Dear Zwifters, I am started last year with a roller trainer to See if I like Zwift. Now I want to buy a direct drive trainer, but what is the highest gradient on Zwift? I’ve tried to figure it out and what I found is 16.2%. Is that correct? Because then a trainer with 16% is enough I think.

Nearly 18%, see: [image] Steepest incline General Discussion Hi there, I was trying to find the steepest incline in Zwift but couldn’t find the information on Google or here. I know there is a very small portion at 17% on the climb to the radio tower in Watopia, and I s…

thank you for your fast reply. Is it worth to buy a trainer that can reach 18 percent or is a trainer with 15/16 % enough? I’m thinking about the following trainers: Elite Suito 15% Elite Direto X 18$ Tacx Flux 2 16% Can someone give me a suggestion?

It depends on how much pain you want to be in… :grinning: If you’re on an 18% climb, but you have a smart trainer that will do 15%, you will only feel 15%. But if you have a smart trainer that will go to 20%, you will feel the entire 18%. The feel of the gradient can also be controlled in-game wit…

Check out this: The Smart Trainer Recommendations Guide: Winter 2019-2020 | DC Rainmaker

If you’re on a Budget, get the Elite Zumo. It’s the cheapest direct-drive trainer and GPLama tested it as very good. If you want to spend a little more, Elite Direto X or Kickr Core. If you want to spend even more, Kickr or Tacx Neo2T or Saris H3

thanks for all the replys and advices. I will try to sell my current trainer and then go for the elite direto X.

Keep in mind trainer difficulty setting is 50% by default, unless you plan on bumping that up to 100% there’s no difference between a 10% max trainer and a 20% max trainer For as rare as those mega steep sections are, I’m not sure it’s worth the extra expense for the extra couple percentage of gra…

What do you mean exactly? When you climb 8% it feels like 4% with the default settings?

You got it right, Check out this link [image] Using the “Trainer Difficulty” Setting in Zwift Confused by this setting? Here’s a complete explanation.

I’have another question. I can really find the answer in the article. Is it true when difficulty is set to 50, that when youŕe climbing, it will downgrade the speed that you are riding? So that, when you put it to 100% that you see the real speed in zwift that you are riding?

Max gradient on Zwift

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David_Knight2 (David) February 1, 2020, 8:34am 2

Nearly 18%, see:

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