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Day 3, Italian Coast VR bike tour, 20 km

 Day 3, Italian Coast Cycle Tour in VR, 20 km

Oculus Quest 2 + VZ Fit App + Magene Sensor = VR Bike Tour

I am still having sooooo much fun riding my exercise bike along the beautiful Italian Coast. 

Everywhere I looked on this ride, I saw beauty. Sparkling turquois seas, little cloth covered tables under manicured trees...

And beautiful buildings everywhere I look.  Oh, and statues, lots of statues. 

And tunnels, lots of tunnels.  LONG ones, cutting through mountains along the coast.  

Sometimes the tunnels came out onto cute little seaside towns, and other times they led only to more tunnels. 

Lots of bridges on this ride too! 

More pastel towns. 

And plenty of rugged beaches. 

And did I mention the tunnels, lol?  Soooo many tunnels. 

Thankfully this one was a short one. Most are really super long. 

I was sad to see the end of this ride. It was really beautiful!  

Day 1 Italy (Italian Coast) VR Cycling Tour

 Italian Coast Cycling Tour in VR with VZ Fit Explorer

Pandemic Bike Tour from Living Room

Oculus Quest 2 + Magene Cadence Sensor + VZ Fit Explorer App = VR Cycling Tour

VZ Fit Explorer has many cool features, among them, my favorite is the ability to make my own cycling routes/maps.  I decided since I'm stuck at home during lockdown, it might be fun to go on a VR cycling tour. I chose Italy because I thought it would be pretty, and I chose the coast because I like water views.  

From the minute I teleported to my starting area, just outside of Genoa Italy, on the coast, I was blown away by the scenery.  The architecture is gorgeous, as are the palm trees, flowers, and the many stone walls. 

Cycling through this area is amazing, even though the VZ fit app is not perfect because it is based on Google Street View, which is not perfect.  Despite the imperfections, I am blown away but the sense of immersion and movement I get in the app.  When I'm in the app, it feels like I'm riding a bike. I'm the size of a person on a bike, surrounded by life sized buildings, trees, vehicles, etc., on every side. 

I ride in country mode, in first person, which means I am invisible but can see my bike below me.  The wheels turn, and the bike casts a shadow on the road. The road moves under me.  The scenery passes. 

When I slow down, my VR bike slows down, and when I stop, it stops. If I speed up, so does it. When I cycle up or down hills or around corners, it feels as if I am really cycling up or down hills, or around corners...except I don't have to work harder to go up hills. I could, if I wanted to. I could increase the tension on my exercise bike when I climb hills, but I couldn't climb hills in real life with my asthma so I have no interest in also being unable to climb hills in VR, lol. I LOVE that I can cycle up hills without having an asthma attack, in VR. 

This was one of the prettiest rides yet.  Hawaii was also pretty, but I think I like Italy even more, because in addition to gorgeous water views and palm trees, there is amazing architecture. 

I am going to try to do a new segment of my virtual bike tour every day; approx. 20 km give or take, ever day.  It depends on the mapping tool. It's hard to make the map follow the route I want exactly, so I have to make some rides shorter just so I can force the route to go where I want it to go. 

I really love the color of the buildings in Italy; so lovely. 

At the end of my ride, after I go through the finish line I get this pop up, showing the route I took, which is very cool. 

The app also lets you connect with Strava so you can keep track there as well. Here is the Strava map. The only problem with Strava is if you pause the ride, even for a few seconds to take photos, it breaks it up into segments. 

I really enjoyed this route and look forward to the rest. I wonder how far I'll get around Italy?

December VR Cycling

 December VR Cycling Stats

Strava VR cycling Stats for December

I got my cadence sensor in December and started VR cycling immediately.  I a loving VZ Fit Explore so much, and I'm getting some much needed exercise.  

Here are my completed maps for December, plus a photo of my house in VR.  It makes me smile that I can start a ride at my house, like I would on my outside bike.  One of my first rides was from my home to Belleview Park, a ride I do normally on my outside bike. Now that there's snow on the ground, I can't use my outside bike, so I just love that I can still ride indoors, yet feel like I'm riding outside. 

 I did a full week of Lake Superior VR rides along the Trans Canada highway, also starting from my house, and heading north.  I passed the turn to our family cottage, which we call camp, as well as several pretty beaches.  

I also tried a really gorgeous Hawaii ride, which was my favorite ride to that point. It was also my longest ride to that point. 

I did another local ride too, from my house to the Sault Locks Canal; I ride I often do in real life. 

Dec. 21-Dec 22 2020

I don't know how many km I did the week before, but from Dec. 21st to Dec. 22, I  did 88.7 km.

I am much faster on my exercise bike than on my normal bike, about twice as fast,  likely because my outside bike is super heavy, and it's a comfort bike, not a racing bike.  I'm not pushing any weight on the exercise bike, and there's no elevation, so I'm faster.  I was going to try to make it slower, to match my outdoor speed, but then I discovered that there are over 10 million MILES of roads for me to explore, so slowing down would be a mistake.  I'd like to explore as much as I can so I'll leave the pace as is, for now.

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