Bob Cullen

Review of Wattbike

Great piece of kit, but a struggle at first, why?....

Great piece of kit, but a struggle at first, why?.... I upgraded from a Bkool Pro Trainer where you put your bike on the unit, this works great and obviously has the right 'feel' and you change gears with the bike. However with the New Wattbike Atom, the resistance is a lot harder, and the gears are electric switches that don't always react quickly (although I suspect this could be the trainer software NOT the wattbike). You can actually set the resistance on Zwift, Rouvy, Bkool etc to make it easier, just set resistance at 80% or 90% (or make yourself 3 stone lighter), but you can't always do the challenges if you've set the resistance lower. However I now have legs like Clark Kent (lol), I AM over a stone lighter (in 2 months) and I'm loving the Wattbike. Just get one and save a fortune on the going to the gym.