Hello All i have just purchased a kickr rollr it now of course has the Power metre facility , however having set it up it does seem to have quite alot of resistance even in dumb mode ie unplugged ! … i have a triple on my bike so i am mainly using it on the smallest chain ring and relatively large rear cog , whereas on a flat road i am usally on the middle chain ring and smallest rear cog , and of course it hardly free wheels only a small amount .
Do any of you use one of these and if so is this normal i would have thought that unplugged the resistaince on the rear wheel would be mimimal and free wheeling should be possible .
Hey @Tazio722 I’m sorry to hear this! A few questions bellow to try and diagnose this.
Also, There will be a lot of resistance unplugged and especially if the trainer is still trying to connect to something externally/if you did and workout and then left the trainer could still be receiving commands while unplugged. I’d make sure your have completely force closed any apps and that there are no bluetooth devices near by it could be trying to connect too.
What is the red light on the trainer showing?
Are you using an external power meter?
What are your settings in the Wahoo App, is it on onboard power?
I am using the wahoo app and the trainer is connected
I am not using an external power metre only the on board power metre that the recent firmware upgrade introduced .
As regards resistance the problem is that in ERG mode the trainer responds to the terrain so on inclines the trainer increases resistance and on declines the trainer has less resistance , the problem is the resistance is never very low/easy .
In the wahoo app there is also a manual setting were you can adjust the resistance and even at the lowest resistance it is still quite high
To put it simple whether unplugged , in ERG mode or in manual mode through the app the trainer has about the same resistance at its lowest setting !.
In relation to actual cycling if I am on the road on the flat I am mainly in the middle crank ring and one of the smaller rear cogs and that is an easy pace .
However on the trainer I have to be on the smallest chain ring and larger rear cogs due to the high resistance even with the trainer set on its lowest resistance ….and as mentioned earlier the trainer will barely freewheel if I stop peddling!…
Well obviously yes …I understand that the rollers will create a resistance bearing in mind though that the fly wheel is 4kg I would have thought that once spinning the momentum should mean that from a indoor riding point of view I would have thought it should be pretty similar to road riding gear wise otherwise on inclines I will run out of gears if the initial resistance on its lowest setting is already to high !..
I am wondering wether it is not calibrated correctly ?