For the other apps, the main interaction is between your legs, stats, and the app. It is the most interactive of all the options (perhaps except for Peloton), as you are competing with other riders, can choose which fork in the road to take mid-ride, and can even chat with and encourage your fellow riders. Zwift is the true interactive, gaming-type experience. Zwift appears to be the market leader at the moment.
All four are heavy-hitters in the world of indoor smart cycling. While there are probably 15 decent streaming options for people who want to get good indoor bike workouts on smart trainers, we chose the four that we are seeing the most, and compared them to each other: Zwift, Sufferfest, TrainerRoad, and Peloton. Where else can you jump on with a friend who is 1,000 miles away and go for a ride together? And unless you ride power meter on your bike, it used to be that you did not know your wattage output and are left to guess. While we love the good old-fashioned bike trainers and the training DVDs that go with them, there are two things that the training apps can give you that no DVD can: Community, and real-time feedback.
With increases in bandwidth speeds across the world, and the steady growth of smart bike trainers, the combination of smart bike trainers and streaming training apps is poised to become the new norm in cycling training. A worldwide pandemic in 2020 only reminded people how important it was to be able to get a good workout without leaving home, a trend we expect to increase in 2021 and beyond. The market for streaming cycling and bike training apps has exploded in the past three years.
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