I’m still struggling with the exaggerated resistance when changing gear, even after doing lots of coasting on some easy rides and doing a forced calibration of my Kickr V6 in the Wahoo app. Before I had the Zwift ride, I had my MTB on the same Kickr V6 with the same Zwift Cog and a set of V2 clicks. The shifting was fine. No extra resistance. Unfortunately I no longer have access to these Clicks to try them and see if that helps the issue. Maybe someone who is having the issue and has Clicks and the Zwift ride controllers can try both and see if there is any difference between the two when controlling shifting?
@MonicaP @shooj can you please confirm if this issue is on the list of bugs to be squashed. Also, if there is anything we can do to help?
Are you using wifi too? Does it perform the same if using Bluetooth?
I’ve used WiFi as long as I’ve had the Kickr V6. The previous setup I mentioned earlier was on WiFi with no issues. I’ll try Bluetooth next ride and report back if it makes a difference
That’s interesting, I assume you already updated firmware for the ride controls?
All devices updated to latest firmware versions
Tried the shifting with the Kickr connected via Bluetooth after my workout today. Shift is definitely smoother going to harder gears! Thanks for the heads up. Seems it is an issue related to WiFi
edit: I take it back. Bluetooth again today and had the big jumps in power needed to keep the gears turning when changing up
I’ve now tried several auto-calibration attempts on the KickrCore2 using Zwift Ride (letting it roll until the flywheel comes to a stop).
Unfortunately, the problem persists. Each time I shift up a gear, the resistance increases by a good 50-70 watts for about 2-3 seconds before the power drops back to an expected level.
If I shift up 3-4 gears (in preparation for a sprint), the resistance becomes so high that I can barely keep the cranks turning.
At the very beginning, for the first 3-4 rides, everything worked perfectly, which is somewhat surprising.
For me and my 8-year-old children, who occasionally ride around Watopia, this is a highly unsatisfactory situation.
I’ve connected the system via Wi-Fi; I’ll try it via Bluetooth soon.
I expect both variants to work.
I’ve already tried all possible combinations of Racemode ON/OFF, instant or 3-second power smoothing, trainer difficulty, etc., unfortunately without any useful results.
best regards!
Christian
I tried my setup on Biketerra today as it now supports the Zwift Ride and Cog. Virtual shifting works beautifully on that app. Smooth shifts up and down. No calibration or fiddling. I just connected my devices and started pedaling. I think I can safely say this is a Zwift issue now
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Greetings,
Yesterday I disconnected the KickrCore2 from the Wi-Fi network and paired it via Bluetooth in the Zwift game.
The shifting behavior hasn't changed. I'm still experiencing significant power spikes every time I shift up.
Today I deleted the Zwift game from my PC and installed a freshly downloaded version.
After the installation, an update seemed to run for ages.
The effort was for nothing; the virtual shifting is still just as bad as before.
I'll contact support and send them the *.fit file along with some screenshots clearly showing these spikes.
I hope there's a solution soon; always doing workouts in erg mode is getting boring.
I'll keep you posted!
Christian
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Another interesting discovery. Did the Alpe yesterday during an ERG workout. Workout ended at the top and I decided to spin my legs down the Alpe for a bit. Gear changes on the downhill were smooth with even jumps in resistance for each gear I changed up
There seems to be a growing community of riders suffering with the increase of resistance on trainers recently.
I’m on Elite Directo XR with play controlers and I’m having the same issue. Despite changing gear from the 5 which it’s set at when you join a ride, the resistance seems to go up considerably more than the gear change should be. I can change up to 24 and down to 1, but the resistance just stays hard and does not change.
I’ve tried disconnecting the trainer resetting the computer, Zwift play controlers etc and eventually I can get it all working correctly again and have a normal ride.
I am in touch with the ZWIFT Support Team.
They reguested a short video (screen capture) showing the problem.
I did two short rides, first one on my purpose build ZWIFT PC, the second running the game on my iPad.
On both rides i had these „Spikes“ when shifting up.
Looking forward to receive an answer from the Support Team!
Please all, write to the ZWIFT support about the problem. Send them a link to this forum.
Maybe this rises the awarness and the issue gets higher priority?!
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Support team response: The power spike issue has been forwarded to Zwift’s “best skilled team”.
I will be informed as soon as there are any new findings.
Let’s wait and see, hope dies last.
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I ran a few more tests today. In summary, I can say:
It makes no difference whether you use a PC or iPad—the problem is still there.
It makes no difference whether you use a ZWIFT Ride or Play controller—the problem is still there.
It makes no difference how the devices are connected (BT, WiFi, companion app)—the problem is still there.
A factory spindown on the Kickr Core2 makes no difference—the problem is still there.
The KickrCore2 regulates the resistance perfectly, regardless of whether the workout comes from ZWIFT itself, Xert EBC controls the smart trainer, or an imported *.zwo file is used.
I have sent a summary of my tests today to support; I hope it is useful to them.
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I have these same issues on my Elite Rivo with the Cog. Shifting up one gear and maintaining cadence might be a 40w jump, which then drifts back to maybe 25w. All changes in grandient also seem to be instant and feel like double the expected amount at first, making any even or anticipatory riding almost impossible.