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A cycling desk / Zwifting with a split keyboard

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188 points breezykermo | 1 comments | 13 Nov 24 18:48 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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sailfast ◴[13 Nov 24 22:51 UTC] No.42131105[source]▶
I love Zwifting, but the idea of riding in that position while also trying to concentrate seems really stressful :)

Maybe on a hybrid I could look at my monitor while typing, but that seating position makes things quite hard.

Good on ya for trying though! Allez!

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seadan83 ◴[14 Nov 24 00:58 UTC] No.42132005[source]▶
I hooked up a shelf over the handlebars of an indoor trainer. With regards to stressful, I found anytime I had to concentrate on something - the pedaling would drop off. The cycling while computing was best for movies or video games (particularly RPG's being the best)
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adbge ◴[14 Nov 24 01:37 UTC] No.42132247[source]▶
Yeah, I've found the same problem (with a standing desk): as soon as I need to concentrate I stop maintaining my cadence. Maybe it's something I could train myself out of but I haven't been worried about it; cycling is my "productive" thing, I don't need to double it.

So far I've just been using the (open source!) app Auuki to drive my smart trainer while I stream television. Works great on NixOS. https://auuki.com/

I am curious to hear about what games people are playing while cycling (other than Zwift, of course.)

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1. bodge5000 ◴[14 Nov 24 10:41 UTC] No.42134906[source]▶
I don't have this setup myself, but I imagine Caves of Qud would work great. Its turn based so you don't have the problem of needing perfect control, in fact sometimes I need a good minute or so to think about my next move. I can easily sink hours into it anyway, might be worth me looking into