Completing catch up day on stage 2 of tour de Zwift and thought I had a chance of winning having learnt from previous rides. Felt I had timed things perfectly and caught and passed a breakaway rider around half way. Decided to carry on at the pace I was going and built a 12 second lead. with approx …

Hi Angus, yeah, that seems to be the takeaway for me. I do find the inaccuracy disappointing and frustrating as real progress is difficult to measure. :joy: definitely not riding at 40km/h for an hour. I’ve got a wahoo heart rate monitor as well as the wahoo speed and cadence sensors but they are c…

Re the pwoermeter or smart trainer, do you have any recommendations?

Wahoo has a sale on their smart trainers right now: [image] Sale Items Shop smart indoor bikes, trainers, pedals, heart rate sensors, multisport watches, and gaps devices for all levels of runner, cyclist and endurance athletes. There is also the Zwift Hub, p…

Any direct drive trainer or powermeter will be much more accurate than your current setup and you won’t get flagged. If you want to ride mainly indoors a cheaper direct drive trainer like Zwift Hub will make for a much better experience. If you want power measurement outdoors, whatever fits your par…

Thanks Angus, the Zwift Hub looks like it will meet my needs. :+1:

Getting a real power meter or smart trainer would be best, however if you want to tune the speed sensor down a notch, you could pick a smaller wheel size in the game.

If you are in the UK, Tredz have the ThinkRider ETC X5-2 direct drive trainer on sale at £250.

Thanks Paul, that sounds like an interesting solution for the time being. I agree the best solution is power meter or smart trainer. Got a small budget so just got decide best bang for my buck. :+1:

Thanks Tim, will have a look at that; appears to be a good price.:+1:

Ride not recorded (tour de zwift stage 2 today) because i was going too fast. why?

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Thanks Mike, will have a look at these.

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Ride not recorded (tour de zwift stage 2 today) because i was going too fast. why?

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