Zwift
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So what is the latest on the Suunto connection to zwift?
Just got the Wahoo Kicker One and trying to figure out how to best get the data (SA, TP, Strava).
The only way I see it going is if I forget that I have a watch, and just run everything trough zwift (connect the HR belt, to zwift, everything else is done by the trainer). After I finnish, I DL the fit file and import it to SA. If I set the connections to Strava and TP on Zwift I would have to probably manualy delet the replicated files…
Is there any better way? I just don’t see it and it saddens me that in 2024 I cannot do it better with Suunto.
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@Ketoohs In addition to recording the ride with Zwift (and uploading to Strava through Zwift), I also record the activity in parallel on the watch (duration, power, cadence, HR. I manually add the ascent data afterwards to SA just because I like to track the amount of virtual climbing).
Works fine for me and I don’t need to do any manual importing or use some 3rd party app to automatically import a Zwift/Strava activity into SA.
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@Mads-Hintz-Madsen How do you connect the watch, to recieve the data. I do not have any sensors on my “trainer bike”. If I had a PM it would probably work.
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@Mads-Hintz-Madsen How do you connect the watch, to recieve the data. I do not have any sensors on my “trainer bike”. If I had a PM it would probably work.
You mentioned that you have a Wahoo Kickr trainer. If it is a newer one then it would have two Bluetooth channels. One can be used for connecting to Zwift and the other can connect to your watch.
If it is an older Kickr model with only 1 Bluetooth channel then you could connect it to Zwift using Ant+ (which all Kickr models support) and use the Bluetooth connection for your watch.
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@Mads-Hintz-Madsen I have a new Kicker One (with just one cog at the back) so it most likely has dual BT. I don’t know if I pair it as a PM the watch will receive speed and cadence too.
I guess there is only one way to find out.
Hope Suunto does something soon for this topic.
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I have a different kind of trainer
I connect the trainer with ANT+ and heart rate belt to ZWIFT
And he connects the watch with BLUETOOTH to the trainer and uses heart rate measurement from the hand -
@Ketoohs I have tried the dual recording setup before and you really have to be mindful that you don’t have auto-share enabled on one or both the platforms (swift and suunto) to Strava, etc. It will create a duplicate on Strava after every activity and then you have to manually delete them every time. Solution is one of:
A. Enable sharing on just one, perhaps zwift since it would have power data.
B. Record only on Zwift and then share to Suunto using apps like RunGap.
I personally use B as data from zwift to Strava is as one would expect and then sharing to Suunto gets me the required training status info without duplication (Suunto does not share it again to Strava). -
@altcmd I don’t use Swift but do record longer bike rides both on the Suunto Vertical and a Wahoo. Both share to Strava.
My solution is to put my default for activities to visible only to me. Then go in and delete one of the activities. Then make the other one visible to everyone.
A simple work around which I find easy to manage. After all how often don’t we go into Strava to adjust at least name an activity.I also find it handy as I take the noise out of my account by not making visible yoga work outs and short walks but I do want to record.
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so I connected the trainer as a Powerpod to the Vertical, and I got power and cadence transmitted to the watch but not speed (and distance), so after the exercise I manually entered the distance to the watch (and deleted the duplicates).
Probably have to try to connect it as a BikePOD and se what data I get. Deleting the data duplicates in Strava and TP seems inevitable for now, as I have different sports that I want to be synced from SA but love the pictures that Zwift adds.
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@Ketoohs Speed and distance are calculated by Zwift itself based on the virtual terrain, so you’re not going to get those no matter what from the trainer. If you do get speed from the trainer it’ll be the flywheel speed most likely, which is not equivalent so you’d have to alter it to match Zwift again.
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@jcolp So the only thing that “saves” us is that Suunto connects with zwift (@Suunto Just do it…)
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@Ketoohs Not really, that would be convenient but it’s already possible to upload a Zwift activity to Suunto. You sign up with https://runalyze.com/ and connect it to Suunto. In its “Automatic Sync” functionality there is the ability to upload FIT files to Suunto. You upload the Zwift activity FIT file and it will appear in Suunto as an activity. Distance, GPS, heart rate, etc etc. It’s manual work, but it does work.
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Download/Export .GPX file from Strava and import on SportsTracker.
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Is there any news from Suunto regarding a Zwift integration or from Zwift a Suunto integration??
This would help quite a lot if activities from Zwift would sync with the Suunto App.
I really enjoy the Suunto App and it seems like Suunto is constantly improving it. There‘s already so many integrations possible and to have a direct sync from Zwift to Suunto would be awesome, rather than a workaround via third party apps.
Please Suunto if you read this, you guys make the best looking watches on the market
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I just record everything with Zwift and then send the activity from Strava to the Suunto app using RunGap (iOS).
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@larrybbaker ok, thanks for your reply, seems like a good workaround.
It just would be cool to have the ability to like start a normal indoor cycle session on the watch and use a Zwift Suunto Plus App that connects to the wahoo kickr. So that the watch receives the data from it and the session is then just normally uploaded to Suunto App as an indoor cycle session. Would be a great feature. Anyway, might have to stick with Rungap for now. Thanks. -
@daveathletic the way it would work is you would do your Zwift exercise like normally (forget the watch as it’s not needed - real GPS data is not there anyway, because it’s all virtually generated and all we need is the exercise data generated by Zwift), then Zwift would have to push the data to the Suunto app via an API call. Quite easy, but I don’t know why Suunto hasn’t done it yet.
Maybe Zwift is not interested or they want too much money from Suunto for the integration … who knows.
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@fejker alright, I see, yeah that would be amazing. Still hoping that they are working on an integration.
