Since these two apps are officially end of life and being deprecated (but open source on Github),
is there anyone out there with software skills who can cleverly use these as a starting point for a Copilot-drafted ZwiftRow app?
Peter
EXR is kind of like Zwift for rowing with events, a shop you can use to buy rowing kit for your avatar and boat upgrades.
Unless Zwift might resurrect its old rowing project (as a third tier to running) then I’m not sure what else is needed, there are reasonable rowing apps already available.
People say Zwift shouldn’t have rowing, only bikes, but then it has running also…
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From the website, EXR looks pretty good. Took a lot of inspiration from Zwift. I could imagine that Zwift could buy them out fairly cheaply and add the Rowing in addition to running and bikes - sort of a triathlon. Also they have Henley (London cycling-route adjacent) and Boston. I can imagine that runners (and cyclists) would enjoy some downtown cobbles for a crit, and (especially runners) the Boston Marathon route.
Those 3rd part Apps like RowedBiker are terrible at Zwift integration. I have been indoor rowing with a Concept 2 since 2000. The App needed a far more complex power conversion than a linear “fixed percentage” one. Sure the App is fine for just training with a RoboPacer but the power spread of the rower translates really badly to Zwift. Your top end power on a bike is far higher than on a rower so any sprints you try and do on the rower are hopeless.
I hope that doesn’t happen, I’m happy with EXR.
Zwift had a rowing function but never released it.
Correct it was years ago and it looked all developed and two weeks before the release date they killed it. The reason was never released, or at least I never found out why. EXR is a long way short on the graphics compared to Zwift, but then rowing software always will be, it lacks several variation components like changes in terrain and hills and tight packed riding and no drafting so all in all nowehre near the immersive experiance thats possible on a bike.
Are you saying rowing (on a lake or river) should have hills and drafting?