Last night i rode the Volcano circuit again after reducing my weight to 300lbs. It was significantly closer to IRL, on the easier side. I plan on bumping it up to 350 on my next ride to assess the change.
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Maybe dumb, but have you checked the metric/imperial selection is correct and you are not entering 450kg.
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Just confirmed it is set to imperial.
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New Question - During last night’s ride i noticed that when i hit a hill my cadence in Zwift drops regardless of whether or not it drops on the bike. At about 2:30 the first incline was approaching. I did what i would normally do outside, picked up the pace a bit to build up some additional momentum. When i felt the resistance increase for the in-game incline i focused on keeping my cadence at ~60 rpm. The Zwift app showed it dropped to around 50. Now curious, i watched closely on the next incline. Again i focused on keeping my cadence at ~60 rpm, but the game showed it dropping all the way to about 15 rpm. I am certain I was significantly higher than 15 rpm.
Any idea on what is gong on here?
Zwift maxes out at around 220kg anyway
IMO, I believe this is because of Zwift’s speed algorithm not playing well for extreme outliers. 200kg is an EXTREME outlier for a zwift rider. I believe that heavy riders on flats are disadvantaged unproportionally. Additionally, I believe extremely lightweight riders (less than 55kg) are given too much speed on flats.
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Zwift doesn’t do anything with the cadence, it just reports what it is told by the cadence sensor (and makes your avatars legs move at that speed). If the cadence is wrong it’s probably your cadence sensor, what are you using for a cadence sensor?
I had an issue with the tacx neo (it estimates cadence from the fluctuations in power) in that it generally underestimated my cadence when standing.
The original Tacx Neo does that, but the Neo 2 has a built-in cadence sensor which relies on the cranks being in the right position and long enough to reach it in order to be accurate.
My original neo broke and garmin gave me a refurbished neo 2 as a replacement and for cadence I found this out and for me it is even worse! I have an MTB on the trainer and I think the longer wheelbase means my crank/pedals barely pass the sensor so I’m regularly doing 15rpm in a sprint!
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Not yet, I keep meaning to, but I’m only mildly irritated by it at the moment.
Whoa. #notrealbikethings 