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News September 28, 2020

Sterzo hacked. Go get your geek on.

Engineer extraordinaire, Keith Wakeham, has reverse engineered (aka “hacked”) the Zwift steering protocol used by the Sterzo. Published the 3D printing files and basic instructions on how to DIY one of these for ~$25 (assumptions are made). All in, this looks amazing, and were it not for Keith’s hints around future development exactly the kind of thing I would be interested in. Except that I would make two changes to the physical…

News March 17, 2020

Elite Sterzo is cool, overpriced, and really ought to have straps…

I really like that platforms like Zwift are adding features like steering which make the experience more interactive. So the Sterzo block from Elite is great, but that doesn’t mean that it’s perfect. Besides the $69 price (ouch), this really ought to have straps to ensure that the wheel stays in the block. When I sprint, it’s pretty common for the wheel to twist, come up, and slightly out of my current…