Use a video feed of the rider + AI to determine how aero the rider is at all time. Use that information to adjust resistance/speed in game. That will allow us to practice riding faster outdoors.

You expect every rider to have a video feed? And Zwift to process that in real time? In a large pack? Not gonna happen.

[image] Uncle_pHill: Use a video feed of the rider I use a M4 Pro Mac Mini and a 55” TV screen on a wall, how should this video feed come from that setup? [image] Nigel_Tufnel: And Zwift to process that in real time? In a large pack? How would the video feed of a rider alone on their …

I’m thinking that the rider’s position would need to be taken into account with relation to their position in the pack in Zwift, as well as the body position of all of the riders around them.

From reading, what the user is looking for is: I WANT to tweak the aerodynamics of my own avatar in game, based on real-time recording of me riding my own bike on a trainer SO THAT I can quantify the aero benefits and get a better position for riding a real bike outside. That’s how I understood …

A good number of rider already have a video enabled device in front of them - I for example run Zwift on a laptop on a stand in front of me - and the laptop only has to work out where I am on the scale between out of the saddle to seated with my nose on the bars (we’re not doing drag down to the nth…

Air resistance based on how you sit on your bike

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Uncle_pHill (Uncle) December 12, 2025, 12:41am 3

I’m well aware of that. Hopefully that means the product team will consider it.

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Air resistance based on how you sit on your bike

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