Has anyone be able to make properly work the Elite Rizer with a non-Elite trainer?
I just got one via Amazon to test with my Kickr.v5, and so far, it’s all over the place… not even close to the Wahoo Climb -above all, during downhills, it doesn’t work at all…
A bit disappointed because, Elite classified as “somewhat” compatible with Kickr.
I run a rizer with a kickr v5
No issues at all, runs nice. Little lag on rollers, but no issue for me.
Make sure it’s calibrated, I had to adjust rizer 0% level because out of the box the bike was tilted at -2%
Thanks for the reply, Kevin!
The thing is really well made, so I know if I can make it work, it will run forever. I did calibrate the “zero” position. In “manual” the App tilt is spot on against a digital level I tested against in all levels; however, in “Simulation” mode, it’s all over the place (not even close), and it never goes below +1.5% (leave alone negative: not matter of the decline).
Anyway, if it’s working for you, I’ll wait for the customer support to reply back to me. I was about to send it back to Amazon 
but probably I got a defective unit…
I use mine with a Neo and i feel it’s pretty accurate although like you i don’t believe that when it’s descending it goes down as far as it should.
It’s hard to say though. I think partly is the false belief that a 2-3% gradient is going to make a big difference to the lift of the front wheel.
People tend to over estimate how high the front must go.
My wheelbase (center front to center rear) is 999mm, so 1meter.
This means that a 5% gradient = 5cm rise of the front, not more.
We al know 5cm is notvthat much 
“People tend to over estimate how high the front must go…”
Kevin, I am way too picky to estimate anything LOL
I properly measured the wheelbase, and electronically measured the tilt at the frame. Manually, the tilt shown in the App is 100% spot on to the tilt shown by my electronic level at the frame…
However, in Simulation mode the tilt is nonsense… not even close to the Kickr Climb behavior… just random nonsense up and down with no pattern I can identify… and never goes below 1.5%/2.0% even during -7%/-9% descents…
Most probably a defective unit or a setting that’s not compatible with my setup…
“It’s hard to say though. I think partly is the false belief that a 2-3% gradient is going to make a big difference to the lift of the front wheel…”
Key Stuart, when you look at the Rizer App while in Simulation mode: does it show negative tilt during the descents?
Thanks,
To be honest I’ve never used the Rizer app other than to set up the Rizer.
I’ll have a play.