Do I need an external cadence sensor with KICKR V5?

[Steve_Hammatt (Steve)]

@Mark_Crane_TOG_G_65y

You should always be running a separate cadence sensor. There are several situations where having accurate cadence makes a material difference in you game performance. The most obvious one is on the short steep climb in the subway in London; the trick there is to hit the bottom in a big gear with big power and then drop into the small ring and spin the fastest cadence you can maintain the rest of the way. I typically spin about 140rpm up that and I’m almost always the first rider over the top.

I’m sorry, I might well be misunderstanding your point but Zwift does nothing with your cadence other than display it.

Your escalator climb example is all about your real-world cadence helping you make good power up the top. It would be exactly the same if you didn’t have cadence connected at all.