02-05-2020, 03:52 PM
(02-04-2020, 10:29 AM)Colonel_Izzi Wrote: The bike I'm using at the moment is of the magnetic flywheel variety. I find it really easy to just stop pedaling. I don't have a lot of experience with other models though. Do some of them have a more significant amount of inertia that makes it a whole lot more difficult to stop pedaling? If so, I can appreciate this objection.
Regardless, thanks for taking the time to respond. I'll keep my fingers crossed
Sure! I ran a quick test on a magnetic flywheel bike and a spin bike. When I stopped trying to pedal, the time it took to actually stop depending in large part on how much resistance I had set on the bikes. Greater resistance caused it to stop much quicker. On the magnetic flywheel bike it stopped about as quickly as a real bike so coasting would feel the most natural. But the spin bike at same resistance it still took 2-3 seconds to stop, as did the magnetic flywheel bike at lower resistance. Food for thought.
We also discussed internally how to control your speed while coasting, if your pedaling can't slow you down. Feeling in control is pretty important for VR comfort, and for drafting other riders (your pedaling speed has to be within 20% of theirs to be in draft mode). If we used the B button, we'd have to make it pretty weak, or ramp up its strength the longer you hold. Another idea was to actually pedal backwards to slow your forward motion. Can't say how those would feel until we test them.