The Indoor Cyclist's support thread

[rick81721]

Today's haiku:

Brethren of the Zwift
Fake riders going nowhere
Lighten up Francis

 

[jShort]

capable of running zwift for trainer date nights.

I'm kinda jealous.

 

[Pearl]

Anyone be swifting with a dumb trainer and a power meter only? Always think about having both setup for date night, but on my road bike i only have crank arm power and no speed/sensors. Sounds like I would need a speed sensor at least?

 

[seanrunnette]

Anyone be swifting with a dumb trainer and a power meter only? Always think about having both setup for date night, but on my road bike i only have crank arm power and no speed/sensors. Sounds like I would need a speed sensor at least?

Nah, you're fine. I've been using my Stages and a Cycleops The Silencer for two years now. The watts and your input weight take care of the speed, and the Stages does cadence. Zwift functions as the speed sensor, in a way. Add an HRM and you're good to go.

 

[Norm]

Anyone be swifting with a dumb trainer and a power meter only? Always think about having both setup for date night, but on my road bike i only have crank arm power and no speed/sensors. Sounds like I would need a speed sensor at least?

PM should suffice. I did that before the Kickr.

 

[Pearl]

so zwift maths to figure out the speed, interesting. good to know that is an option, i was going to sell the dumb trainer for like $5 but seems to be worth more than that no

 

[Norm]

so zwift maths to figure out the speed, interesting. good to know that is an option, i was going to sell the dumb trainer for like $5 but seems to be worth more than that no

Power + weight is all you really need.

 

[MadisonDan]

Anyone be swifting with a dumb trainer and a power meter only? Always think about having both setup for date night, but on my road bike i only have crank arm power and no speed/sensors. Sounds like I would need a speed sensor at least?

I has PowerTap hub with Kurt Kinetic Road Machine. Cadence sensor/HRM also, but that's not necessary. Before the PowerTap I was using "virtual power" which uses the trainers resistance curve, with speed sensor, plus your weight to calculate power.

 

[Pearl]

Power + weight is all you really need.

sweet, i have a scale

 

[Norm]

sweet, i have a scale

Is it a Wahoo scale?

 

[Pearl]

Is it a Wahoo scale?

wahoo gonna start selling plastic containers to store ya food in

 

[Norm]

wahoo gonna start selling plastic containers to store ya food in

Wahoo Boxr.

 

[Pearl]

it's been like seattle the last 3 days here, non stop 40's and rain....

anyone trying to do some swift raisin tonight?

 

[Delish]

it's been like seattle the last 3 days here, non stop 40's and rain....

anyone trying to do some swift raisin tonight?

I've been hittin' the 905PM WBR races. might do tonight

 

[Pearl]

I've been hittin' the 905PM WBR races. might do tonight

hmmmm, wonder what we are having for dinner

 

[Glenn Rides After 4 PM CST]

one of these 2. 6:45 fast group ride or 7:15 Central Park reverse

race

 

[Pearl]

hmm 715 is probably too close to bath time, the 9pm one will work unless we havin burritos or something that will make me puke

had barbacoa burrito for lunch do

 

[Pearl]

Kielbasa and potatoes for dinner.... holler at me at 9:05 sandbagging the B race

 

[Pearl]

Not sure why or how i got dropped on lap 4 of 6, but unless a huge effort got thrown down that i missed, i can’t figure it out, ‘‘twas a good workout doe. Got to e-pedal with @Delish wish was fun.

 

[Glenn Rides After 4 PM CST]

3 laps reverse central park loop .
Lost the group at the beginning of lap 3. 43 of 93
Second place C racer according to Zwift Power
Another bump in FTP.