u/amclennon

Hmm, I've been thinking about adding the ability to import Zwift workouts and have it do the voiceovers. Mind signing up for the mailing list on the website or following on Instagram so I can let you know when that happens? I'm also on Reddit fairly often.

I assume this is an automated comment, but the app actually supports different resistance levels based on your bike. There are a couple of of Bowflex / Nordictrack options out of the box, but you can also input custom resistance settings 

Good call! It supports FTMS / Bluetooth on Chrome and Android, once you start riding, but I've held off on releasing ERG mode since I haven't had a chance to test it out yet (not supported on my bike).

If anyone here has a bike with ERG support, I have some classes ready and would love some beta testers! 

I built www.poorleton.fit recently, and I actually think it might be close to what you're missing. It builds a spin-style class in the browser, and a coach talks you through it over its own music, with cadence targets and calls for when to climb and when to recover.

It doesn't control the trainer, but I'm working on adding that functionality sllm. I haven't tried it on a Zwift Ride yet, but there's support for adding custom resistance scales 

Very cool! I'm also working on something similar, from a different approach.

I built www.poorleton.fit recently as an AI generated cycling class that talks you through workouts with cadence / resistance targets and cues with a coach's voice and music.

It's more of a cycling coach than a virtual ride though.

I built www.poorleton.fit recently, and I actually think it might be close to what you're looking for. It generates a spin-style class in the browser and talks you through it, with cadence targets and cues for when to push and when to ease off, over its own music.

It won't change the trainer's resistance, so that part is you shifting gears, the same fudge balderstash describes.

It can read power and cadence over Bluetooth in Chrome or on Android, though not on an iPad. That's been tested on one FTMS bike, not a Kickr Core 2.

I built www.poorleton.fit recently, and I actually think it might be what you're looking for. It's free and runs in the browser on your phone, so there's nothing to install.

You pick a length and a difficulty, and it talks you through the ride: what cadence and resistance to aim for, when to push and when to ease off.

It can read a Bluetooth cadence sensor in Chrome on Android if you ever add one, but it isn't required. Without one you match the targets by feel.

Thanks! 

It's never too late! I'm interested! 

Thanks, I appreciate it! I'll take a look at your feature requests this weekend.

If you like the site, spread the word! It didn't seem too popular on this subreddit, ha ha 

There's also this one if you're in South Austin

https://www.meetup.com/games-and-grub-austin/ 

I built www.poorleton.fit recently, and I actually think it might be useful here. It generates a ride and speaks the cues while you go: cadence, resistance, when to push, when to ease off.

It doesn't connect to the bike or the tablet, so the account side of this doesn't reach it. You match the targets against the bike's own display.

Pairing a sensor only works in Chrome or on Android, so on an iPhone it just runs without connecting to anything. However, I'm not sure the bikes at your gym necessarily support Bluetooth sensors 

Ha ha, thanks. The name practically wrote itself at some point 

I built www.poorleton.fit recently, and I actually think it might be useful here.

It generates a ride and talks you through it, and you pick the kind of ride before it starts, so a recovery ride stays a recovery ride. There's no leaderboard and nobody to keep up with, which sounds like the part that was going wrong with the other apps.

It reads Bluetooth power and cadence in Chrome, so the SmartSpin2k's numbers should come through, though I haven't tested that pairing. It won't change the resistance for you, and it's cycling only.

I built www.poorleton.fit recently, and I actually think it might be what you're looking for. It generates a ride and speaks the cues: target cadence, resistance, when to push, when to ease off.

It runs in the browser and works with no sensor, which matters if the bike you find has a basic display. You match the targets against whatever the bike shows you, and there are different calibration options for different bikes 

Update on this: FTMS is in now, so the IC4's own power broadcast should come through directly instead of needing a separate sensor. It reads power, cadence and speed. It doesn't set resistance, which on this bike is the knob anyway. I've tested it against one FTMS bike so far, not an IC4.

As someone who live in Texas, the lack of cooled seats in the Lux 1 was a dealbreaker

A cadence sensor reading zero instead of disconnecting usually means it's still connected but has stopped sending notifications. The crank count and timestamp both stall, so the host reads that as no movement. Since it happens in Magene's own utility too, that points at the sensor rather than the app or host.

On a stationary crank, the sensor is relying on its accelerometer the whole time, which is where the cheaper ones can get inconsistent. The Wahoo RPM is the one I've seen behave reliably.

On Debian, if the device appears but shows no values, I'd check whether the notification subscription is staying active after the first read.