I've not had a problem with a Direto is this regard. I've just looked at my last TrainerRoad session which had recoveries at 120W. I averaged around 72rpm as a slow recovery spin between intervals with a 55/14 gearing.

FWIW I changed from a Road Machine to the Direto last November and have been more than happy with it. Noise isn't an issue for me as I'm in a shed at the bottom of the garden!

55/14, beast!!

The best value would be a pre-owned Kickr Gen 1 if you can find one.

RE: ERG mode and gear selection. It does matter on trainers such as the Kickr. At around 5:24 into this video is the visuals of what occurs at he same power, same cadence, using different gear ratios: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHUOhmG04M8 *This is different on things like the Direto and Flux that have different power floors/etc as already discussed in this thread.

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thanks Shane, sounds like the kikr has a good ability to hit those lower power numbers (and higher numbers) in the 53!