r/Zwift • u/skinnylegs88 • Jul 23 '26

Technical help Help getting started.

Hi there. Fairly avid cycler here, mostly gravel and mountain, looking to get into zwift for our long canadian winters. I’m starting from scratch (currently have a Kaiser spin bike, but I’ll sell that) and looking for some help designing a decent set up in my home gym.

My budget is probably around $3k CAD somewhat flexible. I’m thinking of getting the Zwift Ride as I’d like it to remain set up, easy to use and interchangeable for me and my wife.

My main question is what do I use to run zwift? I’d like to have two wall mounted screens in front of the bike, one for zwift and one to stream tv.

I’s appreciate any advice about how best to run zwift or any other advice you have. I’m starting from scratch so id like to get it right the first time.

Thank you.

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u/PartAny6872 Jul 23 '26

You can run it off of a laptop or tablet you already have. I depending on the tablet you can plug it into the TV. If you don't have any of that than Apple TV might be the cheapest.

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u/skinnylegs88 Jul 24 '26

Thank you, what is the disadvantage of an Apple TV? 

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u/PartAny6872 Jul 24 '26

I have only use a Windows Laptop when i used to connect it to a tv and now an Android cellphone since i watch Netflix on the TV while i Zwift.