average power has dropped from 190W on my last ride on the dumb turbo to 134W on the new one.
I assume the difference is because the old one was heavily estimated and the new one is measured? Is there anything I'm doing wrong?
The accuracy of power data between different power meter equipped turbos varies to some degree while "Zpower" (estimates from non-equipped turbos) are often miles out and hence they are often excluded from Zwiftpower ranking results these days.
Since replacing the belt on my Direto ~2 months ago, it seems to read ~6% higher than my 4iiii crank power meter I ride with outside. Given drivetrain losses, it would be reasonable to expect power measured from the cassette to be ~3%+ lower than power measured at the crank.
Power data is a minefield when comparing different sources on the same bike and then comparing them to other riders, there are no proper standards, at best it's ballpark comparisons. But for one individual on one bike with one power source, as long as the source is consistant, you get to see meaningful trends.
You can do a spin down calibration of your trainer - either in the wahoo app separately or also via zwift on the pairing screen I believe (wrench symbol by power pairing).
It's prob right - I mean if you were racing and it was showing 134 avg that doesn't sound right but just riding around it could easily be that sort of value for a lighter person.
ratherbeintobago
And another one:
However, average power has dropped from 190W on my last ride on the dumb turbo to 134W on the new one.
Not really related to your original question, but if you now find that all your 'stats' in the app are way below what you were achieving before and you want to 'reset' them, you can do.
There's a vid here that explains it:
Thanks all!
Next one - if I do an FTP test will it reset my FTP or will it remain where it is if the test result is lower?
I just got this 20" fan for Zwifting, did I do good or should've I asked the STWverse before I made the purchase?
Looks alright! I have 2x 18" fans plus a normal desk fan, still way too hot in the pain cave last night!! 🥵🥵🚴♂️
https://www.cleva-uk.com/collections/vacmaster-air-movers/products/vacmaster-air-mover
I have one of these - produces a lot of air!
Cool, that Sealey fan I've got claims to shift 110m^3/min which if true would be an airspeed of about 30km/h. That centrifugal air blower claims to shift a much smaller volume of air, however I guess the air flow is faster which would improve the cooling effect
Anything is going to be better than the 10" fan I was using before though 🤣
I remember hearing about somebody getting their Zwift tournament win nullified because they used a bot to log Zwift miles so they could access better equipment, which was considered cheating.
Is it also considered cheating to run Zwift while riding on the road/trail, or is that OK?
Hi all. Got a question about the trainer difficulty. Hope it makes sense.
I normally keep the difficulty at 100% because, well, why not. Gives a bit of variety. When I have the difficulty lowered to 20% it's a nice, steady output, but it's also much lower power than I can maintain at the higher difficulty with the associated higher resistance in the trainer. Not usually a problem as I don't do races. But now that I've put my name down for the STW Autumn race series I'd like to make a proper go of it.
So my question to you is this, what do you set the difficulty at for events/races? And do you have it low because you can put good power out on the flats (and the low difficulty flattens the whole route) or high because you're better on uphills?
50% for a nice balance. Downhill is a pain on higher settings. And lower is pointless.
I used to have it at 50%, but now run it at somewhere nearer 75%. Not sure what I prefer to be honest.
If my not-really-cyclist wife uses my Zwift account, is it going to screw up some of my stats if I then want to do a race or two?
Shouldn't if she is only doing a bit of freeride around. it would only matter if she tried to do a race as would mess up your categories.
Tried that with my other half and she ended up getting her own account. Power to weight ratio with her on my account was so far off she could barely get anywhere.
Rouvy has a 'realism' setting that you can adjust to simply make yourself faster. Does Zwift have this in open riding or do you have to just mess about with the weight?
Trainer difficulty - All I have are rollers with resistance setting of 0,1, or 2, and I usually race on the highest resistance, otherwise I spin out before doing anything resembling sprinting but also anecdotally I believe the higher resistance helps to get higher FTP type effort because like climbing a hill in real life there being more resistance to push against helps to get smooth power output from the pedal stroke rather than it being an acceleration in the middle of each stroke like when going downhill.
Realism setting - I don't think Zwift has one, but it has a 'sticky' double draft setting which can be turned on for casual rides I think.
The boss complaining that the garage smelt a bit sweaty after I’d been on the turbo in there. Any suggestions for maintaining man cave freshness?
Got a fan?
I tend to leave the fan on for 30 mins or so after a session. Gets rid of the stink pretty well.
No fan. I might have to pick up a cheap one from somewhere.