Be honest with yourself – how much full-gas sprinting do you really want to do indoors? If you mainly want to immerse yourself in Zwift’s virtual worlds and do basic Zwift workouts and training plans and Zwift group rides, then both of those cheap smart trainers will do a great job. Keep in mind that I am NOT a reviewer. I am a Zwift user and a Zwift researcher. Although I suggest products, there are many equivalent products out there that work just as well. You can use this app on Android tablets as well as iPads. Tablets are small, lightweight, and easy to use. There are different types of tablets available in the market, so you need to choose the one that works best with Zwift. You also need adequate storage space and RAM to run the app. Apart from using the tablet for Zwift, you can use it for other purposes as well. As we said, both Mac and Android devices work well with Zwift, but now we’ll talk about the device specifications you need to look for when you want good performance.

And plenty of them will keep you going for quite a while. So to help you we’ve put together a list of the best 5 indoor bike trainer stands.

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Barely. You can’t get a fast enough performance with it, and everything is laggy. Sometimes, the app even crashes, and you’ve left with your home screen all over again. At the end of the day, the program still runs fine at the lower graphics settings but it is a better experience with the better graphics and higher frames/sec. Note: 20-minute power is a good proxy for FTP. Just reduce it by 5% to estimate your FTP – so a 300W average power would work out to a 300 x .95 = 285W FTP. If you’re buying their tablet for media usage, keep in mind that this device has expandable memory, and you can use an SD card to do so. If you've got a space you can leave set up for your indoor training, your options are a lot broader than if you have to set up and put away each time you use your trainer.

The tablet has a stunning AMOLED display that portrays colors well, and the professional Dolby Atmos speakers provide a truly cinematic experience. GPU: Alongside the processing power, the GPU (Graphic Processing Unit) is also very important to be able to run smooth and high resolution graphics. As a bare minimum an Intel® HD 4000 or AMD R5 is necessary. The settings on Zwift can be toggled down if the laptop is struggling to cope but for better graphics an 2GB Radeon™ R9 290 series, or NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 970 is recommendable. For Desktops, you either need Windows 7 (or higher) or macOS 10.10 (or higher), so keep in mind that you’ll maybe have to upgrade from your current OS.If you are in the market for a new Zwift bike, you certainly don’t need to break the bank but you’ll still want a quality bike that can handle the rigors of Zwifting on an indoor trainer. An aluminum 11-speed bike with Shimano 105 components will work beautifully both inside on Zwift and outside on the road. There are a couple of different types of resolution available for tablets. Higher the resolution, the sharper the images. Zwift runs perfectly at 1080p resolution. So, make sure you buy an HD resolution tablet to get clear and crisp visuals when using the app. RAM There are two types of smart trainers: wheel-drive and direct-drive. They are many differences but on a wheel-drive trainer the bike’s rear wheel stays on while on a direct-drive trainer the bike’s rear wheel comes off and the bike’s chain is attached to a cassette on the trainer. These are definitely halo products and will likely be out of reach for most people, but they have some key specs that differentiate them from even the best smart trainers, if your budget stretches this far.