With the Hub's design, Zwift kept a keen eye on simplifying the setup process right through the customer's journey from choosing which version to buy, to mounting their bike and beyond. While the specs are the easily-comparable metrics and Zwift is already looking competitive, it's only half of the picture. Bear in mind that your chosen trainer's difficulty will affect how important this is at 50% difficulty, no climb in Zwift will top out even the Zumo in this regard. Lifeline and Pinnacle go steeper at 18 and 20% respectively, but Elite's Zumo tops out at 12%. This is explained brilliantly by Zwift Insider, but essentially means that unless you purposefully raise this to 100%, you won't find the limit of the trainer.Įven in this case, your trainer will simply hold a simulated 16% until the road eases again. Importantly, Zwift's 'trainer difficulty' setting is set at 50% by default, meaning any in-game gradients are halved. Only a couple of stretches on a few of the most difficult climbs push higher than 16%. It can simulate gradients of 16%, which covers more than 99% of Zwift's roads. Top-tier trainers offer accuracy to within 1%, but the Zwift Hub is competitive in this budget space, with Elite claiming 3% and both Pinnacle and LifeLine claiming 2.5%. Zwift promises that its power measurement is accurate to within 2.5%, and following extensive testing, I have no reasons to dispute this, as you'll see further below. The Wahoo Kickr Core shares the same 1800-watt ceiling as the Hub, and the Lifeline Xplova and Pinnacle HC – both of which share a very similar visual form to the Zwift Hub and are priced at around 50% higher – hit a ceiling of 2500 watts. The Elite Zumo tops out at just 1350 watts. Compared to similarly priced competitors, this is somewhat middling. The Zwift Hub can provide up to 1800 watts of resistance, which is more power than most regular cyclists can put out. I've not used the JetBlack Volt, but it boasts an impressive list of specs given the price, which of course are now shared by the Zwift Hub. There are plenty of sturdy metal parts, and where plastic is used, it doesn't feel fragile or flimsy. Rather than design the Zwift Hub from the ground up, Zwift instead licensed the design of an existing turbo trainer, the JetBlack Volt, and made a few tweaks including a minor change to accommodate a greater number of disc brake bikes, and an internal change to improve durability. (Image credit: Josh Croxton) Zwift Hub Classic design and specifications
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