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They used to be my вЂgo-toвЂ™ recommendation for a mid-range trainer. With offerings from Tacx, Elite, and Bkool all at equal or lower prices for significantly more functionality вЂ“ it puts Kinetic in an awkward spot. I think itвЂ™s going to be exceptionally difficult for Kinetic to compete with this line-up of trainers this year in the market. Making a training suite from scratch will be difficult, and while things look to be off to a good start from some of the limited time I saw вЂ“ IвЂ™m not sure if IвЂ™d trade my $10/month of TrainerRoad for $10/month of Kinetic Smart. Especially since every other trainer company is going towards openness (heck, even CompuTrainer!). I suppose the good news there is that theyвЂ™re making an SDK, but the bad news is that theyвЂ™re potentially reigning that in вЂ“ which sorta seems like the wrong direction to go in.

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Now instead theyвЂ™re going to license the SDK to various companies, including TrainerRoad, Zwift, and Kinomap. Previously they transmitted out over open BLE for power/speed, which some 3rd party apps supported. Starting with the concerning part is that theyвЂ™re going to lock down some of their existing transmission pieces. TheyвЂ™re doing sort of a split approach to 3rd parties, some of which is good, and some of which is a bit concerning.

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Then theyвЂ™ve got an open Android beta coming at the end of September. To start, Kinetic took over development of their existing iOS app (which has long been shared with Wahoo Fitness). Now the platform is still being built out, with the different apps in various forms. I have no idea why I didnвЂ™t take a photo of it upfront like usual: Sorry for the sketch-ville, but it sat in my pocket all day long at the show, and then onto the RV for four days being moved around the table, then into my backpack pocket, and then onto a train ride where I eventually just dug it out now. HereвЂ™s a very poorly photoвЂ™d copy of all the different tiers.

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Smart Pro + The Sufferfest (в‚¬25/month): Same as Smart Pro except you get a monthly Sufferfest subscription included. Smart Pro (15в‚¬/month): Everything above, but with competitions and extended challenges and rewards. You can see the secondary split screen above. Note that this is different than standard mirroring where both screens show the same thing. Most notable though is the second screen viewing where you can split-screen the outputs to have a secondary screen display different information.

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Smart (10в‚¬/month): Everything in core, but extends out to full training plans and full customization of the displays. Each tier containing a variety of features.Д¬ore (free): This is the free tier and includes a workout creator, some limited training plans, and power and heart rate zones This will include different tier options from free up to 20EUR a month.

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Kinetic.fit Software Platform:ДЄs part of their offerings this year, Kinetic will be launching a subscription based training platform as well, called Kinetic.fit. But theyвЂ™re on the way to the US now though. They had expected them to arrive at retail sooner, but a number of their containers actually got caught up in the huge manufacturing/port facility explosion in China back a few weeks ago, and were only recently found. The Road Machine is now $409USD (was $369USD) and the Rock and Roll is now $569USD (was $549USD).ДЄvailability for the new units is estimated at the end of September. As part of that inclusion though, the units did receive a slight price increase of about $20-$40 each. In any event, with all new trainers the power transmitting pods are built right onto the back of them вЂ“ straight out of the box. TrainerRoad has a good piece on this actually. Whereas 3rd party power curve based estimates while generally consistent, arenвЂ™t necessarily accurate. See, with inRide it properly calibrates it during each ride as it has enough data to do so.

virtual power) based on known power curves. This differs from 3rd party apps that can determine power estimations (i.e. From there it transmits trainer metrics over Bluetooth Smart, but not ANT+.

The pod can be seen below and the magnet built into the trainer, which triggers the pod. The inRide pod broadcast your power over Bluetooth Smart to the inRide app (and some compatible 3rd party apps). It used to be that these pods costs from $100 to $200, depending on when and where you bought it. In many ways these are essentially taking their inRide pods and plopping them onto all new Rock & Roll and Road Machine trainers as the new baseline. The New Trainers:ДЇirst up is their new smart trainers. Kinetic was at Eurobike showing off both their updated trainer lineup, as well as their plans for trainer software world domination.

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