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Breedon

Legendary Member
I run out of gears going downhill. Do any of you guys adjust the in game settings to counteract that?

You can adjust the gearing on the neo bike in the garmin app
 

Stevers

Senior Member
Location
Mendip Hills, UK
I run out of gears going downhill. Do any of you guys adjust the in game settings to counteract that?
Old Skool here. My turbo bike has 52x11 for downhills with the big ring a Biopace. As my setup has a mean looking short cage 7 speed rear derailleur (105), the price I pay is that I am limited to 38x28 for climbing. But this is also the gearing of my Rossin road bike. Always 100% reality (up to 20% slopes on my Tacx Neo) as I like to think I'm training for riding outdoors and it's pretty hilly round here. Otherwise my take is that I might as well be on a spin bike. I've been debating with myself if I could eventually wangle it up that climb in Slovenia, I think yes, but there would be pain, lots of it, and it wouldn't be pretty or fast.
 

<Tommy>

Guru
Location
Camden, London
Old Skool here. My turbo bike has 52x11 for downhills with the big ring a Biopace. As my setup has a mean looking short cage 7 speed rear derailleur (105), the price I pay is that I am limited to 38x28 for climbing. But this is also the gearing of my Rossin road bike. Always 100% reality (up to 20% slopes on my Tacx Neo) as I like to think I'm training for riding outdoors and it's pretty hilly round here. Otherwise my take is that I might as well be on a spin bike. I've been debating with myself if I could eventually wangle it up that climb in Slovenia, I think yes, but there would be pain, lots of it, and it wouldn't be pretty or fast.

I have the neo bike which has a ‘virtual cassette’. I set it to the maximum which is 53 - 10, and I find myself spinning like mad on the downhills. I think maybe I have to get used to it. I am on 100% realism too. On zwift reducing the realism basically just makes it easier to spin going up hill. But maybe it’s different on Rouvy because it seems to be banned from some races?
 
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