My review of the Kickr CORE Zwift ONE (let’s shorten that to CORE ONE) was done on a standard Kickr CORE with the Cog/Click upgrade kit. It’s compatible. It works. What’s not is the freehub they ship the Cog on… and that’s the official line they’re sticking with.
The Cog is only shipping on a freehub to make the installation easier (17mm wrench or 5mm hex), vs needing a chainwhip and lockring tool.
From a consumer perspective it would have been great to see a ‘Kickr CORE’ upgrade kit and a Click only offering on the same day they announced the CORE ONE.
Awesome, thanks Shane! If you had to choose between the cog and click and the play controls is it easy to say which to go for? Controllers offer a lot more “play” and control (who would have thought it!?) along with virtual shifting, but not the single cog, which I guess offers versatility and just seems like a neater solution than leaving and old cassette on…
So if I buy the zwift cog I CAN install it on my Kickr v4 but it will not have virtual shifting? Does that mean ERG mode will still work? If this statement is correct, then what am i missing? If it maintains resistance then it is compatible. I don’t need the Virtual shifting. I just want to be able to go inbetween my 12 & 11 speed bikes without upgrading to a Kickr V6.
Correct. If you don’t need shifting then you don’t need virtual shifting. The cog is just a Shimano compatible cassette. You could also buy any single speed conversion kit designed for a Shimano freehub body, there are lots of those out there.
