Game seemed to run very smoothly, I'm on a dumb trainer and the drafting/accelerating were fairly predictable. I'll be streaming it here and there, I forgot to have auto archive on the stream but it's on now so the next one will be viewable whenever



Thanks man, hope to see you on the island soon

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What's your island name in case I see you out there? Ok if you don't want to tell... just cool to "know" some people when ur out there and ride together for a bit.

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Just got an invite and did a ride.

I'm just on rollers with a powertap. It really is pretty awesome. I like it a lot.

I'm in. M.Tosh. Just did a quick 11 minute ride with my Cycleops yesterday. So amazing to finally have something interactive without forking over another $1k on a smart trainer. May be on again tonight after 9pm ET

RIG:
CycleOps Fluid 2
2003 Trek 1000 58cm with 2012 Mavic Aksiom Race wheelset
[Stock] Shimano Triple (52/42/30) with a SRAM H50 11-28 8speed

Garmin Edge 705 with HRM, Cadence, and Speed
Garmin ANT+ for the Forerunner

MSI H67M-P31 Motherboard with a DVI and VGA (and unused HDMI) on the board
Intel Core i5 3.4MHz
8GB DDR3 1333
Dual 21" LED LCD's
Gigabit LAN connected to Comcast 105Mbps Blast Plus

I hopped on the trainer on sunday for a scheduled 2 hour ride and ted king and laurens ten dam showed up.

We had 75 guys online or so and there must have been 20-30 of us in a single pack.

Ted was chatting it up, complaining about the weather, and we had a lot of fun while trying to keep up to his watts/kg though im sure it was a recovery day for him

Potential is just so huge...







I lost that polkadot jersey.... lol.

I'm B. Jackson on Zwift. Going live again right now, I think I have it set so the stream records so it can be viewed later as well so people who can't see it live can still check out the game.

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So my buddy dropped off my new PC today. I must say the difference is HUGE. The frame rate is spotless now. No more clipping. My Powertap is due back from Saris tomorrow as well so I can ditch zPower (even though it seems pretty accurate now) ... I am thoroughly enjoying this software on a daily basis. Hope to see everyone out there.

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warwicke36 wrote:

So my buddy dropped off my new PC today. I must say the difference is HUGE. The frame rate is spotless now. No more clipping. My Powertap is due back from Saris tomorrow as well so I can ditch zPower (even though it seems pretty accurate now) ... I am thoroughly enjoying this software on a daily basis. Hope to see everyone out there.

Should've just built one yourself. Are you incompetent ;)

I can't read a spec sheet [/Pink]

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Ha. Have fun racking up the PR's in the 10-15 minutes it takes for your fluid trainer to warm up and match the guesstimate of power. Zoom zoom!

These are my laptop specs, it's 2013. Where do I stand WRT the Min/Good/Best spec recommendations? I thought it was a high end compy when I bought it, but it's also the first computer I've had to buy in a long time and I'm not up to date with all the current stuff. Just wondering if I'm seeing low, medium or high graphics.

Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
HD 1 TB
Processor 2.3 GHz Core i7-3615QM
RAM 8 GB DDR3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M 2GB Graphics Card Ram

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What did you use before Zwift to record your ride? Just a Garmin? Just keep using it and upload to GC like normal is my advice. The zwift and Garmin recorded rides match up to each other within a watt for me (speed obviously is different). So far I've been having both my Garmin 800 and laptop/Zwift linked to my PM/Cadence, Speed and HR and they both record without a hitch.

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I train on a Computrainer with Power and the data has to be transmitted out from the application to be captured on my Garmin. Without that I'd have to use my race wheels with PowerTap ANT+ broadcasting simultaneously to Laptop and Garmin. While this is possible it's less than ideal to use my race wheels on the trainer as well has have to calibrate my PT to match my CT.

Relay is the best way to get this done and it's a simple bit of code.

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Looks to me like you fall between the Recommended and Extreme specs on their website. Your specs are well above mine and I have no issues with quality/lags/etc. I do have a great internet connection but PC and Video specs are just standard mid level PC - I5 - 4gb ram - Intel graphics.

I'm trying to things installed on my wife's laptop to try it out. It has a much better Nividia graphics card but it is a slower processor - Centrino Dual core. So I'm not sure if it will be better or worse.

My Powertap repair is done and I got my wheel back today :) thanks for your concern

EDIT: I was 30 watts higher today with the Powertap than I was for my ride yesterday with zPower. It's all perception I know, but the effort levels were pretty similar. I am willing to concede I probably had a bit of "new toy power" today but definitely not 30 watts/avg worth. I estimate 20-25 watts low with zPower for my setup. I did the same thing I always do in regard to setup. 3.5 turns on the knob of the K.K. ... same tire as before, pumped to 100psi. Since it was a different wheel, there is a possibility for slightly different rolling resistance. The wheels do measure the same I.D. and O.D. so there shouldn't be a ton of difference.

Anyways, It's cool zwift island is growing. Glad there are some people here out there. Happy Zwifting.

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Pretty sure I see you out there a bunch when I am on. You're a strong rider. Were you on tonight between 4-5ish?

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West coast here, i rode for an hour at lunch today yeah (12-1p)

I generally do 3 one-hour rides mid week and then a 3hr ride on sundays.

Nice, east coast here so 4-5ish for me.

J. Doughty on the Island

Probably see you there soon.

