Wahoo, Zwift, and Xert - Dual recording

Bugs and Support
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Hi, I use the Wahoo app to dual record power pedals for some Zwift activities.

After connecting my accounts for outdoor rides, it looks like Zwift/Wahoo now reconciles the two and deletes the Wahoo recording.

Is there a way to retrieve the original Wahoo recording as it was using a different power source?

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Hi @Steve_Jukes

Shuji at Zwift HQ here. I’m not 100% clear on what you’re asking, so allow me to repeat back how I’m reading your post:

  1. You’re doing an INDOOR ride on Zwift. Looks like you’re paired to a KICKR v6 as your Power data source, correct?
  2. [I’m guessing now] - you’re dual-recording to a Wahoo ELEMNT computer of some type with power meter pedal or crank. Is that correct? If yes - this data is not captured by Zwift - it’s captured by Wahoo and exists in their ecosystem.
  3. Once you finish the ride - only the “native” data captured by Zwift from an indoor session should appear in your Zwift Activity Feed (either on the web or in the Companion app). This is expected and correct so you’re not seeing duplicate info for the same information.

Wahoo has several different mobile apps depending on which model of their computers you have. The ELEMNT app, the Wahoo app, and if you’re a subscriber to the SYSTM training platform, there’s an app for that. You may want to search Wahoo’s support site to see if there’s user-friendly way to chart that data within one of those apps.

If you’re racing on Zwift - the nerdier way to compare your two power sources in one place requires you to download your .FIT file from Wahoo, and upload that to ZwiftPower This support article will walk you through those steps

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Hi Shuji

  1. correct
  2. I’m using Wahoo app on iOS to record pedals
  3. Once I finish the ride and download the Wahoo fit file from their ecosystem, the Wahoo event has been overwritten and it is actually the Zwift Fit file that is sitting in their ecosystem.

But hold on, it might be Xert that is doing the overwriting. Let me give Xert read only access and see what happens

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Just a follow up.
I removed write access from Xert and its fixed the issue. I think there was some circular logic taking the Zwift activity and Xert and writing it back to Wahoo

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Thanks for the followup to confirm you found the solution.