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Re: What is your trainer difficulty set at on Zwift? [teichs42]
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Re: What is your trainer difficulty set at on Zwift? [teichs42]
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I always turn it up to 11.
Re: What is your trainer difficulty set at on Zwift? [spudone]
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spudone wrote:
I always turn it up to 11.the only right answer
Re: What is your trainer difficulty set at on Zwift? [marklemcd]
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marklemcd wrote:
Dumb question, but what does that mean?The trainer difficulty adjusts how closely your trainer simulates actual hills. So the higher the trainer difficulty is, the more "realistic" it would be when you're climbing zwift mountain.
Note, regardless of your trainer difficulty, it still takes the same watts to go up that mountain. Having it on an "easier" setting just makes it so you can maintain higher cadence more easily.
Think of it as "trainer realism"
https://zwiftblog.com/...ty-setting-in-zwift/
Re: What is your trainer difficulty set at on Zwift? [teichs42]
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At about 75% on a Cyclops Hammer
Re: What is your trainer difficulty set at on Zwift? [teichs42]
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Red, because red is faster.
Once, I was fast. But I got over it.
Re: What is your trainer difficulty set at on Zwift? [teichs42]
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I have a kickr, set on zero when doing intervals and about half way if i was simulation on a longer z2 ride. If i went higher than halfway I'd run out of gears on the big climbs.
Re: What is your trainer difficulty set at on Zwift? [teichs42]
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I've played around with it a bit, and went back to the default of 50%. As was said, it doesn't change the power required to get up a hill. It only changes what % grade is simulated by your smart trainer. My understanding is that the feature is there because some smart trainers can only simulate up to a certain percent grade. So if, for example, your trainer can only simulate an 8% grade and you come across a 11% climb in Swift, the trainer would presumably explode and you'd die (OK not really). By setting the difficulty to 50%, for example, you trainer will treat an 11% grade in Zwift as a 5.5% grade. The net effect of all of this is that, the lower the difficulty, the less shifting gears. 50% means, for me, that I can stay in one chainring and cover pretty much all terrain across my 9-speed cassette.
Re: What is your trainer difficulty set at on Zwift? [jkatsoudas]
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jkatsoudas wrote:
So if, for example, your trainer can only simulate an 8% grade and you come across a 11% climb in Swift, the trainer would presumably explode and you'd die (OK not really).I can provide video evidence this does happen on occasion. :D
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Re: What is your trainer difficulty set at on Zwift? [gplama]
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gplama wrote:
jkatsoudas wrote:
So if, for example, your trainer can only simulate an 8% grade and you come across a 11% climb in Swift, the trainer would presumably explode and you'd die (OK not really).I can provide video evidence this does happen on occasion. :D
As can I:
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...od%20stains#p5356794
Once, I was fast. But I got over it.
Re: What is your trainer difficulty set at on Zwift? [hblake]
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hblake wrote:
gplama wrote:
jkatsoudas wrote:
So if, for example, your trainer can only simulate an 8% grade and you come across a 11% climb in Swift, the trainer would presumably explode and you'd die (OK not really).I can provide video evidence this does happen on occasion. :D
As can I:
http://forum.slowtwitch.com/...od%20stains#p5356794
Holy shit! And here I was JRA (just reading along) while eating my lunch...
Now it seems I have some extra reading to do.
To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive.
Re: What is your trainer difficulty set at on Zwift? [racehd]
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racehd wrote:
marklemcd wrote:
Dumb question, but what does that mean?The trainer difficulty adjusts how closely your trainer simulates actual hills. So the higher the trainer difficulty is, the more "realistic" it would be when you're climbing zwift mountain.
Note, regardless of your trainer difficulty, it still takes the same watts to go up that mountain. Having it on an "easier" setting just makes it so you can maintain higher cadence more easily.
Think of it as "trainer realism"
https://zwiftblog.com/...ty-setting-in-zwift/
OK, maybe you know. I'll read the above linked article but post my question anyway b/c, it's more satisfying...
You know the sock slider switch? Regardless of where you slide it to, it seems there are 4 sock heights: not visible, barely visible, short, tall.
This leads me to ask, what are the "settings" for trainer realism? 0?, 10%, 45%, 100%? Or is it 0%, 50%, 100%? Or is there 25%, 75%? Any idea??
Thanks! (Now to actually read the link..., after the graphic blood splatter one, that is.)
To breathe, to feel, to know I'm alive.
teichs42 wrote:
Intrigued to see where people are atObvious question: which trainer do you have?
Edit: never mind. just realized you were asking about the in-game setting. Not a setting on the trainer. Duh. I leave that slider at default (in the middle).