oldandslow
Guru
For seven years, I've done Zwift on single speed, with a dumb trainer. Originally I was on fixed, but I switched fairly soon to a power-meter wheel with a single-speed convertor. I've finally got a smart trainer (Elite XRT) and Click and Cog. When I got the latter, I noticed the 14T sprocket, which is generally a fairly high gear in the range. I've always been in 50*19, basically because that's the gear I use on fixed on the road. So ideally I'd stick with the 19T sprocket because I can still swap a wheel in and use the bike for other purposes.
I hadn't really thought before about what sort of real-world gear is best with a smart trainer. I guess that I assumed that the gear that had worked with a dumb one would be a good base-line for a smart one, although obviously Zwift, and the Click system, are adjusting resistance up and down from there. On a geared bike, obviously you can select whatever real gear works best. But what gear is that, compared to the sort of thing that you'd use on the flat at a decent, but not racing, speed?
i can vary sprockets because I've used a single-speed convertor in place of the Zwift Cog. They do the same job, and chain retention isn't really an issue on single speed.
I hadn't really thought before about what sort of real-world gear is best with a smart trainer. I guess that I assumed that the gear that had worked with a dumb one would be a good base-line for a smart one, although obviously Zwift, and the Click system, are adjusting resistance up and down from there. On a geared bike, obviously you can select whatever real gear works best. But what gear is that, compared to the sort of thing that you'd use on the flat at a decent, but not racing, speed?
i can vary sprockets because I've used a single-speed convertor in place of the Zwift Cog. They do the same job, and chain retention isn't really an issue on single speed.
