I own a Wahoo Element Bolt v2 with pleasure for a few years now.
But there is one thing that frustrates me.
On the screen with ride details you can use the side buttons to zoom the ride fields.
But zoom level goes from 1,2,3 to 4,7,9…
On the screen with 4 fields there is an empty field in left corner in the bottom.
Why is the space not used and isn’t this a 5 fields screen??
In the next zoom levels this space is always used.
But in the other screens with 7,9 fields the text becomes to small for me to read when riding.
Hey @Kristof_Vermeerschen and welcome to the forums. I moved your thread to the Equipment category as you had it under SYSTM (aka WahooX) Software thread.
In any case, I agree with you that it’s odd and I have the same thing with the ROAM2 where it goes 11,9,7,4,3,2,1 and the 4 field option has a large 4th field and a space that could just as “easily” be split in 2 to offer 5 fields instead.
Not sure why it is that way or how they determined this would be the best way to offer the zoom feature. I found that being selective about what I want on screen all the time which means on my ROAM2, I usually ride with the 7 field view and zoom out if I want the extra fields.
Here are some screen shots to show for anyone not familiar with zooming or the screen on the BOLT2/ROAM2
I agree with you. Not to mention I’ve noticed and mentioned this a couple years ago. Annoying to see that this 5th spot is still empty. At least we couple have the option of filling it.
I recently just noticed the jump from 4 fields to 7 fields on my ROAM v2. I’d set up a page expecting to be able to have 5 fields visible, and was surprised to see three fields disappear/appear with that step.
You can add my +1 to the request to have the option of seeing 5 fields, unless there’s some UI or other technical reason why it won’t work.
Tl;dr: It’s a community forum and welcome to it @Eivind
Also, the forum was never really designed to be an “all things wahoo” forum, though it’s kind of become that despite its complete lack of organization to that end.
When the forum first started, it was just The Sufferfest forum. The minions were VERY active on it as were the coaches. After The Acquisition, it became the SYSTM forum. Then, after acquiring RGT, it became the Wahoo X forum. even though they shuttered RGT, it remains the Wahoo X forum.
After the founder of The Sufferfest left The Company and they terminated Sir Neal Henderson (their head of sport science) and most of his team and after the creative genius behind all the newer SUF videos and Pro Rides, their direct involvement in the forum has been sparse. They do still on occasion pop in here but if you have a specific question/comment/request it’s ALWAYS best to contact them directly. That way, it can get formally logged and directed to the relevant people.
I have filed several requests to Wahoo directly already, but the way I see it, the challenge with that workflow is that no one else knows about my requests. It is also difficult to know the status of my requests, since there is no interface to subscribe to.
My personal opinion is that all requests should be made visible with a voting mechanism to know what to prioritize.
One way page navigation (only to the right), smarter use of screen fields and the lack of a lap button in several pages is on my “top list”
Oh I hear you. The forum is far from ideal and the direct support request hides it from others who might want the same thing.
It would be great if The Company improved the forum in the way you suggest. The only “feature request” category they have right now is for SYSTM and that one lacks any kind of upvoting feature. I know it’s possible to configure it that way as I’m in another forum that has that feature. I guess it comes down to resources and where The Company thinks they ought to direct the limited resources they have. If it was my company, I’d put a premium on community user input. Also, if it was my company I’d have a Kickr Bike, Kickr Run, and Kickr Rollr as well as a Kickr desk or two
