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What makes a virtual cycling platform worth paying for?
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What makes a virtual cycling platform worth paying for?

Why do some riders happily pay for platforms like Zwift while others stick with free alternatives?

I’m currently conducting academic research as part of my Master’s dissertation at the Technical University “Gheorghe Asachi” of Iași (Innovation & Entrepreneurship program), focusing on how riders perceive service quality in platforms like Zwift, MyWhoosh, and similar virtual cycling services.

The study explores:

  • user experience
  • reliability and platform quality
  • personalization
  • social interaction/community feeling
  • and willingness to pay for these services

If you actively use virtual cycling platforms, your perspective would genuinely help this research.

⏱ Duration: ~5–7 minutes
🔒 Completely anonymous
🎓 Academic research only

Survey link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOAicaEbJviy42PZHJPkriUix-PlA4Xfglq7NBZxn_fBJrRw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=106489178840976834568

I’d also love to hear your thoughts in the comments:
What makes a virtual cycling platform worth coming back to?

u/AdWide834 — 6 days ago

Virtual gearing - does it work well yet ?

Is there a way to get virtual gearing to work well ?
I consider Rouvy a good implementation. But my sub is on pause for the summer. Tried MyWhoosh.
Needed to use small front cog then gear 15 is fine for flat. But shifting gears has a very long delay.

I can use Qdomyoszwift to get working gears. But MyWhoosh should fix theirs. Surprised they can’t see on QZ how it is done.

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u/povlhp — 1 day ago

Zwift Clog and Click V2 compatibility

Hello everybody,

after the winter training, when i use zwift/rouvy, i will convert to MyWhoosh for this late spring indoor training, due his price.
I need to know if the zwift cog and click v2 works with mywhoosh, i read that there is "bike control" app that bridges the connection, but i'm using an android tablet to ride and the trainer connect to the system only via companion app.

Thank you all

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u/enneset7e — 1 day ago

Game freezes for ~10s always on the same turn

I can see I'm not the only one because after it unfreeze I can see some other people that were nearby drop to 0W for 1-2s

u/mau-meda — 3 days ago

Just finished a race where there were different sprints included. During the sprints, people were getting up to 9kg/w and I could only get up to 3 when pedalling my hardest, why is this?

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u/Calm-Fox-3416 — 7 days ago

Searching for workouts in MyWhoosh

I'm new to MyWhoosh and am generally likely it, but one simple feature appears to be missing - or may be I'm looking in the wrong place.

There ar a lot of h and workouts on MyWhoosh cycling - perhaps too many. The day after a session of outdoor road cycling I've found myself wanted to load up a fairly gentle "recovery" workout, yet there is no search function (Android tablet) to find workouts by keyword.

Oh and why on split cadence workouts that I've tried so far does it not give you the target cadence along with the target power?

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u/Remote-Opinion6911 — 3 days ago

Ambient sound/music

But is there no ambient sound/music during a bike riding session or do I have a configuration problem? Why? It's incredible. It's a very easy add-on...
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u/ChuckRunner — 3 days ago

Is there actually NO quality control at MyWhoosh? The number of fucked up things in the app seems to keep growing instead of them fixing things.
-Half of the time when it uploads to Strava it attaches no images.
-Every time I switch between modes (bike to run), the bike side forgets my ftp number so it always resets to 50.
-lately the whole app crashes when starting a session and I have to restart the app and make all the selections again. Then it asks if I want to save the 0km session that just crashed?

Seriously wish they’d get a QA department or I’ll have to go back to one of the other apps.

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u/HolidayWheel5035 — 8 days ago

Basically I don’t know anyone else who does indoor cycling with mywhoosh. Is there a way to be able to make virtual friends and ride together?

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u/Calm-Fox-3416 — 8 days ago

I'm trying to use ERG mode in free ride mode, because I like the visuals of the worlds/roads/environment. I don't see an option to do that...is it possible?

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u/ezeeetm — 9 days ago

The fixed schedule kind of sucks

Since I always have availability the same days I always have to do the same worlds. In zwift the schedule is sort of random so every day you have a possibility to visit all wirlds

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u/godutchnow — 4 days ago

New to both Atom v2 and MyWhoosh. Can someone explain what’s best option with these to initially build some stamina and then power for a beginner please?

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u/garybravo65 — 6 days ago

I expect I'm not alone in getting an offer of 80% off the price of a Zwift Cog & Click via Rouvy last week, at £17.50 including shipping it's a good deal and much cheaper than buying a 105 cassette for my road bike for when I can't be bothered to move it over to the Kickr Core. I often leave my gravel bike on the trainer as I have a spare cassette for it, but as it's Sora (2x9) it can feel a bit of a slog sometimes with the larger jumps between cogs that 2x12 on the road bike.

Good bit of research on here led me to Bike Control, seems to work really well to connect the shifters to MyWhoosh and although it took a bit of getting used to completed the first stage of the Race to Pink Mission tonight.

The app is ~£5 after the trial period, but having saved £40 on the Cog & Click that seems very reasonable, especially as it can work with other platforms as well.

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u/cruachan06 — 8 days ago

There is a body bike smart + at my gym that uses ant+ technology but everytime I toggle ant + on in the settings, it always automatically toggles back to off. So I don't understand how I'm supposed to connect

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u/No_Ad8776 — 9 days ago

Does anyone know a reliable way to get live HR data to mywhoosh on a Mac? I also have an iPad butt assume that will be even more difficult. I have tried my Garmin watch in Bluetooth HR broadcast mode and nothing picks up. I tried an Ant+ hookup using my ant+ USB adapter butt it turns out (ridiculously) mywhoosh has not bothered to allow Ant+ on a Mac even with an adapter (just windows). The previous connection type worked great with Zwift on my Mac...I have briefly got my Apple Watch to talk to it using HeartCast but it doesn't seem super reliable and it is tied to using my phone at same time. I assume there must be some chest strap that works but I don't want to waste time and money buying one that mywhoosh doesn't recognise, so any ideas? Would rather get something cheap if possible (i.e. not Wahoo / Garmin straps). Thanks!

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u/Kennethevell — 11 days ago

Is this happening to anyone else? Going to the workout screen and selecting a workout, I'll then choose Switzerland and select a route. It will go to the loading screen, then crashes the app and returns to the ipad home screen.

I have managed to get it to work once when the new maps appeared but since then, no luck.

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u/OrionH347 — 12 days ago