Zwifting only a few times a year my setup is made of a set of Elite Arion rollers, on-bike powermeter, Lenovo Yoga laptop running both Zwift and Spotify and my iPhone on the handlebars to control the game and music. I don’t use a fan, I do my zwifting in relatively cold ceeling and open the window fully to let at least some air flow. I’m that guy who, unless the weather is totally unbearable, rather dresses up for a ride in -5 °C or mixes up the training a little by going XC skiing or running rather than riding indoors.
My two cents: i) There's a lot of different between the older wheel-on trainers and the Elite Tuo - the Elite legit has a great road feel (DC Rainmaker did a great review in which he compares the road feel to the best ~1000 USD trainers) and is 100% recommended for beginners / anyone not going 500W+ on a regular basis (that's how I started and it got me hooked) and ii) One great advantage of smart bikes is being easily adjustable for different people, so it can be very suitable for a family, for instance (after the Elite Tuo, I went for the Stages SB20 and now my wife is also zwifting somewhat regularly).
Been Zwifting for the last 3 years while my set-up is a Minoura Mag 500 Wheel-On Trainer, Garmin speed sensor, Cyplus S3 cadence sensor and Cospoo heart rate monitor and on the bike is a dedicated rear wheel with a 700x23C bald tires with smaller sprocket, while on my desktop computer, I use ANT+ USB receiver. Whenever I wanted to increase the wheel resistance while riding, I just kick the resistance switch 1 notch using my right toe. I don't plan to buy any smart trainer for now as my current set-up works for me.
I currently have some cheap sensors on a cheap indoor bike (yes I plan on upgrading), and I'm pulling frequently 400w (the maximum with unsupported hardware). Is that normal or are my sensors off ? One thing to note, is my tall and heavy (1m86 & 144kg), so even when my w/kg is low my total watts are pretty high.
As someone who does that, I wouldn't recommend it for a roadie trying to train in winter. Sweating and hard breathing at -20ºC isn't the best choice. Let's not forget that the price of a couple good fatty studded tires is similar to one of the cheap to mid trainers too xD
Greg Doucette loves this and made an influence just by it being his hobby
I agree, he inspired me to join Zwift
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Zwifting only a few times a year my setup is made of a set of Elite Arion rollers, on-bike powermeter, Lenovo Yoga laptop running both Zwift and Spotify and my iPhone on the handlebars to control the game and music. I don’t use a fan, I do my zwifting in relatively cold ceeling and open the window fully to let at least some air flow. I’m that guy who, unless the weather is totally unbearable, rather dresses up for a ride in -5 °C or mixes up the training a little by going XC skiing or running rather than riding indoors.
My two cents: i) There's a lot of different between the older wheel-on trainers and the Elite Tuo - the Elite legit has a great road feel (DC Rainmaker did a great review in which he compares the road feel to the best ~1000 USD trainers) and is 100% recommended for beginners / anyone not going 500W+ on a regular basis (that's how I started and it got me hooked) and ii) One great advantage of smart bikes is being easily adjustable for different people, so it can be very suitable for a family, for instance (after the Elite Tuo, I went for the Stages SB20 and now my wife is also zwifting somewhat regularly).
Been Zwifting for the last 3 years while my set-up is a Minoura Mag 500 Wheel-On Trainer, Garmin speed sensor, Cyplus S3 cadence sensor and Cospoo heart rate monitor and on the bike is a dedicated rear wheel with a 700x23C bald tires with smaller sprocket, while on my desktop computer, I use ANT+ USB receiver. Whenever I wanted to increase the wheel resistance while riding, I just kick the resistance switch 1 notch using my right toe. I don't plan to buy any smart trainer for now as my current set-up works for me.
Thank you for this advice.
I have the dedicated trainer table. I only need the rest now.
I currently have some cheap sensors on a cheap indoor bike (yes I plan on upgrading), and I'm pulling frequently 400w (the maximum with unsupported hardware). Is that normal or are my sensors off ?
One thing to note, is my tall and heavy (1m86 & 144kg), so even when my w/kg is low my total watts are pretty high.
can you also use a mountain bike
Yes .. but check compability for each reference first.
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the best zwaft setup is no zwaft at all. get a fat bike with studded tires
As someone who does that, I wouldn't recommend it for a roadie trying to train in winter. Sweating and hard breathing at -20ºC isn't the best choice.
Let's not forget that the price of a couple good fatty studded tires is similar to one of the cheap to mid trainers too xD
Taylor Swift called. She wants her arms back.😂 I've never seen such thin, girlyish arms on a grown man.
That’s not nice to say.
yes i have my bike....a peloton