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Coasting issues

Former Member over 4 years ago

I just bought an neo 2t and am really disappointed. I upgraded from a wahoo kicker snap and on that, when I stop peddling you can coast for a bit. Useful in Zwift if you want to stop for a few seconds. On the neo2t, if you stop peddling (it is plugged in), then within about 15 seconds you’ve come to a complete stop. This is all on a flat surface in Zwift. That makes riding in a group nearly impossible because in a few seconds you’ve come to a stop and from there it’s tough to impossible to catch back up.

I contacted Garmin support and their response was, well less than useful. Essentially all they said was the trainer doesn’t have a setting to adjust that, then politely said Thanks for choosing Garmin and disconnected.

That alone really made me start to regret upgrading.

Is this an expected behavior of the neo2t? If so, this is horrible and I’ll just have to return it and go back to wahoo. Really do t want to do that, but no coasting is just not going to work.

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eezytiger over 4 years ago +1

This is not a trainer problem. It is Zwift programming. In Zwift you must produce power to keep moving. Without power Zwift will auto - brake the bike unless you are on a descent of something like -3%…

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0 Scillonian over 4 years ago

Using an Edge 1030 Plus to control my Tacx Neo 2T I get the following:

From 30km/h to complete stop on +1% grade: 21 seconds.
From 30km/h tp complete stop on 0% grade: 41 seconds.

0 eezytiger over 4 years ago

This is not a trainer problem. It is Zwift programming. In Zwift you must produce power to keep moving. Without power Zwift will auto - brake the bike unless you are on a descent of something like -3% or more. It doesn't matter whether the trainer flywheel is spinning (coasting) or not. Once you stop producing power the rest is up to Zwift.

forums.zwift.com/.../18723

0 Former Member over 4 years ago in reply to eezytiger

Well, let me tell you how the kickr snap works. When you stop peddling, the flywheel doesn’t come to an abrupt stop. It coasts to a stop. In Zwift, the watts drop from whatever you were putting out to maybe half then decreases as the flywheel speed decreases (talking about a flat road experience; resistance on the flywheel will either be weaker or stronger depending on the incline. What that means for the casual recreation rider is when you stop peddling for a few seconds you don’t fall out of a group ride. Hard core cyclists or racers may say that’s bad. As a recreational rider I like it. Zwift to me isn’t about competition. It’s about providing the entertainment to keep me motivated to ride. I. The real world, if you stop peddling, your bike doesn’t put on the brakes so you stop real quick. You coast for a while.