Originally Posted by
dwing
All, Correct me if im wrong on this; technically , OP can use your magnetic trainer if you just want to try Zwift even if its not one of the supported trainers,.. But, understand the power interpretation wont be correct. That being said, You need the ant+ usb/dongle, wheel , and cadence sensors.. If u dont have already. When setting up tour Zwift profile choose one of the dumb/fluid trainers... Zwift will base your power output based on that model using your wheel revs and cadence... "virtual power". You will at least get somewhat of a feel for how it works... And u can buy a supported trainer later if you want.
Yes, one can use an unsupported trainer, but the in-game response action will not be very good, both because of the potential problem of calculating wattage during accelerations, but also in that you’ll be capped to 400w max. I guess you could try it and see how crappy it is, but that’s really selling the experience short. I mean, you can watch any number of videos and live streams to get a better sense of how Zwift works, I think.