Hello everyone,
I am still super new to Zwift and I am facing some technical problems. First time using it I used Zwift on a Schwinn IC8 at work, not a smart Trainer to change resistance automatically. I could do about 160 watts avg. See first screenshot.
However, now I got myself my own trainer for home workouts. It’s a under 300€ trainer with Bluetooth connection and I can connect it to swift as power source and cadence. It doesn’t have a speed sensor nor can I connect controllable function.
Now on this second trainer, top left I am maxing out at 130 watts at 104 RPM with decent resistance, usually I can easily ride at 90 for an hour. Which is way below than what I could do at the Schwinn Trainer.
And also, looking at the left, the colored Zones are missing suddenly.
Is this the trainers fault? What am I doing wrong here. I had both devices connected the same way. (I used one on my phone and one on my pc).
Thanks for any help
Edit: what I also just noticed, the calculated burnt KJs are heavenly different. Same account, same weight entered etc.
The Schwinn cannot be trusted to measure power accurately. Not knowing what the other trainer is, I can’t say if it’s known to be accurate or not. If it’s been reviewed by DC Rainmaker or GPLama there will probably be some information in the review about its accuracy compared to known good power meters.
It’s strange that you’re not seeing the colours in the zone display. Does that happen every time?
The graphs can be toggled on/off using the action bar or via the G key on a PC or Mac. That’s the first thing I would check
From the OP’s screenshot, I think they mean the power bar in the HUD at top-left.
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If he has an elevated FTP from the Schwin bike then the colors will be set to the power zones from that bike, the new trainer must be measuring much lower, hence it thinks he is in zone 1 and not zone 2, 3, etc…
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According to this I have to update my FTP in order to see colored zones again right? thanks. I will do so tomorrow.
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Thank you Paul. I thought the Schwinn would be quite decent since it’s more than 1000€.
The one I am using and which is giving me the very low watt results is a Toputure Spinning bike for less than 300€. You can buy it on Amazon. I am very pleased with it so far apart from the low watt output according to Zwift.
I don’t think either of those bikes offers any level of accuracy. Either/both could be off. You would need a proper power meter to know which one is more correct. The number of spin bikes that offer good power measurement is near zero.
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