r/Rouvy

Hey Peoples, my Rouvy Group wants to pause our subscription over the summer months, so iam looking for a new spot elsewhere. In best case only for June/July/August.
Pls hit me up. Thanks and ride on

Did the Des Plaines River Bike Trail route today and heard barking dogs, crickets,birds,bell and cheering gang . Great video using a bike although using less bird sounds would be my preference.

I have only been using Rouvy for 3 days now but I think I'm in love with it.

First of all, there's no sign-in screen. There's no device connection screen. You just start by picking what route you want to ride. That's so refreshing. Forget to turn on your Zwift Click? That's ok - just hit the button and rouvy will connect it in the background. So nice, so cleanly shown in the top right corner. Love it.

Second, there's the actual riding. Zwift looks and feels like I'm playing a 2003-era XBox video game and I don't mean that in a nice way. Rouvy looks like I'm actually cycling... in the real world, outside, on a bike. When my pace partner pulls up along side me I give the pedals two or three hard cranks to match speed and just like in group rides in the real world, I speed up to match.

Rouvy's data overlays are also much better suited to larger screens. I was always wishing Zwift would put more data on the screen. Rouvy has everything I want and leaves plenty of room to see the scenery. It doesn't feel crowded in the slightest.

My favorite killer feature for Rouvy might be route resume - there are so many routes in Zwift that I am never going to sit on my trainer for long enough to actually finish. But on Rouvy, you ride part of it today, you can ride some more of it tomorrow and ride again the next day until you finish it. That's a really subtle feature but huge for me.

And finally, I'm only now discovering custom routes - holy moly! Last time I had checked they had taken this offline - somehow I missed that they had re-launched it. The idea that I can ride virtually in places that I have actually been is wildly appealing to me. Zwift's routes are just extremely boring and nothing in the game resembles what the real world looks like.

The only thing I'm not super happy with is using my G1 apple remote to navigate. If rouvy could steal one thing from Zwift it would be the ability to use my TV remote to navigate the app which I can do in Zwift but can't do in Rouvy. But I'm managing and it's like 30 seconds of frustration tops and then you're riding and you don't touch it until you're done. Not a deal breaker.

I am looking to get the wahoo kickr core and want to use Rouvy. I am thinking of getting the model with a zwift cog cuz I have 2 bikes (Trek Domane and Trek FX). Is there another add on I need as far as shifting? Or will the basic equipment suffice? Thanks in advance!

So clearly rouvy is not showing all of the routes that have been created. Is there any way to see an unfiltered list?

In Rouvy, it's possible to follow a route while completing a workout. However, what I'd like to know is whether it's possible to also follow the route's resistance. After all, when you ride a route outdoors, you don't have control over the environment either. Is there a way to combine a structured workout with the natural resistance changes of a virtual route?

I'm using a Wahoo Kickr Snap + Favero power meters and a Samsung tablet

I've been a Rouvy customer since early Covid, so this is my first experience with a Zwift product. All the video tutorials and instructions I could find online showed how to set up and pair the shifters with Zwift app, but not with Rouvy. I got them paired with Rouvy easily enough—just like pairing a HR monitor, or the trainer itself.

Next issue was that I had no idea what any of the little buttons are for. I decided to just wing it and ride, and pretty quickly figured out the little plus and minus buttons (circled in red above) shifted the gears up and down. Max of 24, minimum of 1, I assume. (I never went below 4.) Beyond that, I still have no idea what any of the other buttons do, and it's quite possible I will never need to know.

Everything went VERY smoothly. Shifted like butter. Very quiet. I like that aspect a lot. Overall, very pleased. Not bad for $10.

I asked Rouvy tech support, and they said Rouvy doesn't work on Chromecast, but I know it does, as I can cast from my phone to my TV using my Chromecast dongle plugged into my home theater receiver. My problem is though, when I do, my trainer drops it's WiFi connection to the Rouvy app, so I have to connect by Bluetooth. If I run the Rouvy app solely on my phone, it runs fine over the WiFi connection, but once I cast it to the TV, the trainer disconnects, and I have no trainer available, nor controllable. I think I've figured out why, I'm just looking for your feedback.

My wireless router provided by Fidium is one of those dual band routers, it will connect by 2.4G or 5G depending on what the device needs. And no, I cannot create separate 2.4 and 5G networks on this router, the app provided is very barebones, and doesn't offer me a way to do so. I tried doing this last year, no luck

So my trainer, an Elite Avanti, connects to WiFi on the 2.4 band. It connects to my phone fine, I'm assuming because there are separate bands available, or it just works better than my router The phone and the Chromecast connect to the network over the 5G band.

So I'm assuming the phone will pass the Rouvy app over to the Chromecast, as they'll both do 5G, but it can't pass on the trainer data as they're on two different WiFi bands. Do you think this makes sense, or am I just missing something here, and I should be able to make it work?

I've had no issues with the Bluetooth, I'd just like to be able to take advantage of the WiFi connection.

