Any Zwift Ride Users?

Has anyone got one of the Zwift Ride frames/bikes yet and if so, what do you think of it?

I’ve been looking at an indoor trainer for a while for winter use and the Zwift Ride is a good chunk cheaper than a Wattbike or the likes.

Pros: easy to adjust, play controls, bike like, cheap
Cons: zwift lock in (mostly), 2 plugs, 2 bluetooth connections can be annoying on apple TV

Works for us as a house with multiple users and limited space

I’ve just bought one to replace a worn out Tacx Neo 2 a broken Stages SB20 and an annoyingly squeaky Tacx Flux

First impressions are that its unbeatable for the money. You need to spend at least double to get a comparable smart bike. I’m not sure how much i will use the buttons and steering as I mainly only do erg workouts but its good they are there.

Pluses for me are

Easy adjustment between family members.

Fast response between resistance changes.

No bike needed.

Negatives

Not as quiet as I expected. Still very quiet just not as quet as the neo or stages.

The neo is the trainer gold standard and the Zwift bike it not far off and for most people I don’t think the differences will matter. The neo is more accurate for racing and definitely quieter but after about the equivalent of 25000 miles on zwift the resistance has gone and the fans run constantly on mine (if anyone knows how to fix this let me know) plus the plastics on the bottom have started to crack so its not really worth spending much to repair. The stages is unbelievably smooth but resistance changes are so slow that short intervals are nearly impossible. It takes about 20 seconds to go from around 250w to 500w meaning that by the time its stabilized the interval is 1/3 done. Its also really slow to react to cadence changes, again its probably about 20 seconds to go from 70rp to 100rpm. Its currently sat waiting for an engineer to come out and repair.

I would definitely recommend the Zwift bike for most people. Save the hassle of using your own bike.

I’d have a very good read through the Zwift forum before committing. I know that we only ever hear bad feedback but the number of issues is frightening; damaged frames (in unmarked boxes), bent chainrings, poor components and lack of standard parts amongst them. Zwift support are struggling under the backlog of problems too so folk are experiencing long delays.

We’ve got one and have been very pleased with it. It’s really easy to adjust, so everyone in the family has been able to use it. I was a bit concerned about being tied into Zwift, but you can control the Wahoo Kickr through the Wahoo app and still have a functional trainer. It also feels really solid to ride. Negative points would be that it’s a little bit noisier than I expected. The saddle isn’t overly comfortable, but can be swapped out for a personal favourite. Our seat post is slightly stiff to adjust, not bad enough to justify returning. I’ve removed the post and nothing obvious is preventing the movement. The twin USB connection for charging the smart shifters isn’t very well thought out. It’s a shame they didn’t include cranks with multiple or adjustable pedal threads so you could change the crank length.