Right…my point was what occurred when the agreement was made, not what has happened since then. By agreeing to let Zwift do their own firmware, JB was making at least some concession that something was lacking in their own firmware as far as Zwift was concerned….hence allowing Zwift to change the firmware.
Whether Zwift mucked it up after then wasn’t what I was referring to. Sorry I didn’t make that clearer.
At a minimum in Bluetooth/ANT+ the Hub needs to appear as Zwift Hub and not JetBlack Volt. Firmware update required. And support firmware updates via Zwift companion app. Likely requires a firmware update.
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The Zwift Hub is supposed to come out here (UK) on Monday. I want one, or a Volt. The Volt currently is more expensive (£495) than the Hub is supposed to be (£449). (None of those $400 sales sadly)
Question is, is it worth waiting for a price drop? Maybe until black Friday? Anyone good at guessing if either of the two will go on sale?
I’m pretty sure gplama said there was still an issue with it that required a firmware update to fix.
Three weeks ago. I’d guess all the reviewers had updates by now, but anything they might want to say is embargoed until it actually goes on sale.
You can get a H3 from Saris for $400
The H3 is too loud for me. Also $400 is £400 now, probably over £500 with import duty and shipping.
So I see it is now for sale. Something that strikes me as odd is: The price is the exact same with or without cassette. And the price is the same for all cassette speeds.
I have 10 speed bike dedicated to my trainer, and have a batch of 10 speed cassettes… so I was thinking about getting 12 speed cassette and ebaying it to offset the cost of the trainer. I’m assuming 12 speed cassettes will go for more than 11 or 10?
Right now it only comes with Shimano hyperglide freehub. The Zwift site is almost devoid of information on SRAM XDR or Campy freehubs.
Over on the JetBlackCycling site the Volt XDR freehub can be viewed, but not yet available on JetBlackCycling.com - JetBlack Cycling and if you’ve got Campy no Volt freehub even shown on that page at this time.
Free cassette. But £20 shipping.
Also annoying that you have to sign in to zwift to buy the trainer.
After watching @gpl’s video I’ll be holding off for a while yet before i buy one.
Tough choice here between this or spending the extra money on the Kickr to resolve those small power inconsistencies. Fingers crossed we see those v5 Kickr sales we’ve been talking about for a while now.
Curious how stock will hold up as I see the 9 and 12 speeds are already gone. Wish they’d give a slight discount on the cassette-less one.
I am thinking of buying one as my first smart trainer to replace my CycleOps Fluid 2. In the UK Zwift are offering it at £19/month for 2 years with 0% interest.
I was put off by @gpl’s review but am now reassured by @dcrainmaker’s review that the power discrepancies shouldn’t be much of an issue for me at that price point.
Did you take to checkout? I didn’t see any financing options when I went through
Yes there’s klarna offered at the bottom. It was not easy to see as its shaded out somewhat.
I saw klarna tbh I didn’t realise they offered longer term finance like that.
I’m quite tempted but not sure if it’s worth the upgrade from a kickr snap. There’s certainly no money in the used trainer market!
I didn’t buy one. I clicked through, but the whole “buying experience” (inc password reset, because I had a zwift account already that I never use) reminded me that I can’t stand zwift, so didn’t actually buy.
The power inaccurancy doesn’t bother me much, as I have a PM on my bike anyway, and don’t plan to ride in erg. I wouldn’t hold much hope that its going to be fixed with a firmware update, because the Volt has the same problem, and it sounds more like a hardware issue to me. I do lile about the trainer that its quiet, direct drive, and seems to have a good ride feel. But the Volt offers all of that, and I’m thinking it might go on sale somewhere soon.