Zwift Chat

[Breedon]

Neo but haven't tried a kickr.
Neo is super quiet and heavy so won't move, links up to zwift no problem using ant+ you could use Bluetooth as well.
Had a bkool classic before

 

[bobinski]

Having used a Kickr yesterday I would say there is very little between them. I do value lack of noise with NEO and reliability of inbuilt power meter. If these are important to you then NEO but if not and you can get a Kickr at a good price then I don't think you would be unhappy. But if you can get a NEO for similar price then get NEO. Wiggle and Amazon have both had neo at £830 recently so worth keeping an eye out.

 

[Marino.g]

I am tempted but Ive only had the bkool for 6 months.
Back to my race I had yesterday.
With the large bonus I think I received increase your wattage output by 3 times your normal output and why did I get it at least 2 or 3 times during the race in the first place and did the other competitors get it as well?
Or is it my Bkool as previously mentioned, just trying to understand it all.

 

[Marino.g]

Stats for the race, where there is a lot of data missing for me

 

[bobinski]

All I can say is that at its best and most reliable the pro overestimates power consistently by 30-80w. Outside of this it can often spike power- hence my 1300w on Watopia- for no apparent reason. If I had kept the pro I would have got a power meter and used that for accurate power training and racing.
You could ask other pro users on the Facebook Zwift riders page what they do to overcome the issues you describe.

 

[uclown2002]

Stats for the race, where there is a lot of data missing for me

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@Marino.g That looks you are not registered on zwiftpower. You need to do that and link your (open) strava profile.
You can see those in a blue font and clicking on them take you to their profile.

 

[Monte]

The problem was that I would catch them and slow down and then would I speed past them again and when I slowed down even more to latch on it was near on impossible and they would speed past me and when I did manage to latch on for a brief moment then drafting didnt seem to do much.

That's exactly how my bkool trainer behaved on zwift group events - I've just purchased a Neo and it transformed my riding in a group, the trainer just reacted so much quicker. Accurate power also helps...

 

[CXRAndy]

@Marino.g If you bought the Bkool from the likes of Wiggle, send it back (doesnt work with Zwift) and ask for a exchange for a Neo or Kickr2 put some money towards it and have a great turbo trainer for all platforms even Bkool, you will be only a little slower but it will work pretty well.

Just ask
Bob
Dean
Kipster
Me
Monte

Happy Zwift users

 

[CXRAndy]

slightly under par throat sore, so gentle rides. Weather is patchy so Im going to finish training indoors for DD most likely

Bob's fault took it steady till the Pretzel, then with everyone riding by, red mist came down. Still got room for improvement, gone too early again.

Bob you have lost your pretzel title



Temporarily

 

[bobinski]

slightly under par throat sore, so gentle rides. Weather is patchy so Im going to finish training indoors for DD most likely

Bob's fault took it steady till the Pretzel, then with everyone riding by, red mist came down. Still got room for improvement, gone too early again.

Bob you have lost your pretzel title



Temporarily

Fecker.....

Well done- we all know how bloody hard that last bit is so impressive watts Andy.

Ride to box hill today. Set a personal best on the zig zags but thing is, got stuck behind a van who was stuck behind a cyclist so I reckon that I had a good 20 seconds in me and might just have troubled Colin's time
I tell you though I HATE Surrey and all the nob head drivers who made a ride in fantastic conditions really unpleasant at times.

Millions of cyclists out

 

[Breedon]

Strava is only showing 15 miles for Andys ride thought the pretzel was 45 miles

 

[bobinski]

Strava is only showing 15 miles for Andys ride thought the pretzel was 45 miles

Yeah, he only went for the sprint

 

[Breedon]

Oh right, I got a bit worried there

 

[CXRAndy]

Yeah, he only went for the sprint

I felt ok whilst taking it easy but that changed after I went for the sprint. I had planned on doing the 45 miles, body said no

 

[JLaw]

Arggh. I was cruising along with the lead group today and the damn phone rang, interrupting my tunes and groove. I knew I couldn't wait for the ringing to stop, so I leaned over and rejected the call. That was enough for the lead group to pull a away. Not surprisingly I wasn't able to hit the gas hard enough to catch them by myself. The next group was
way behind and no chance they'd catch the lead group. So I puttered along for the last couple laps by myself with lagging motivation.