I've been on it for 2 years using a computrainer and have never had a problem with the software.

https://zwift.com/news/9309-mapchoice

I just bit the bullet and signed up a couple weeks ago. It makes an hour go by fast on the trainer.

I did get suckered in to a race the other day. I was supposed to be doing an easy recovery ride but did a race instead. It’s tempting to get off your schedule to do a group ride or race.

$15 a month seems fair to me.

I did get suckered in to a race the other day. I was supposed to be doing an easy recovery ride but did a race instead. It’s tempting to get off your schedule to do a group ride or race.

$15 a month seems fair to me.

I will also say I have some serious reservation about a company that goes through several days of massive server problems and outages, who before these things are even resolved announces a price increase?!?!?! That seems like terrible business sences and gives me great pause to become a customer

Lol not that I want to actually send people down that rabbit hole but

TrainerRoad is also $15 a month

Says $99/year in my TR account. But I pay for zwift too so I'm not complaining.

With that being said, I can see no reason to use TR. The TR is way better for workouts and training library argument is barely a thing anymore and Zwift’s wko creator is far easier to use than TR’s.... exponentially so if you know how to create the .zwo text file.

The other and oft given reason that I don’t have a PC/laptop powerful enough to use Zwift is more or less nullified by the mobile version or Apple TV version. Is it as pretty as the graphics on a high end gaming rig? No, but that’s not a concern for the peeps that just want a wko and occasional race.

Basically, Zwift does everything TR does and TR does nothing Zwift can do beyond workouts. I’m no TR hater or anything but it’s like SD TV vs 4K HDTV here.

With that being said, I can see no reason to use TR. The TR is way better for workouts and training library argument is barely a thing anymore and Zwift’s wko creator is far easier to use than TR’s.... exponentially so if you know how to create the .zwo text file.

The other and oft given reason that I don’t have a PC/laptop powerful enough to use Zwift is more or less nullified by the mobile version or Apple TV version. Is it as pretty as the graphics on a high end gaming rig? No, but that’s not a concern for the peeps that just want a wko and occasional race.

Basically, Zwift does everything TR does and TR does nothing Zwift can do beyond workouts. I’m no TR hater or anything but it’s like SD TV vs 4K HDTV here.

its not lost on me that since starting on zwift, the territory and function has grown tremendously.

- so many more different routes
- better graphics and sound
- more workout and some basic plans
- running function

All of these I use and can appreciate. I can see these functions and future enhancement adding value and justifying the costs. In particular training plans like TrainerRoad, structured and varied depending on ability and goals would be super valuable to me.

Moreover, the convenience and safety side of the equation is supremely important to me. Wife and two kids and fulll time job and elderly parents. Suiting up for a road ride takes 30 mins and another 20mins of intersections to get to my favorite roads. Bad weather, crazy drivers, and potholes stress me out. Not a fan of freezing my butt off for the first 45 mins either, during am rides. Since zwift and to a more limited extent TrainerRoad before that, I’d train and race out doors still. Now, I am 99% training and racing indoors. Safe, hard, and super convenient. I still road bike race, duathlon, and tri outside for races but training rides are now virtually all indoors. But in the evening when kids are in bed, I can sneak on down to garage and hammer out a 60 min session training or racing.

If that was it, then it’s already compelling, but I also enjoy being part of the community. Am On a training and race team for zwift where I hammer it out with my international mates from all over the world. We push each other and occasionally even trash talk. We schedule to meet up at races, show up and crush it out, executing team tactics. Loads if fun. And bye, the tss of 90-95 matches or blows away the TrainerRoad efforts: competition and camaraderie are pretty big motivators.

If it was just graphics and a couple of “ghost” riders, then yeah, pretty boring. But there are literally thousands of riders and races/rides to join in 24/7. That’s valuable and what makes zwift awesome.

My experience, yours may differ.

With that being said, I can see no reason to use TR.