IndieVelo

[Proto]

Anyone giving IndieVelo a try?

I've been dabbling off and on for the last few weeks (I'm usually on Zwift) and It seems pretty good to me. Graphics, connectivity, routes all fine but I wonder if I'm the only real life person on there, just surrounded by bots (with very questionable names!) when I'm riding.

Not yet tried group rides or races, but are 'real' riders invisible whilst I'm on the free start up version? All a bit weird.

 

[johnblack]

Yep I'm on there, use it two or three times a week, enjoying it.

 

[Legs]

Yep I'm on there, use it two or three times a week, enjoying it.

I like the different race formats, but I don't like the fact that so many of the opponents are bots. In the few races I've done, I've either won easily, or been left for dead before miraculously coming back to win or nearly win (almost as if the bots are putting their brakes on, having realised it wasn't close enough...)

The workouts work well. I still prefer the customisability of Zwift's workouts, and their on-screen prompts/messages.

Indoors, I really can't see the point of just riding around for the sake of riding around.

 

[johnblack]

I like the different race formats, but I don't like the fact that so many of the opponents are bots. In the few races I've done, I've either won easily, or been left for dead before miraculously coming back to win or nearly win (almost as if the bots are putting their brakes on, having realised it wasn't close enough...)

The workouts work well. I still prefer the customisability of Zwift's workouts, and their on-screen prompts/messages.

Indoors, I really can't see the point of just riding around for the sake of riding around.

I like some of their training sessions, plus I'm happy to hop on for an hour at Z2 when I don't have the time to go out, not tried the racing but I shall give it a pop

 

[Legs]

I've only been doing the occasional race on IV - I think most of them have been part of the Monthly Challenge series. Did another one yesterday - just a 3.7km TT on the "Sprinters' Climb". I won - just - in spite of going out way too hard and seeing my power drop off before I really even got to the climb.

One thing that I noticed, though, was that the bot-naming has improved... to the point that I couldn't tell who was real and who were bots!