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I downloaded the software but can't get it to open without an error. Anyone else run into this issue. The requirements say is needs a pretty robust graphics card. I have an Intel HD Graphics card. Could that be the issue. What would be the cheapest card i could get if i needed to upgrade. I don't really know squat about graphics cards.

They have an FAQ about video card driver updating. Likely your video cards drivers are out of date. You can send them an error log report. You should send them a DxDiag report as well. Their website support page explains how to do this. Ultimately go to the manufacturer of your pc or laptop and go to their downloads section for your unit. Download the newest drivers. Make sure you get 32 or 64 bit depending on your setup. Hope this helps.

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I'm using a Intel HD Graphic card on an I3 Quad core Lenovo desktop. No issues for me. So I think your Graphics card should be OK. Like already recommended - submit a ticket and/or update your drivers and make sure everything is up to date (windows update).

I wanted to do the same comparison with my Quarq yesterday. I have bot zwift and my Garmin recording with a rear wheel sensor. I tried to unpair the quarq from Zwift to use Zpower (I have a KK road machine/RR), and made sure the speed and cadence (read from the quarq) picked up. Zwift saw my cadence, but power stayed at zero and I didn't move even though my speed was paired and working (evident by my Garmin picking up speed).

Do I need to do anything for Zpower set-up (e.g. tell it I have a KK)? I couldn't find anything/where to do that. Just thought it would be interesting to compare the Zpower to quarq power.

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Here is what I did. Since I am unable to log into Zwift on 2 separate computers, without 2 separate beta invites I had to work around it a bit to compare data. Sorry if this gets a bit confusing but I will try my best to explain my process.

1. I ran a comparison of zPower to Trainer Roads virtual power at around 200avg (on TR). I had Trainer Road and Zwift running simultaneously and recording both from my garmin speed cadence sensor, using 2 separate ANT sticks.
2. I compared the avg. wattage numbers after an hour long ride and found zwift to be 25 watts lower than T.R. ( at least at that specific wattage with my specific setup, Kurt Kinetic, Conti GP4000sii, 100psi, 3.5 turns of the knob) I should mention Zwift's zPower is ever changing and it HAS been updated since I ran my test. It appears much better now than before.

What I want to do now that I have my Powertap back is 2 things. Run Trainer Road on my laptop with Virtual Power at the same time as running Zwift on my PC with my Powertap. That will give me an idea of how accurate my Trainer Road numbers from the last few months were (really need to redo an FTP test but I am procrastinating.) Then after doing that I want to do the reverse. Run Trainer Road with my Powertap and run Zwift with my Speed Cadence sensor. That will tell me how far off Zwift's zPower is. Again all of this only really applies to MY setup. If you have a different whee/tire, or inflation psi, or trainer all of this means nothing.

To answer your question about entering a specific trainer, YES you do have to. When you Search for garmin speed/cadence in Zwifts ANT devices screen ... wait until it finds the spd/cad sensor then from that screen it will list 3 trainers (as of now) select Kurt Kinetic. Then you will be riding with zPower. You will have to disable you powermeter from that menu too. When you start riding in Zwift if there is still a lightning bolt next to your watts/kg next to your name then you are still reading from the powermeter.

Let me know what you find. I find comparing different setups of virtual power to powermeters interesting.

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Cool, thanks, it must be that last step of choosing the trainer that I'm not doing. I don't remember seeing it, but my speed/cadence has always been synced, I didn't open the search option for it. I'll try again tonight for my easy spin.

I don't use TR, so can't do anything with their virtual power. I do wonder if Zwift accounts for the couple percent difference in crank/pedal power vs PT power.

I know I've seen some of you guys out there. J Siegel is my name. I usually just put Zwift on off to the side and watch TV and do my intervals. When I have a little freedom I go for the climbs or sprints. Never really tried to stick with a group, though my longer intervals sometimes make me end up in one and recognize some of the names in this thread.

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Nice, I'm pretty sure I have seen you out there. It's weird when I log on I forget everyone's name. I usually see many of the same names when I am on.

It is really easy to back out of the screen where you select your trainer, I did it 2 times the first time I tried to get the game going. It had the same result as you. You start pedaling and nothing happens. Go back in and just go through the screens slowly and you'll see it.

I just downloaded the Zwift android app yesterday. It's pretty cool. From any location you can see who is riding. Then when you are connected to the same Wifi as your Zwift computer, when you start moving in Zwift that screen changes to an in game screen. That gives you Metrics and the ability to wave and stuff to other rides as you drop them.

I can see setting up some group rides for sure. I think it would have to be like local group rides. Maybe an A, B, and C group. Something like 4+ w/kg, 3+w/kg, and 2+ w/kg or something like that. Otherwise when you get to the back side of the island and some climbing people will drop like flies. Just a thought, as I would really like to try a ride drafting more than just 1 other person. FWIW I have only drafted someone effectively for about a lap and a half. We separated at the hill and then regrouped at the descent. We had about a .4 w/kg discrepancy, and it seemed to work well. I was doing a 2 hour ride last night and keeping fairly constant power, the pull was unintentional but just happened due to logistics/timing. It definitely seems easier to draft/pull with a good computer setup and a powermeter. Because I got my new PC and my Powermeter within a day of each other it's hard for me to tell which is more important. I think a good internet connection plays a role as well. Before I found myself doing a lot of leapfrogging, but now with two people riding at steady power it was pretty easy.

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