Hello everyone. I am trying to setup and use Zwift on an older road bike and Cycleops fan trainer. I know the general consensus is to purchase a smart trainer but I am looking for a solution before this is possible. I have the Garmin speed, cadence, and heart rate sensors which connect to my Fenix …

Hi @Cameron_Apt Welcome to the forum. Your Garmin and Zwift won’t show the same speed in the game. When the road go up your speed will go down if you hold the same power.

Hello @Gerrie_Delport_ODZ . I do understand that but my concern is that the speed within the Zwift pairing screen is not consistent with the speed on the Zwift in-game riding screen. It also works perfectly well to start and then shows a discrepancy with the in-put effort and out-put speed as compar…

LOL :joy::joy: I was just getting the link.

That makes sense. I will give it a shot and see it through. Thank you

Your displayed speed decreases, do your power numbers also drop?

No, power numbers seem to remain “normal”. Although I will admit I have not paid as much attention to them in the process as my speed slows to 0.

Speed sensor pairs, in game speed low

General Discussion

Paul_Allen (Paul) January 27, 2021, 11:59pm 4

I know @Gerrie_Delport_ODZ is going to post this sooner or later: https://forums.zwift.com/t/how-does-zwift-determine-my-speed

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Speed sensor pairs, in game speed low

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