Zwift Hub One

Has anyone tried the new Zwift cog yet? If so what are your thoughts?

Getting mine delivered next Tuesday; looking forward to it! :slight_smile:

I’m about to pull the trigger on one myself. Will be following this thread.

I’ve had one for about 2 months now. The virtual shifting is pretty responsive, and there’s no shifting noise.

I wish they would come out with a version of it with additional buttons to have more functions, similar to the Play Controllers. Currently it will only change the gears (or % of FTP during a workout). The Play Controllers only fit on drop bars so it’s not an option for me on a TT bike.

I’ve had mine for about 2 months as well. It’s great.

The virtual gearing takes about 10 minutes to get used to. I did buy the Zwift play paddle things but the gear change lever is a bit small and thin. But the good thing is that you can use the Click and the Zwift play at the same time.

It’s nice to not have an shifting issues at all. Ever. No cassettes not matching, etc…

You are tied to Zwift for the duration of the trainer but I use Zwift all the time and you do get a free year of Zwift so that knocks the price down about $120-150.

I would highly recommend it.

just a reminder… the Zwift Cog does not fit on any Wahoo Kicker trainers; only Zwift trainers. I made that mistake.

If anyone wants to buy an un-used Cog for a Zwift Hub One, message me.

Nothing but great things to say about it. We’re a 2x Zwift Hub One household. Purchased a second one after using the first for a couple of months. Perfect addition to our dual-triathlete pain cave.

Responsive, accurate, reasonably quiet. The Click is pretty much instantaneous. If you enjoy and anticipate remaining in the Zwift ecosystem, I recommend it.

Of course long-term durability is still yet to be determined, but so far so good going on 3 months.

Nothing but great things to say about it. We’re a 2x Zwift Hub One household. Purchased a second one after using the first for a couple of months. Perfect addition to our dual-triathlete pain cave.

This might be the answer for our paincave, I have my tt bike set up on a Volt JetBlack almost permanently, using the cassette which then goes on my race wheels. I ride it 2-3 times a week often in a rush so I don’t tend to mess with that.

I’d like to have a second trainer which can easily accommodate my wife’s 10 speed road bike and either my sons 8 speed xc Mtb or his 8 speed road bike. Wife’s bike has 700c wheels, son has 24 inch so presumably he’d need a front wheel riser but otherwise both bikes should work with just a back wheel removal needed? Currently she has an old direct drive trainer but I can never face swapping cassettes etc to swap their bikes.

Presumably I then have an issue of them both needing a zwift account unless one just uses the others? I think kids get free accounts so that could be ok.

If anyone can see a better solution which doesn’t involve us having 3 trainers I’m all ears!

That sounds like you’ve nailed it.
Kids definitely get free Zwift accounts so money saved there. And no more swapping cassettes and such. The Zwift trainer will accommodate all 3 bikes.
Also, you get a free year of Zwift when you purchase the trainer, so technically for a year you can all have an account and just pay for 1.
A friend also told me you can pause your free year for up to 2 months if you ride outside in the summer.

Nothing but great things to say about it. We’re a 2x Zwift Hub One household. Purchased a second one after using the first for a couple of months. Perfect addition to our dual-triathlete pain cave.

This might be the answer for our paincave, I have my tt bike set up on a Volt JetBlack almost permanently, using the cassette which then goes on my race wheels. I ride it 2-3 times a week often in a rush so I don’t tend to mess with that.

I’d like to have a second trainer which can easily accommodate my wife’s 10 speed road bike and either my sons 8 speed xc Mtb or his 8 speed road bike. Wife’s bike has 700c wheels, son has 24 inch so presumably he’d need a front wheel riser but otherwise both bikes should work with just a back wheel removal needed? Currently she has an old direct drive trainer but I can never face swapping cassettes etc to swap their bikes.

Presumably I then have an issue of them both needing a zwift account unless one just uses the others? I think kids get free accounts so that could be ok.

If anyone can see a better solution which doesn’t involve us having 3 trainers I’m all ears!

