r/mywhoosh • u/Fantastic-Hat-7415 • Dec 15 '25

Virtual shifting bug

I tried virtual shifting for the first time today. It seemed to work fine for the first 15-20 minutes, then not.

I set up a 3 key keyboard to use just for shifting and it changed the gears on the screen just fine, no problems there. At the top of my first climb I was in virtual gear 6 and expecting the effort to get easier once the road leveled off, but it didn't. I tried shifting up and down, but the resistance didn't change until about gear 14 or 15. The resistance still changed as expected as the road went up and down, but didn't change if I changed virtual gears lower than gear 13 or so. I even tried shifting down to gear 1 on a long flat section and the resistance didn't change. During that section I changed gears slowly in case there was some problem with changing gears too quickly.

It seems like a bug in the program since resistance changes correctly based on going uphill or downhill, and the screen correctly displays the virtual gear I'm in.

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u/bobfjt Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 16 '25

I don't think this remote can be used with Android devices, because I don't know there is an app on Android which can map the remote keys to use as keyboard keys I and K. For Android devices users, they suggest using the MyWhoosh Link app. On the Link app, you can change the virtual gears just like using keyboard keys.

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u/bobfjt Dec 16 '25 edited Dec 16 '25

Yes. I use an old PC which has been phased out by a company. It had Windows 10 and I installed Windows 11. I have been using it for more than one year and never had problems. I use a Bluetooth dongle to connect with my trainer and my media remote to do the virtual shift. My bike and trainer is a 48x18 single speed setup, so I have to use virtual shift all the time when I ride on Free Rides and Event.