My hubby is an avid cyclist and has used zwift for over a year. He just signed up for Rouvy and was saying how much he liked it better however said there was no sound. We looked at the settings together and the toggle was on but he said it was totally silent. Google said it has no sound. So weird no birds, no wind?

Hi folks,

I’ve been using ROUVY for a while, mainly doing the built-in workouts with ERG mode enabled.

Recently, though, I started following a structured training plan and now I’m creating each workout manually in the app. What I’m looking for is a way to keep a constant resistance throughout the workout.

If I disable ERG mode, the resistance changes depending on the selected route.

The best option seems to be the “Slope Control Workout”, but when I use it I can’t see laps, planned intervals/blocks, workout messages, or objectives from the structured workout.

Is there any workaround for this, or another way to ride with constant resistance while still keeping the workout structure visible?

Thanks!

I rode 1h09'30" on Rouvy today. 15' warmup, 2x15" on 1' off with 5' recovery, 3x6x 30" on 30" off, 3x5' recovery in between sets, 15' cooldown: 15' + 30" + 1' + 5' + 18' + 15' +15' = 69.5'. right?

workout file went...

• from Stamina as a zwift file export to trainingPeaks to Rouvy
• from Rouvy to Garmin once ride was completed
• from Garmin to TrainingsPeaks
• From Rouvy to Strava
• from Strava to Stamina

here are the workout times, displayed within the apps:

• Rouvy: 01:09:30 and 1:10:30 total time
• Garmin: 55:26 with 56:31 elapsed
• TrainingPeaks: 55:26 (obviously same as Garmin)
• Strava: 1:10:29 (obviously same as Rouvy)
• Stamina: 1:10:29 (same as strava)

i paused the ride once and very quickly, like 1' as you can see in the rouvy and strava moving/elapsed times. but Garmin is off like over 14' of workout time.

if you go to "laps" within Garmin connect, the laps stop after the last 5' recovry and the whole cooldown segment is missing. why??

While I can adjust the fields I include in my main HUD, I’d really prefer to have it in the top center of my screen rather than bottom left corner. How can I do that?

I’ve been really interested in understanding why some cyclists stay loyal to platforms like Zwift, while others are completely satisfied with free alternatives like MyWhoosh.

For some people it seems to be the community and events, for others the training structure, gamification, reliability, progression systems, or simply how polished the platform feels overall.

I’m currently conducting academic research for my Master’s dissertation at the Technical University “Gheorghe Asachi” of Iași (Innovation & Entrepreneurship program), focusing on how users perceive the quality and value of virtual cycling platforms.

The survey explores topics such as:
• platform quality and reliability
• social/community experience
• personalization and user experience
• long-term usage behavior
• and willingness to pay for virtual cycling services

If you actively use platforms like Zwift, MyWhoosh, TrainerRoad, or similar services, your perspective would genuinely help this research.

⏱ Takes around 5–7 minutes
🔒 Completely anonymous
🎓 Academic research only

Survey link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScOAicaEbJviy42PZHJPkriUix-PlA4Xfglq7NBZxn\_fBJrRw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=106489178840976834568

I’d also genuinely love to hear your thoughts in the comments:
What makes a virtual cycling platform feel truly valuable to you?

For the last couple weeks, when i have a planned workout from TrainingPeaks with a final section labeled cool down rouvy will not save that lap to Garmin or TP. (I.e. if an 1hr work out has a 5 min cooldown at the end only 55 min are uploads)

I have tried toggling the save warmup and cool down in settings multiple times to no luck. What am i doing wrong? Anyone else have this issue and found a fix?

I really like this app. I think the layout of the data on screen makes a ton more sense than what Zwift does. I also appreciate the less cartoony experience.

But I think I might have to go back after my one week trial. Zwift will allow me to use my tv remote to navigate. Rouvy requires that god awful Apple TV remote to function.

If I can’t figure out a workaround that will be it for me. Which is a shame because this app is really pretty.

Hi groovy Rouvy riders!

I just got my bargain Zwift click in the mail and have it up and running on my derailleur bike. It seems pretty slick!

I’ve been searching online for an hour and having a hard time wrapping my head around how this works 😵‍💫

My bike has 48/33 chainrings and 13-32 cassette. What physical gear should I put the bike in when planning to use virtual shifting? I keep reading that it doesn’t matter (other than chainline) but I don’t understand why it doesn’t matter. Can someone explain it like I’m five? 🙃

If I’m satisfied with it, I plan to convert to a Gates belt drive with a 50t ring and a 22t cog and use virtual shifting exclusively. The belt’s tooth pitch is smaller than a chain at 11mm, so the ring/cog are more similar in diameter to 43t/19t standard chainrings. Is that a good ratio for the Click? I’m using an Elite Direto XRT.

My goal is to make my trainer as simple, quiet, and non-greasy as possible, while making sure my gear range is the same as my outdoor bike. Most importantly, I want to make sure I’m not simulating a gear lower than 1:1, since that’s the lowest I have in real life.

Thanks so much and if his has been well covered elsewhere, which it probably has, please just point me in the right direction 🙂