“Trainer Difficulty” was a poorly chosen name which confuses many new users. There are good explanations what this slider does on Youtube and on Zwift Insider. In a nutshell, it is not trainer difficulty but trainer realism. When you move it to the left, you do not feel the terrain - you do not feel the impact of uphill and downhill on resistance, and your bike barely tilts. When you move it to 100%, it is full realism, your bike tilts all the way and you need to switch gears like in real life. And of course one should not forget to press the “unlock” button on KICKR BIKE console before the ride, to allow it to tilt. The last but not the least, it would not tilt if you are riding a workout! It only tilts in a free ride.
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I’m having the same issue with my Kickr bike as well.
As. KICKR Climb owner (only) going through a great Zwift workout plan, I’m very disappointed the Climb is disabled in ERG mode, which is continuously engaged in all workouts. It’d be super sweet if there could be an option to engage the Climb while in ERG mode. Think about it?
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Hi, I have the same Issue…did you solve it in the meantime? Up is no problem…there it works…only downhill…super strange. Cheers, Alexander
A mi también me sucede con la kickr bike. Las bajadas están limitadas en cambio en las subidas no tengo problema.
Supongo que debe ser un problema generalizado.
Alguien puede decir algo al respecto.
Gracias.
Is there no way to use the climb function even in ERG mode as an option to be switched on/off? I use the kickr bike
I believe there is some logic behind it. You see, your ability to generate power is affected by your body position relatively to the frame, i.e., when your frame is horizontal, tilted forward, or tilted back, you may find yourself in more or less favorable position to generate a pre-defined power. When you do a workout, in many cases you need to reach a high power level and maintain it for a prescribed duration of time, and repeat it several times. You may not want the climbs and downhills interfere with this because you may want to compare your performance today with your performance on the same workout a week ago. If terrain was different, comparison will be much harder to achieve.
This did not work for me. Still no tilt in free ride, Hilly Loop
Nope. That corrected it!
agree 100%
xyz watts is xyz watts regardless of incline, flat or decline
at the very least auto climb or tilt should be an option during ERG mode