I have a kickr snap. It sucks. Actually it’s ok if you use it on trainer difficulty 50% and ride around zwift only on flat routes - but that kind of sucks. The moment you go near a hill, it just seems completely unrealistic and feels like you’d have to output 500-1000w to spin the pedals. A simila…

I went from a Snap to the Saris H3…night and day difference for the experience. But in the end, at 100-105 kg (me)…it sucks to go uphill.

Yeah that’s what I’m hoping. Thanks for the replies. I actually did a factory spindown earlier in a last ditch attempt to see if I could improve it. I have no recollection if I’ve done a factory spindown in the past but it’s likely I did many years ago) I thought they’d removed this option complet…

I made the decision last year to get the Core, replacing a Snap that had done five years of Zwifting. I was using the Snap together with a Stages L-only power meter, but even then I had the same issues you are describing. I am very happy to have made the transition to the Kickr Core. After the recen…

Good to hear. Thanks Andreas. I’ve ordered it earlier today so in a couple of days I’ll discover for myself. Although, as I said, a factory spindown improved my kickr snap.

Ok, and having spent all day cleaning my kickr snap for its new owner, vacuuming the garage, cleaning my bikes, lubing the drivetrains whilst staring longfully at the new box in the corner of said garage I finally unboxed it, put the legs on, only to discover the plastic case is rubbing against the …

Anyone upgraded from kickr snap to kickr core? Or just kickr core owners feedback

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Mike_Rowe1 (Mike) August 23, 2024, 3:33pm 2

The Kickr Core will be much better, I went from a wheel on dumb trainer to the core many years ago and it was an amazing difference, so much better!

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