any free smart trainer app?
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any free smart trainer app?
I purchased an H3 ( used with zwift ) last year during the winter and used it often. Between sunset at 6/7 pm, rain and all the bad air we had from fires. When the air cleared, it stopped raining and sunset was passed 7pm I stopped using my indoor trainer all together. I was just throwing money away on my subscription. Yeah I paused after I had probably given them 5+ months.
Is there any free app I can use with my H3? I know it will not be as good as zwift with all the roads, pretty video and social aspect. It would just be nice to use for simple a simple ride like the dumb bikes in the gym. Go up a hill, down hill, on the flat etc. Like an old stair master or something.
Is there any free app I can use with my H3? I know it will not be as good as zwift with all the roads, pretty video and social aspect. It would just be nice to use for simple a simple ride like the dumb bikes in the gym. Go up a hill, down hill, on the flat etc. Like an old stair master or something.
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You might check out Golden Cheetah. I have used it to control my kickr, but it uses the standard control.
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I purchased an H3 ( used with zwift ) last year during the winter and used it often. Between sunset at 6/7 pm, rain and all the bad air we had from fires. When the air cleared, it stopped raining and sunset was passed 7pm I stopped using my indoor trainer all together. I was just throwing money away on my subscription. Yeah I paused after I had probably given them 5+ months.
Is there any free app I can use with my H3? I know it will not be as good as zwift with all the roads, pretty video and social aspect. It would just be nice to use for simple a simple ride like the dumb bikes in the gym. Go up a hill, down hill, on the flat etc. Like an old stair master or something.
Is there any free app I can use with my H3? I know it will not be as good as zwift with all the roads, pretty video and social aspect. It would just be nice to use for simple a simple ride like the dumb bikes in the gym. Go up a hill, down hill, on the flat etc. Like an old stair master or something.
RGT has a free option: https://www.rgtcycling.com/
You can ride in a virtual world with bots and other riders like in Zwift.
If you have a Garmin unit, it is possible to let the Garmin control the trainer resistance and ride a route where it will adjust the resistance/incline accordingly.
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Another vote for RGT - it's a little odd in some ways if you're used to Zwift, but is as close a replacement as you'll get for free.
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how badly does RGT use the battery on your mobile device?
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I've only tried RGT a few times - but it didn't seem all that much worse than the Zwift Companion app. One of the drawbacks is that you absolutely NEED to have two devices, you need to run the app on your phone plus the screen app on a tablet, computer (or other phone, I guess, though I've not tried that)
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Zwift companion app burns through my phone's battery pretty badly. A two hour ride would definitely be enough to make the phone go into low power mode. It would be a pain to hook it up to a charger. I don't quite understand how they do it.
So I almost never use it.
So I almost never use it.
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i really do not like how rgt requires two apps. i do like the more vivid colors in rgt though.
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I purchased an H3 ( used with zwift ) last year during the winter and used it often. Between sunset at 6/7 pm, rain and all the bad air we had from fires. When the air cleared, it stopped raining and sunset was passed 7pm I stopped using my indoor trainer all together. I was just throwing money away on my subscription. Yeah I paused after I had probably given them 5+ months.
Is there any free app I can use with my H3? I know it will not be as good as zwift with all the roads, pretty video and social aspect. It would just be nice to use for simple a simple ride like the dumb bikes in the gym. Go up a hill, down hill, on the flat etc. Like an old stair master or something.
Is there any free app I can use with my H3? I know it will not be as good as zwift with all the roads, pretty video and social aspect. It would just be nice to use for simple a simple ride like the dumb bikes in the gym. Go up a hill, down hill, on the flat etc. Like an old stair master or something.
https://www.bikeforums.net/indoor-st...plication.html
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