Did something change in the last Zwift update with regard to rolling resistance on gravel (for specific wheels/frames/combinations)? I did the DBR Wednesday Race last night B CAT ( ZwiftPower - Login ) and on the gravel part (road to ruins) some riders had a massive advantage on the downhill part. In…

Actually the idea is cool, but is there a list of what is gravel tyres? :grin:

[image] Michael_Heiberg_DBR: is there a list of what is gravel tyres There aren’t even tyre choices in the game. There are wheels, sure, but those shouldn’t dictate tyres. (Unless a tyre choice update snuck in and I haven’t noticed - it’s a while since I went into the garage.)

[image] Daren: [image] Michael_Heiberg_DBR: is there a list of what is gravel tyres There aren’t even tyre choices in the game. There are wheels, sure, but those shouldn’t dictate tyres. (Unless a tyre choice update snuck in and I haven’t noticed - it’s a while since I went into the gara…

1506: Could it be that the mountain bike has mountain bike tires and all the other bikes in game now, road bikes, have road bike tires? That wouldn’t account for the behaviour cited above, where some people had an advantage on Road to Ruins, would it? I mean, I’m assuming that no one was rid…

I could read that the rider in the front group who made a huge break with lower w/kg was riding 454 wheels, most of the others where on tronbike, so that wheels set was way quicker than tronbike, there must be other wheels to, there must be a list, or then zwift insider maybe know what they should t…

I was not in the race, but organize it. Since we have a team racing, then I was following it, both live and via a few streams. The race was Road to Ruins What we (all) noticed was not right. People on Zipp 454s were extremely quick on gravel, but slow on tarmac. Tron Bikes the opposite. The gu…

I know exactly what you are referring to. Even with different rolling resistances, a single rider should not be able to hold off a chasing pack, that are putting out same or higher power than him.

I experienced the same for yesterday’s Jungle Circuit Race, was getting passed by many single riders doing 2.5w/kg while I was putting out 3.7-4.0, couldn’t even sprint to catch them as they flew by. These results show the issue: ZwiftPower - Login (specifically the times and powers for the C group…

I think the issue is down to different clients not being updated. If you were on iOS, where the update is not enforced, then you would not experience the impact of being slower on gravel.

October 1 update: rolling resistance change for gravel roads?

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Jens_Frede_Rasmussen (Jens Frede F. Rasmussen [FUSION DEV]) October 3, 2019, 12:57pm 11

Having done 294 races (according to ZP) i have seen a bit of racing on Zwift. And what i experienced yesterday was absolutly not normal at all.

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October 1 update: rolling resistance change for gravel roads?

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