Hello everyone, as you can imagine I’m new to cycling and even newer to Zwift and turbos. I jsut bought my first ever Direct drive trainer. My pick was the new Elite Suito that comes fully assembled with 11speed cassette. Setting up and connecting was a breeze. On my very first pedal strokes I noticed that chain makes quite a lot of grinding noise… And shifting gears were unusually loud and felt wrong / not smooth at all compared to my outdoor rides. At one point I tried to sprint and the chain was skipping/jumping to other gears and I was afraid go full power. I belive that’s due to that I have Ultegra cassette from 2012 with 10 gears, I dont understand much from bicycles, but how I can make my ride better? Is my chain too wide for 11speed cassette? Or do I need to get 11speed cassette for my rear wheel and recalibrate shifters? I still want to be able jsut to pop in my rear wheel and go for a ride without mutch hustle.
I have Scott addict r2 2012 if that helps.
Kind regards, Valdis
If your bike is a 10 speed its not compatible with a 11speed casette,you need to have a 10sp on the trainer
(or replace the bike 
)
Yeah, as a casual rider I didn’t think of that when buying, realised that I have 10speed cassette only later. I guess cheapest option for me is to swap that 11speed for 10speed cassette then.
Thanks Tomas for confirming my stupidity
Hi Valdis,
depending on how much use your chain has had, now might be a good time to replace that at the same time as you get your new 10 speed cassette for the
trainer.
You can get a tool to check for chain wear to be sure.
“Ride On”