Imagine my surprise when new Zwift update connected the Steering Function to the Wattbike Atom. Imagine how excited I was! Imagine my disappointment when I found that the top button makes you continuously do U-turns with no way of exiting. Why, oh why, oh why don’t you test stuff! Simon

This needs a video, it sounds amusing.

The update of Zwift. The steering function now connects to the wattbike atom. Then you get the steering instructions in a free ride. Then you press a function button, the spiral o death starts and you have to exit to stop it.

I have video but Zwift don’t allow you to upload to the forum, it is just one continuous U-Turn.

That seems to suggest the game can’t tell the difference between a Kickr bike and Wattbike in terms of pairing, but the signal provided by the buttons isn’t what it’s expecting so everything goes potty. :rofl: But it’s not meant to work for the Wattbike yet.

Yep I managed to work that out… However, it recognises it as a Wattbike (in the info) It is likely needing Wattbike to do a firmware update to add the functionality, which means they will need to rewire there app that also uses there buttons.

Why on earth would zwift add steering to the kikr before the atom which has been a long establish trainer connecting to the swift world?

Presumably the Wattbike is due very soon, which is why we’re seeing an unfinished version: [IMG_20210123_093541] Credit: DCR

Yes, I get exactly the same. The aptly named spiral of death. You have to stop the ride, exit the app, then re-enter the app & start again. Obviously untested with Wattbike Atom.

The same for me, the anticipation of steering on a static Atom was high, got the splash screen after the update giving the detail, what could go wrong! Foolishly I didn’t try it until I was 16k into 30k route, around and around I went. Took a video, picture, tired everything, buttons, settings on t…

Zwift Steering on Wattbike Atom Spiral of Death

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shooj (Shuji) January 22, 2021, 6:42pm 2

@Simon_Stromberg_SNOW

Where did you read that? We added steering support the Wahoo Kickr Bike in this latest release, not the Wattbike.

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Zwift Steering on Wattbike Atom Spiral of Death

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