There’s very little chance of being out alone on the roads, especially now in the offseason. In addition to that, you can ride on the 2016 Prudential Ridelondon courses (5 routes, 19.9 km of road) and in Richmond at the 2015 UCI World Road Race course.
The world of Watopia can be explored on one 6 detailed routes, which can be ridden in both directions.
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Next level: How to have fun on the indoor trainerĪfter you’ve hooked up your trainer and logged on with your personal account (10 €/month), you’ll find yourself on the street, ready to ride immediately. Communication was easy to setup and never had issues. The app also allows you to communicate with the riders in your vicinity and guide the camera perspective without having to dismount and go to the computer – pretty clever! During testing the communication between the indoor trainer, the smartphone and computer was reliable and consistent, with just a few minor and infrequent pauses.
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If you link the KICKR SNAP with the Zwift Mobile Link app (for iOS/Android) via Bluetooth on your smartphone or tablet then you’ll be privy to monitor your current live performance data. The Wahoo KICKR SNAP runs silent and reliable.
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Securing your bike onto the trainer takes a matter of seconds, and linking it with the Zwift software on the computer is quick and easy using the ANT+ USB stick (a separate purchase costing around 10 €), which works with both Windows and MacOS. The SNAP fits wheel sizes from 24″ to 29″ and it is compatible with all the current wheel axle setups. We chose the KICKR SNAP from Wahoo Fitness, to accompany us on our adventure into Watopia. Zwift is able to read all data from the trainer. The advantage of this is Zwift’s ability to not only decipher your performance data but also alter the resistance on the trainer, which can give you the satisfying sense of slipstreaming, or trying to counter an attack. If you’d really like to dive into the virtual reality, you should invest in a Smart Trainer, costing 500 € and upwards. Users who have an ANT+-compatible power metre, such as Quarq cranks, will get far more exact data. Zwift dishes up a horde of different options when it comes to linking your indoor training with the computer: the cheapest one relies on your pace, and provides you with the exerted watts. Normally, there is more traffic in Watopia. The virtual surrounding is called ‘Watopia’. Forget the tedium, their approach is interactive, turning previously isolating training into a sociable online game. I’m in a world known as “Watopia“ right now, part of the elaborate software from Zwift who have taken it upon themselves to make indoor training as fun as possible. Welcome to Watopia – pedaling hard in the world of Zwift
You can communicate with other riders via an app. I pedal harder, working up the speed to overtake. I tap my smartphone briefly, and my avatar gestures back: ok I’ll go.
The guy I’m tailing gives me a hand signal to take over the lead.
And so is the Spanish rider who claims the climb to overtake our group. Or rather, on the virtual world that’s playing out in front of my eyes, a landscape with its immaculate strip of tarmac and virtual bikes. “You made the right choice,” I say, forcing myself to concentrate on the screen in front of me once again. With the Wahoo KICKR and Zwift, indoor training gets a bit more exciting. But inside the road is perfectly tarmacked, winding its way through rich green, sun-drenched fields. Outside the wind is howling and heavy raindrops are hammering down aggressively on my window. The road is perfectly tarmacked, winding its way through rich green, sun-drenched fields. The gradient suddenly rises and I click up two gears to keep the cadence. I cling on to the rear wheel of my training partner just ahead of me, making the most of the slipstream. My calves are burning and I’m blinking furiously to get the sweat out of my eyes, as it drops unceremoniously onto the floor around me.
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