Please make a zero offset for this whip.
Could not agree more. I’ve ask customer service already if they plan on releasing a seat clamp assembly that has zero setback. Waiting on their answer… I have short femur therefore I usually have to run quite a forward position on my road bike and with the 20mm stock seatpost I have my saddle slammed as far forward as I can and it’s still about 10-15mm too far back…This has caused me some knee pain I’ve never had before with my regular road bike. I really hope Zwift addresses this quickly as they definitely though about being able to change and replace the seat clamp assembly because it’s being hold with 4 bolts and not fixed permanently to the seat post.
If you can’t achieve good fit, that sounds like a reason to send it back if that’s an option. The odds of quickly getting the parts to achieve proper fit don’t seem very good to me. How will you live with the fit problems if the parts you need never come?
The good news is that there’s a kickr core that I can still use with my road bike and my wife fits well on the Zwift frame and kind of got her into cycling again so It’s not all bad. I have hope that Zwift will address the issue as again the assembly can be changed so they only need to get the zero setback clamp produced. I will be quite the lost opportunity with people using the Ride frame and trying to replicate their Time Trial or Triathlon position.
The top of the seat post could be cut, rotated 180 degrees, tig welded and finished back to factory. However a reversible factory option would be great
Virtual shifting seems pretty slow to me. Maybe it’s my Kickr V6?
I reversible head should have been tough off from day one but for some reason the seatpost was designed to be fitted only one way which is such a strange decision as a symmetric design would have solved all issue…bad design if you ask me.
It’s also quite slow for me with the virtual shift but you get use to it.
There was nothing stopping them from using an industry standard seatpost like 27.2mm or even one of the larger ones if more stiffness was desired. The entire “bike” is made of proprietary stuff you can’t buy. They don’t even offer a seatpost in their catalog, or a crankset, or the chain tensioner. Hopefully they will by the time the warranty runs out…
Small caveat to this, they now seem to be selling seatpost on their website which is a start as this really helps when you share your bike with someone else. My wife and I have two very distinct saddle and fore/aft position so having the option of quickly changing the seat post is a start. I agree with you though about the lack of available spare parts although they might exist but have to get in touch with customer service to buy them, anyways that’s what I’m hoping.
Ok cool. I figured it was the nature of the resistance. I do like how solid the Z-ride is.
A normal zero vs setback seatpost differs by only 2.5cm. A typical saddle can be moved about +/- 3cm within a clamp. Total about 5-6cm. The Zwift Ride supposedly offers a range of 10cm of saddle fore/aft adjustability.
Still not enough forward for me unfortunately hence Zwift needs to offer a zero offset seat clamp assembly or complete seat post in the future.
Yep, however to achieve a similar position (80+ degrees) to my tt position with aero bars, there isn’t much option. The zero offset gets me closer