Something has gotta be up with either my set-up or Zwift is full of shit. I did a "race" today and it said avg speed was 28mph. My trad / dumb turbo setup is an Elite trainer with cadence and speed (set on 3) on a 48x16 track bike. Even when I was in OK shape attempting C races at herne hill I dont think races ever got that fast, no way I could have done 10 miles at this pace.
So is it known dumb trainers are a great way to sandbag? Or is it that zwift races are so far beyond reality as to be silly? I understand the basic watts calculation on smart trainers appears accurate tho.
Yes @BareNecessities indeed I am going through a strange time, as we all are
Speed/distance bares absolutely no relation to real life, so just ignore it. It simply doesn’t matter.
I often do steady 10ok group z2 rides on zwift at an average of 44kmph. It’s obviously not realistic to think I’ve ridden anything like a real 100k. I just think of it in terms of time in zone.
Something has gotta be up with either my set-up or Zwift is full of shit. I did a "race" today and it said avg speed was 28mph. My trad / dumb turbo setup is an Elite trainer with cadence and speed (set on 3) on a 48x16 track bike. Even when I was in OK shape attempting C races at herne hill I dont think races ever got that fast, no way I could have done 10 miles at this pace.
So is it known dumb trainers are a great way to sandbag? Or is it that zwift races are so far beyond reality as to be silly? I understand the basic watts calculation on smart trainers appears accurate tho.
Yes @BareNecessities indeed I am going through a strange time, as we all are