Problem with a speed lecture between my static bike and Zwift

General Discussion
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Hello everyone. I recently purchased a Zwift compatible Ten Series XT70 bike. The application recognizes my bike but there is a problem that I cannot identify between the actual speed reading and the speed indicated by Zwift. I choose a workout where it says that to warm up you have to ride at 100 W and pedaling very fast with medium resistance I can’t reach 60 W. I don’t understand where this problem comes from. If anyone have some tips or something i would be very gratefull. Great day everyone.

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Try increasing the resistance

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Thanks Martin, I tried but I could never match the speed of Zwift.

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Best of luck with that one how far out is the speed, Zwift uses a fancy formula that involves weight and height etc to calculate speed, which no resemblance to the way physics actually measure speeds {distance travelled/time)

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Thanks Martin.

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Very unlikely to ever match. Zwift uses power generated, road resistance, bike wind resistance, size you input to Zwift and a host of other items to determine speed.

Your bike, more than likely, measures how fast your wheel is turning. Not going to match…

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But if they don’t match, does that mean I can’t follow the workouts as they are supposed to be?

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Most spin bikes cannot measure power accurately because they don’t have a power meter.