RowedBiker

RowedBiker can make your indoor rowing workouts more interesting by connecting your rowing machine to workout games like Zwift and The Sufferfest. After you get over the part where you don't face backwards while working out—and that there are climbs (boo!), and descents (yeah!), it's really not as strange as it sounds!

- The RowedBiker Cruze and Power Reserve Modes

Cycling experiences assume that your hands are mostly free to type chat messages, grab a water bottle, gesticulate at the display, and so on.

We rowers are not so hands-free, and rowing one-handed while trying to grab a drink while still staying with the peloton can be challenging. And while there is nothing wrong with being the strong, silent type, sometimes you'll want to join in the online banter.

To that end, RowedBiker offers a Cruze mode that locks your power to a certain level. As long as you stay at or above that level you'll store energy in your Cruze Reserve which you can use to go hands-free when necessary. So, if you need to slow or stop rowing to grab a drink or send a cheery "Ride On!", you can ride off your Cruze Reserve and then jump back on the power without getting dropped.

- Erg Mode Support

Workout games offer structured workouts during which you move between different power set points in the workout. Power surges may last as little as 10 seconds. This can be hard to track on a rower, since it can take several strokes to match a requested power level.

So, RowedBiker supports "erg mode." Erg mode allows the workout game to auto-magically control the resistance of the trainer, thus changing the power output expected by the athlete.

In erg mode, RowedBiker will change your Cruze set point automatically whenever the workout game requests a new power level. If the game requests a higher level than your current rowing output, Cruze will withdraw from your power reserve while you ramp up the wattage. If the game drops the requested power level, you'll accumulate reserve power while you are coasting down.

In both cases, it will appear to the workout game that you adjusted your workout power more or less immediately and you'll be able to scoop up all those workout stars.

Oh, and did we mention it's hands-free? Yeah!

- Cruze Control Voice Control (experimental)

RowedBiker also has rudimentary voice control for setting, canceling, and adjusting the set-point wattage. Say things like "Engage", "Cancel", "two-hundred watts", or "up ten watts" to adjust your Cruze set-point without removing your hands from that oh-so-important handle.

- RowedBiker Trial Workouts, Monthly Passes, and App Purchase

RowedBiker is user-supported software. After installing the app, you'll get 7 free day passes so you can evaluate it and determine if it will work with your devices and workout games. After that, you support future RowedBiker development by purchasing the app for $9.99 or buying $1 monthly passes.

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"RowedBiker," the rowing biker logo, and "Cruze Reserve" are trademarks of Charlotte Intellectual Properties, LLC. Some features of RowedBiker, including the Cruze Reserve, are patent pending.