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Re: Zwift vs. TR erg modes [jsoderman]
jsoderman wrote:
Zwift seemed to do a much better job of 'controlling' my trainer (Kickr) than TR does. The power on a hard interval seems to level out quicker and there was less variability. Anyone else have a similar experience? All of my firmware and software versions are up to date

Well, I had exactly the same impression until lately. I've used Trainerroad for several years and last autumn started also with Zwift (using Elite Drivo and Mac mini). I've always had the feeling that Trainerroad erg mode is like riding in the sand and somehow very unnatural - so starting from some point I did not like to use erg mode in Trainerroad anymore.The first impression with Zwift was that Zwift erg mode was far superior feeling and yes, much less waiving and variability. I also like very much the Zwift erg mode feature how it shuts erg mode automatically off/on if you stop pedaling. In Trainerroad one has to wait when Drivo resets it and this takes some time. But there was one important difference in my Trainerroad and Zwift setups - namely Zwift connection was via Bluetooth and Trainerroad via Ant+FEC. From curiosity I recently tried Trainerroad erg mode via Bluetooth and somehow it feeled quite better than what I remembered from the past. I must repeat this to be sure, but maybe the Bluetooth connection is more error-proof, less dropped packages etc. Also I don't know exactly but maybe ANT+FEC updates info between trainer and software max 1 time per second, as BLuetooth can have higher rates?
Last edited by: Tr3: Feb 5, 18 15:46

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