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[AAAC 76C]

Anyone have a fix for following problem. Been running the Smart Pro 2 for a month now. Been working OK. Just today when the trainer is activated by Bkool sim or Zwift, the resistance goes ridiculously high - ie almost impossible to turn at 34-21. Tried unpairing, re-pairing, turning off/unplugging the trainer etc etc Thanks....

what is the resistance and noise like with no power i.e. plug off no volts

 

[Daddy Pig]

Anyone have a fix for following problem. Been running the Smart Pro 2 for a month now. Been working OK. Just today when the trainer is activated by Bkool sim or Zwift, the resistance goes ridiculously high - ie almost impossible to turn at 34-21. Tried unpairing, re-pairing, turning off/unplugging the trainer etc etc Thanks....

It's known in the trade as f@cked..

 

[AAAC 76C]

For the purpose of training I am going to change my BSim Avatar to this to see who can keep up:

 

[keithaitch]

Great race @BILL S I thought you pulled me all the way except for the first steep hill when I might have been of some use. I knew I went too early , I should have waited for the last steep kick, which was my plan but when i got ahead of you I had to try to go for it. When you came past me I had nothing and couldn't kick again. . Ride of the night though surely goes to @perswe who soloed it from bloody miles out and bill and I could do nothing even working together. No replies from me tonight we have instigated a 21:00 tech curfew, god knows what we'll do! Talk i suppose!...that's only going to lead to trouble I can tell!

 

[Whorty]

Totally different to being on the road, and when the misses got heating on full blast it isn’t pleasant

You need a fan. A very BIG fan. I used to over heat badly and it's not nice. Make sure your tyres are pumped to the max too, makes a massive difference. I only put mine to 105, but others push even higher. But yes, completely different to riding on the road. Great fun though

 

[Whorty]

Too much faith Carl, on a mere blip of performance. Stage 1 is more suitable than 2. And TTT is about keeping together right until the end

On the TTT, you can do a great Stannard for the team The engine that brings the team home to glory and medals

 

[Brendan Parker]

What a difference internet makes. I could see people and scenery!

 

[threerock44]

what is the resistance and noise like with no power i.e. plug off no volts

Everything off, turns fairly easily...... just appears to have all the resistance applied once it syncs to either sim software.

 

[Whorty]

Anyone have a fix for following problem. Been running the Smart Pro 2 for a month now. Been working OK. Just today when the trainer is activated by Bkool sim or Zwift, the resistance goes ridiculously high - ie almost impossible to turn at 34-21. Tried unpairing, re-pairing, turning off/unplugging the trainer etc etc Thanks....

Sorry - never seen this on the old Pro trainer.

 

[Whorty]

For the purpose of training I am going to change my BSim Avatar to this to see who can keep up:

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I'll be trying as hard as I can ... to keep up

 

[BILL S]

Great race @BILL S I thought you pulled me all the way except for the first steep hill when I might have been of some use. I knew I went too early , I should have waited for the last steep kick, which was my plan but when i got ahead of you I had to try to go for it. When you came past me I had nothing and couldn't kick again. . Ride of the night though surely goes to @perswe who soloed it from bloody miles out and bill and I could do nothing even working together. No replies from me tonight we have instigated a 21:00 tech curfew, god knows what we'll do! Talk i suppose!...that's only going to lead to trouble I can tell!

Strong ride from you tonight Keith. I think we were about evens but you ran out of steam at the end and I had just enough to catch you and pull ahead after you made your break. As you said, ride of the night must go to @perswe who certainly gave me a bit of a scare considering I thought we'd easily catch him working together. Must remember not to underestimate opponents. Again. I think we could have drafted a bit better but probably not enough to catch per. I think @perswe will have to be my target on saturday

 

[perswe]

@keithaitch @BILL S
Indeed I felt strong today and could deliver longer on higher BPM and I think it was all me and the strategy I had (pull away before the hill and the try to maintain a lead to the flats) the first two thirds...but looking at my watts the last third or forth of the race I think it is safe to say that I had some help. I think I was a minute or so better than I should have been under normal circumstances. I must admit I have been longing for abit of that fairt dust at times. Now that I had it....it’s not as fun. I felt stronger yes, but i wasn’t that strong. I wish i was...

 

[<Tommy>]

Zwift update inc a little change for Tommy;

Hey Zwifters, this update is a little different as we'll be rolling it out to Zwifters over several days, with Apple TV being first (1/31), Mac following (2/1), and Windows and iOS coming in the days afterwards. We're doing this to verify some small graphics changes we made work with the many hundreds of different computer configurations Zwift can run on.

With that out of the way, this update contains bug fixes, some minor features to support upcoming big features, and a couple of new routes in the route picker.

Notable changes are:

• Watopia 'Mega Pretzel' route added which covers all areas of Watopia in one route (except the bonus radio tower climb on the Epic KOM)
• 'Greatest London Flat' route added which includes the recently added 'Richmond Park' flat road.
• Graphics brightness auto-adjusts now so that caves, subways, valleys in shadow, etc are much brighter than before
• Fondo Bambino 4 week training plan added
• Distance based events now have a 3d holographic finish line added. This allows for the 5k and 10k runs to now have a visible finish. It also allows for more creative cycling events that could end anywhere on the course (ie, at the top of a climb).
• Users without an FTP or run pace zones set can now inform Zwift of what their fitness level generally is so workouts can be performed at a more reasonable level without needing to take a test.
• Fixed an issue where iOS and Apple TV devices could get into a state where they never see other riders until app was manually killed.
• Gear shift indicator added for Wattbike Atom users
• Bluetooth treadmill support for BowFlex BXT116/BXT216 treadmills
• Bluetooth "FTMS" treadmill protocol added
• Support for Gym bikes that use the Wahoo GymConnect protocol added
• Cyclists in London moved closer to edge of the road to avoid head on collisions with opposing traffic
• BETA: Running Pacer Bots can be turned on in some events. They will travel at the specified pace for each subgroup.
• Footpod run cadence now senses if bluetooth pod is broadcasting steps or strides per minute
• Fixed hologram treadmills from appearing outside of the warmup area for events
• New running idle animation added
• Lots of little bug fixes and behind the scenes changes

Thanks for the info Bob. That is good news indeed!

 

[AAAC 76C]

Everything off, turns fairly easily...... just appears to have all the resistance applied once it syncs to either sim software.

That is odd. If it was noisy and hard going then it is probably mechanical.
How old is the trainer?

 

[AAAC 76C]

@keithaitch @BILL S
Indeed I felt strong today and could deliver longer on higher BPM and I think it was all me and the strategy I had (pull away before the hill and the try to maintain a lead to the flats) the first two thirds...but looking at my watts the last third or forth of the race I think it is safe to say that I had some help. I think I was a minute or so better than I should have been under normal circumstances. I must admit I have been longing for abit of that fairt dust at times. Now that I had it....it’s not as fun. I felt stronger yes, but i wasn’t that strong. I wish i was...

You need to take BSim watts with a pinch of salt when league racing and just 'ride by the seat of your pants' as they say.
Use your HR to judge your effort if you must and if you find yourself floating over some of the shorter climbs just accept it is a BSim anomaly.
@bridgy and I were loping along at Pro Peloton speeds all be it he seemed to loose watts on the climbs and thrived on the flats.

I had a go at sprinting the whole final climb but was a little ambitious and launched my effort too early and hit a brick wall pretty much cooked with a few hundred meters to go.

Well done all partakers and especially you @perswe. I kept looking up at the board expecting to see the 3rd slot shared twixt yourself @BILL S and @keithaitch but that never happened.