{"id":51492,"date":"2019-11-16T14:55:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T20:55:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/?p=51492"},"modified":"2019-11-16T14:57:30","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T20:57:30","slug":"after-zwifting-rouvy-gets-a-ride-through-atascocita-walden-huffman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.texbiker.net\/blog\/2019\/11\/16\/after-zwifting-rouvy-gets-a-ride-through-atascocita-walden-huffman\/","title":{"rendered":"After Zwifting, Rouvy Gets A Ride Through Atascocita-Walden-Huffman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After Zwifting on 18 rides I decided to try Rouvy<\/a><\/strong>, another virtual riding app. While Zwift is a game virtual riding app Rouvy replicates the real world. A couple of years ago I uploaded 4 rides’ GPS files but I don’t remember using them and my free trial expired. Recently I looked at Rouvy again and uploaded two GPS files for rides that I rode. Today I subscribed to Rouvy on a monthly level for $8 to see what it is and how it differs from Zwift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First off I use the term Zwifting when I ride there but I haven’t coined a term for when I use Rouvy; maybe Rouvying?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I chose one of the rides I previously uploaded which showed up in my “Created” ride folder, Atascocita-Walden-Huffman. The ride distance of 32.57 miles is the longest virtual ride I did, eclipsing yesterday’s 90 minute ride in Zwift on the German Social Ride. Today’s ride lasted those miles with a 2:09:36 riding time. One thing I found riding Rouvy: no stop signs or traffic light stops. That can be good or bad since those are mini rest stops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another difference in my use: no companion app needed for Rouvy. My desktop PC Bluetooth connected to the Wahoo Kickr Snap, Wahoo Tickr Fit, Wahoo cadence sensor directly. I could probably do this with Zwift but in Zwift I like the companion app map view to show where I am. Setup was easy but the profile options allow a number of things to customize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because I chose a route I uploaded I rode alone. I made the route open for other people to ride but so far no one has done that as far as I can tell. That means no virtual partner to accompany me. Maybe the next time I can select my self as the virtual partner?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being familiar with the route and terrain I know when the inclines and descents take place and the Wahoo Kickr upped the resistance when those arrived. I also found that some of the route that I thought of as flat isn’t with the Kickr upped resistance going uphill or lowered resistance when I went downhill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not sure how the ride would look I decided to take screenshots rather than record it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n