Wahoo Fitness

I replaced this KICKR Core 2 as a replacement for the KICKR Core I purchased less than a year ago where the frame was misaligned.

It does not come with the QR adapters. You have to ask for Wahoo to mail the QR adapters to you which takes about a week.

The Kickr Core V2 requires a bit more assembly work than other trainers, but it's intuitive and there are plenty of online tutorials. Updating firmware requires installing the Wahoo app on a mobile device (and thus, creating a Wahoo account, which I find a bit intrusive and annoying). Pairing the trainer with Wahoo head units was seamless for me, and the machine is about as quiet as my Saris H3. This trainer is a good deal if you buy it at a promotional price/discount. Note: I bought the version with the cassette so I can't comment on the Zwift cog, and don't use the Wi-Fi bridge because I don't race or train with Zwift. If you just do your own workouts, controlling erg mode via your head unit is easy and trouble-free..

I use my Kickr Core v2 trainer with Rouvy software. I've had the trainer just over a month and have ridden about 400 miles. I purchased it $150 off the normal $550 price. The Kickr and Rouvy work flawlessly together. I did replace the Cog & Click gear with a standard Shimano 105 12-spd 11-34 cassette. I'm old school and struggled a bit with the Click for changing gears. It worked fine with a slight, about :01, delay between hitting the button on the Click and experiencing the change is resistant on the flywheel. I just could not find the buttons quickly and fluidly enough to fully mimic my road riding experience. The Kickr with the normal cassette fully mimics my road experience. The Kickr was very easy to assemble, and setting up wifi for access to Wahoo was pretty straightforward. I did have to download the Wahoo App, eventhough I already had the Wahoo Elemnt App, which was a little frustrating. After setup, downloading the latest software, and linking to Rouvy, it was good to go. The Kickr is very quiet, even with a standard cassette. The flywheel is very smooth and coasting is also very quiet. Overall, a great product that works just as advertised.

Easy to set up and pair with your phone. The Wahoo app gives you current, average and max HR, as well as a graph and GPS tracking & maps, plenty of stuff to geek out over. Very motivating for staying in the correct zone. Even though it's just heart rate only, for most people that is all the info they really need for $100 vs a $300 watch. It's already made a difference in my first workout, forcing me to stay in the zone the whole workout which I wasn't used to.