My wife and I share my bike that is mounted to a Zwift Hub. Not sure I understand the need to replace the shifting on that bike with something else. I swap out the saddle/seatpost and pedals (takes about 2 minutes) when she rides after me. We use the same account, but she doesn’t save any of her rides. She is saddled with my weight, and I am saddled with her performance (Zwift keeps track of data during the ride, like sprint times), but she isn’t riding for “training,” just exercise.

just a reminder… the Zwift Cog does not fit on any Wahoo Kicker trainers; only Zwift trainers. I made that mistake.

It’s only the freehub the COG ships on that’s not compatible with anything other than the HUB/Volt.

The COG itself will install on any HG freehub. Let’s speculate Wahoo at some point add virtual shifting to the Kickr/Core - You’ll be able to install the COG on the Kickr and have virtual shifting with the Zwift Play/Click controllers.

Another happy Zwift Hub One user, like it more than my prior Saris and Wahoo smart trainers.

@elf6c - Do you have a reason you like it more than your Saris or Wahoo?

Reviving this thread - debating purchasing the Wahoo kickr core with the zwift onehub.

We only want to own one trainer, and I’m curious if anyone has tried multiple bikes on the same Zwift one hub. I have a 10 spd road, 11 spd TT, wifey has a 10 spd TT, 9 speed rd. Would there be any issues with just swapping the bikes out?

I’m done changing cassettes on the Kickr, and would love to switch from road to TT bike.

additionally, has anyone gotten a second shifter/clicker so we would not need to swap that out?

I’ve used my Roubaix SL8 road bike (thru-axle) and my Marlin 5 mountain bike (quick release) on it without issue…just need to change the hub inserts, and that takes less time than remembering where I put them. Easy to drop on the Hub One, nice and simple. Virtual shifting takes a little getting use to, but I play a lot of racing video games, so feels similar to that. :smiley:

I doubt I’ll ever get another trainer without something like this, if I can…the simplicity without the cassette goofiness (in my experience, which is probably just me) is so nice. Sure, it’s not “as real” but it works well for me and my family. :slight_smile:

Missed your question about the Zwift Click. I supposed you could pair a second one to the Zwift Hub One, but it’s pretty quick/simple to remove it and swap to another bike. I can’t speak for how the connectivity would work.

Reviving this thread - debating purchasing the Wahoo kickr core with the zwift onehub.

We only want to own one trainer, and I’m curious if anyone has tried multiple bikes on the same Zwift one hub. I have a 10 spd road, 11 spd TT, wifey has a 10 spd TT, 9 speed rd. Would there be any issues with just swapping the bikes out?

I’m done changing cassettes on the Kickr, and would love to switch from road to TT bike.

additionally, has anyone gotten a second shifter/clicker so we would not need to swap that out?

The cog would be perfect for you.

I LOVE this thing. I used to have a Kickr gen1 (still have it actually), and it always was slightly-off shifting in some range of the cassette, especially since I have both 10 and 11 spd bikes, but it was even slightly off even when I used Shimano ultegra 11sp cassettes on both the Kickr and my TT bike.

The cog solves ALL of it. Virtual shifting on Zwift works extremely well, you won’t miss a thing, and the 24 gears covers everything from 24% to -whatever%. It’s awesome. So good that I have zero desire to ever get a trainer or virtual bike that doesn’t use it.

Bikes also mount super fast on the cog, way faster than normal trainers. The chain loops in pretty much automatically, and you just then start riding and shift your bike gears until any clackety sounds disappear. It’s absolutely great for multiple bikes.

The only issue for me is that the cog and my Zwift cog are SO good that I just want to buy the dedicated Zwift ride bike and leave it on, since it’s so fun and easy to ride it. (I bought the cog before the Zwift ride came out.)

I don’t know about have a second zwift click shifter, but it’s so easy to mount with the elastic O-rings that it’s a nonissue. Or you could just leave it nearby on a counter, or homebrew something like a velcro strip to put on whatever bike you’re riding. Of note, you can buy the $100 Zwift play controllers and pair both the Zwift Play as well as the Remote click shifter, so you can leave one on each bike if you want.

Zwift hub has been the best thing for my indoor training since Zwift came out. I’d buy the Kickr core with the hub over any trainer at this point just to be able to use the Hub. (I think you can mount the hub on other trainers now, maybe?)