Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Indievelo and Rouvy - First impressions

 Indievelo:

Good Points:

Free

Talking humans (a very few)

Velodrome races

Bad Points:

98% of users are fake avatars or auto bots. Even races are 95% bots.

No Strava segments or auto uploads. No segments at all? Kidding me?


Rouvy

Good points:

Famous climbs and lots of routes

Ghost riders you can actually draft. Makes up for being an empty desert on every ride.

Real looking jerseys.

Lots of price options (1 day/2 day/3 day passes)

Bad Points:

No hair color??? just black?

No downhills, just climb up Alp Huez and stop.

Virtually no races, lol most 'races' have 2 people.

Avatars just float on top of 'google earth' style videos.

Many videos are simply poor quality. Are they official videos or user donated?

Camera view on turns is terrible. Pans super fast and rider disappears until after turn.


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